Research Roundup: The 'Flip Side' of Open Innovation, Productivity Losses from Bad Weather and Assessing the Risks of Outsourci
February 12, 2012 By Felipe Monteiro, Gerard Cachon, Peter Cappelli
ABSTRACT:
Three prominent professors at Wharton answer the compelling question, “Does Strategic Protection of Knowledge Undermine the Effectiveness of External Knowledge Sourcing” posed by three collaborative authors from collaborating universities. The report identifies standard practices used by innovators and encourages discretion in revealing proprietary information. The authors question the assumed more open innovation used by the public sector.
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