Abstract
Open Innovation is not a new concept and it is been actively used by different entities to cope with new challenges posed by the evolving society in business, science and education. However, for this last one seems to be poor documentation about how higher education institutions are dealing with it. It is evident that universities are applying concepts like Open Innovation Laboratories, however it is not clear the methodologies or resources they are using. Tecnologico de Monterrey recently created its own laboratory and in this article we present the motives, concepts and uses of it in the context of higher education. Different approaches are made, from the development of core competences concepts to the physical and virtual tools used in the lab. Two study cases are briefly presented in order to illuminate how external actors are collaborating with internal actors in an Open Innovation process.
Highlights
The globalized world in which we live is getting increasingly competitive and there is the need to solve fast and in a novelty way the challenges that arise in business, science and education [1]
In 2017, an Open Innovation Laboratory (OIL) was established to provide innovative resources that will support the exchange of knowledge and experiences during innovation process of new product development that in its core are Sensing, Smart and Sustainable (S3) [6]
OIL is an arrangement of different concepts between specific knowledge and platforms it is necessary to structure them in a well-designed fashion
Summary
The globalized world in which we live is getting increasingly competitive and there is the need to solve fast and in a novelty way the challenges that arise in business, science and education [1]. OI paradigm has been using especially by firms and they consider “The Open Innovation as a distributed innovation process based on purposively managed knowledge flow across organisational boundaries, using pecuniary and non-pecuniary mechanisms in line with the organisation’s business model” [3][4] Due to this process of OI, higher education institutions play an increasingly important role and have a closer relationship with the industry creating new research agendas [5]. In this new collaboration scheme ICTs play a fundamental part so in 2013, Tecnologico de Monterrey launched TEC21 educational model targeting a new generation of students who are digital native and demand the use of innovative learning methods and modern technological equipment. A brief description of the uses of the laboratory in higher education as well as some study cases for further insight of its utilization in real life scenarios
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