by Albert Meige | Mar 16, 2010 | INNOVATION
Collaborations between university and industry (UI collaborations) can be fairly complicated. This is the case in France, as in other countries. In the first part of this article, I gave a summary of best practices in terms of UI collaborations. These best practices were extracted from a report of a study conducted by the National Council of University Research Administrators and the Industrial Research Institute in the United States.
In this second part of the article, I’d like to provide some additional best practices compiled from a study that Edward Spencer Calder conducted as part of his Masters at MIT.
by Albert Meige | Mar 8, 2010 | INNOVATION
Within the Open Innovation paradignm, collaborations between industry and academia, that is to say between the university, or more generally, public research and industry (named UI collaborations in the following), are encouraged. However, these collaborations are not...
by Albert Meige | Feb 26, 2010 | PRESANS
When we moved to X-Tec, the incubator of the Ecole Polytechnique, everybody moved there stuff themselves… We only choose tough guys and girls!
by Albert Meige | Jan 28, 2010 | PRESANS
Aurélie Barbaux, journalist at the Usine Nouvelle, expert in Open Innovation speaks about PRESANS in her article “Outiller sa Politique d’Innovation”, published in L’Usine Nouvelle in January 2010.
by Albert Meige | Jan 21, 2010 | INNOVATION
We have seen the example of Apple and its iPhone, result of extensive collaborations with startups to produce a best-selling product. We are here in the very competitive sector of electronics products, with short cycles, intense competition on price, customers with...