Open innovation—Realising its potential

In his inaugural lecture, Professor Urs Daellenbach discusses what truly open innovation might look like and how it might be realised.

Open innovation has been the approach championed to business practice over the last 20 years. However, the challenges in realising its potential are often not recognised.

In his inaugural lecture, Professor Urs Daellenbach from Te Herenga Waka’s School of Business and Government explores what being truly open would involve. He identifies a range of barriers to openness and provides suggestions for overcoming these by reflecting on his role as a researcher and studying researchers in a university setting.

Read more about Professor Urs Daellenbach.

Three people in academic garb pose in front of a polished wood panel wall.
Inaugural lecture (left to right): Head of School of Wellington School of Business and Government, Associate Professor Todd Bridgman, Professor Urs Daellenbach and Dean of Wellington School of Business and Government, Professor Jane Bryson.

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