Strategic Open Innovation for Research Centres

Research centres in Europe are increasingly required to embed their R&D activities in application-oriented and market-oriented R&D strategies. This requirement is perhaps inspired by experiences of

Inspired innovation

This week I participated in a great workshop facilitated and prepared by my colleagues Anneke Stolk and Menno van Rijn. the subject of the workshop was

Eco-Innovation: New Business Development on sustainable technologies

Over 20 years ago, when B&W started as Willems & van den Wildenberg in The Hague we specialised in the new and upcoming domain of New

Keiretsu Forum Barcelona, a network of professionals for professionals

On December 3, I participated in the XIV Investment Forum organized by Keiretsu Forum Barcelona , which demonstrated how things can be done really well, with

Los proyectos europeos pueden ser mucho más que grandes subvenciones sin resultados claros

Se oye mucho (aunque algunos no se atrevan a admitirlo) que los proyectos europeos de I+D son poco más que grandes subvenciones, que pocas veces alcanzan

Quadruple helix - include the people

We’ve spent years and years of hearing about the complex story of the triple helix model, the ongoing winding and intertwined stairway to Innovation heaven paved

Retos de I+D para el coche eléctrico

Written by Aurora Morales @ March 25, 2009. Be the first to comment

La electrificación de los vehículos es el futuro, está claro, pero no el cercano. Sólo haciendo cuatro números es fácil deducir que aún faltan décadas y

Las PYMEs españolas en el 7º PM

Written by Juan Pérez @ March 23, 2009. Be the first to comment

Principales barreras para participar A estas alturas, casi todo el mundo ha oído hablar del Séptimo Programa Marco (7º PM), el principal instrumento de la CE

Recombinant open innovation

Written by Laszlo Bax @ March 17, 2009. Be the first to comment

Last week I attended the Kimconference where Henry Chesbrough was keynote speaker. He explained to the Catalan audience how Open Innovation could help companies (large and

Energy - solving the right problem

Written by Josefin Berg @ February 16, 2009. Be the first to comment

Just back from Brussels and the European Sustainable Energy Week – an upbeat week about our energy. The “energy crowd” of Europe – from politicians to

Carbon credits for home energy efficiency: too little too late?

Written by Laszlo Bax @ February 10, 2009. Be the first to comment

During the first weeks of the year, I went through the internet published wisdom regarding what carbon credit trading could do for home energy efficiency measures.

Urban Flood Management – less wet feet through collaboration

¨You only need a safe country if people find it attractive enough to live there. Vice versa, an attractive city is not liveable if you get

Green buildings - the way out of crisis?

Written by Josefin Berg @ November 17, 2008. Be the first to comment

The symposium of the recently held Barcelona Meeting Point was not packed with people. The crisis in the real estate sector is noticeable. Still, we were

LIVING LAB powered through creative session

Written by Ruben Timmers @ October 08, 2008. Be the first to comment

Recently we had a highly motivating creative session in Brussels for the LIVING LAB project . Led by a specialised facilitator from Procter & Gamble, we

A city with a creative pulse

Written by Aurora Morales @ September 02, 2008. Be the first to comment

Once again it is shown that we are located in Barcelona not just because of the sun and the sea. When working with innovation you want