Collaboration among industry, universities and research institutes plays a vital role in stimulating open innovation, which in turn leads to new products, processes, services and business models. This book brings together a number of real-life examples of how to govern and manage open innovation collaboration projects more effectively, and provides timely insights that project consortia, governance boards and funding agencies can directly apply to implement and monitor projects and achieve greater impacts. All papers were written by recognized leading authorities with extensive experience in governance and management, and reveal how to capitalize on the potential of open innovation.

This book shares multidisciplinary research perspectives on the potential benefits and challenges of collaboration, project management, and open innovation, as well as the management of complex organizational cultures and governance models.

Managing Collaborative R&D Projects.- Part I: Literature Reviews.- A Systematic Literature Review of Open Innovation and R&D Managers.- Review of Collaborative Project Management Approaches in R&D Projects.- Part II: Industry Collaborations.- Co-creation of Innovation by Corporates and Start-Ups.- Open Innovation Strategy of an Early-Stage SME.- Overcoming Barriers of Systemic Innovations in a Business Network.- Framework Linking Open Innovation Strategic Goals with Practices.- The Collaboration Paradox: Why Small Firms Fail to Collaboratefor Innovation.- Part III: University-Industry Collaborations.- Managing a Major University-Industry Collaboration R&D Program.- Balancing Industry Value Proposition and Researcher Academic Interests.- Emergence of Governance Structure in Collaborative University-Industry R&D Programs.- Open Innovation Alliances in Technology Colonies.- Part IV: Collaborative Project Management.- Challenges in Managing Large-Scale Collaborative R&D Projects.- Critical Success Factors in Collaborative R&D Projects.- Developing Trust Between Partners in Collaborative R&D Projects.- Part V: Collaboration Impact and Value.- Do Perceptions of Academic Scientists Influence Non-Academic Collaboration?.- Demystifying Value Co-destruction in Collaborative R&D Projects.- Challenges in Measuring Performance of Collaborative R&D Projects.<p></p>