Open Innovation Essentials for Small and Medium Enterprises

Index

Adner, Ron, 59

Advisors, 109

Amortized intellectual property, 13

Angel investors, 142–143

Auctions. See Intellectual property (IP) auctions

Backward chaining, 37–39

Bottom-up approach

creating, developing, and selling, 87–88

overview of, 84–85

pros and cons, 86–87

using own network, 85–87

Boyer, Herbert, 5

Broker, 19

Brokerage. See Intellectual property (IP) brokerage

Bureaucracy, 5

Business plan competitions, 138

Closed innovation, 3–5

Closed silo mindset, 5–6

Competitive advantage, 41

Consultants, 109

Convergence process, 50

Corporate investment, 141–142

Costs of goods sold, 11–12

Crowdfunding

definition, 144

equity based, 146

lending based, 145–146

project based, 144–145

Crowds

advisors, 109

consultants, 109 ...