
In this short article I would like to bring Exnovate, the highly interesting Network of Excellence on Open & Collaborative Innovation, to your attention. Back in 2008 I was fortunate to attend the fith European Masterclass on Corporate Entrepeneurship & Open Innovation with Henry Chesbrough & Kenneth Morse, where I first experienced the importance of the “business model”. [...]

A little more than a week ago, from November 24th – November 28th, I attended the much anticipated fifth European Masterclass on Corporate Entrepeneurship and Open Innovation organized by Ronald Wolf (Philips) and Wim Vanhaverbeke (Hasselt University). The beautiful main location was the Conference Hotel Willibrordhaeghe in Deurne (Netherlands), while some sessions took place at the Philips High Tech Campus (Eindhoven). [...]

Because of the 40th anniversary of our faculty School of Management and Governance at the University of Twente, a symposium was organized with two very interesting keynote speakers: (1) Charles Landry and (2) Professor Henry Chesbrough 1. Charles Landry: Intercultural cities and Innovation During this first keynote session, Charles Landry provided the attendees with an [...]

“On Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October 2008 the IEEE Technology Management Councils of the IEEE Benelux and Germany Sections, the IEEE Benelux and Germany GOLD Affinity Groups and the IEEE Student Branch Eindhoven will organize an event on Open Innovation in the NH Conference Centre Koningshof in Veldhoven” [ref01] My attention to this event [...]

On 23rd of October 2008, the company called Dutch organized a masterclass on the topic of Open Innovation. Based on the resume and some smart and innovative questions, 25 students were selected to join the masterclass from professor Piller. Luckily I survived the selection process, and I was really excited to see if the professor [...]