Open Innovation in France

OPEN INNOVATION IN FRANCE 144 60 bluenove, the leading provider of "Open Innovation services" in France, has conducted a month long study during March 2011 that involved questioning over 144 members of staff from over 60 major French companies. This study was to eva- luate the policies applied to Open Innovation. The study aimed to answer what vision do French companies have of Open Innovation and what are the perceived advantages and risks when applying an Open Innovation strategy ? The study also addresses the position of Open Innovation as compared to equivalent American firms. What is Open Innovation ? Open innovation is the practice of integrating new internal and external partners within a firm in the development of its innovations. INTERNAL INNOVATIONS EXTERNAL Start ups, laboratories, academics, clients, suppliers, etc.. all members of staff, even those not included in the R&D ------ ----------- --------------- ----- Leverage generating most value and leadership : 57,3% Innovation: Brand management : development: Collaborative culture : 30,1% : 4,9% Cost control: The concepts understood and the risks under control. 78,2% are of the opinion that capacity to innovate is not limited to R&D 81,8% budgets but goes further consider that Ol is not (necessarily) synonymous with the loss of intellectual property 94,7% gave a precise definition of what Ol is the advantages acknowledged and identified ... 97,2% 97,0% 90,6% of respondents benefit from contributions that are proposed of respondents agree that Oi consider that Ol has a gives access to new untapped expertise, competences, technologies coming from the positive effect through by «out of the box » solvers the reduction of time to market exterior and at a world wide level .but a realistic and careful vision 87,9% 87,9% 55,7% of firms think that Ol can believe that OI say that they have problems in applying OI because of the complexity of the Ol supply chain expose them to risks in intellectual property requires a long-term implementation .France is closing the gap with the United States 2009 2011 In 2011, % of French firms declare : In 2009, % of American firms declare: 49,0% being in the initial phase of applying a Ol program 41,2% to currently optimize 40,0% 21,9% their Ol strategy 67,3% that Ol projects are of immediate importance or of very important issues for the future 35,7% 89,7% 85,9% to think that in 5 years Ol ptojects will become important or of very important issues for the future to evaluate that 10% of their 3,3% innovations are from Ol projects 63,0% to evaluate that 10 to 20% of their 46,0% 23,0% innovations are from Ol projects Source NineSigma : Open Inovation Practices & Outcomes Benchmark Survey NineSigma, Inc www.ninesigma.com (Open) questions. Нave French сompanies been able to benefit from the advantages of Open Innovation ? Is there a link between Open Innovation and disruptive innovation ? What are the tools and practices necessary to (succesfully) apply an Open Innovation strategy ? bluenove opening innovation: Vision of the needs of large companies through bluenove's activity Growth rate in 2009-2010 Turnover breakdown by type of need year 2010 +40% Manage external communities 54% Analysis of innovative ecosystems 33% Application of collabrative solutions 5% Training in Open Innovation practices 3% Management of innovation projects 3% Stimulation of internal innovation 2% Turnover breakdown by type of sector - year 2010 Other services 0,2% Media / Content 6,9% Education/ Administration 0,6% Consulting 1,6% Manufacturing 1,7% Pharma / Cosmetics 9,3% Distribution 1,9% IT/ Télécom 67,6% Entertainment 5,2% Energy 5,0% ---- nternational dever