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Foremost findings: Digital readiness
Like other topics related to digital innovation Open Innovation is also receiving more and more attention
and this was clear from the interest showed by all participants., yet, defining 'Open Innovation' was not
easy and, to avoid falling into any ambiguity, it was necessary to analyse together with the attendees the
topic from both a practical and theoretical point of views.

It is interesting to note that there are many companies, especially large ones, that have put Open
Innovation at the centre of their strategic choices as adopting this paradigm can bring important
advantages, but it was evident during the debates that from theory to practice the transition is not ata all
easy. During the Focus groups partners’ facilitators did try to adjust the discussion bordering digital
transformation and with the experience and insights from the start-up world and keeping an eye on the
analysis of the processes linked to the Open Innovation wave. An interesting infographics was showed
during the Czech focus group, where it was explained and commented the EU Member States Summary
Innovation Index (SII) here below displayed

Source – Czech Republic Government

Before understanding how it is possible to do Open Innovation and which are the good examples in the
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consortium countries, it was necessary to start with a definition and its origin as a term and idea. For the
purpose of the project activities Open Innovation is a paradigm that states that companies can and must

1 Henry W. Chesbrough, 'The era of Open Innovation' MIT Sloane Management Review, April 15, 2003

2 The Polish Product of the Future is a competition organised annually by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) and

OPEN4U: intrOducing Practices in opEn innovatioN 4U - project number 2022-1-IT01-KA220-VET-000085295
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the
European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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