| A growing number of companies is using different external sources in their innovation process. To innovate in collaboration with these sources presents new and difficult problems for management. It also raises issues of innovation and technology policy for governments. In three sectors (food, chemicals and equipment manufacturing) patterns of collaboration will be studied on two issues in the three sectors. The two issues are: 1. How can companies organize themselves in order to innovate more radically under the pressure of short-term results? 2. How can companies profit from knowledge that might not be detected in a straightforward manner? |
