Collaborative open innovation management in virtual manufacturing enterprises

Abstract

This paper addresses the challenging problem of collaborative open innovation in the context of Virtual Enterprises. The illustrated solutions, which represent the outcome of the BIVEE European project, are based on a knowledge-centric approach and a business innovation reference framework characterised by flexible guidelines, capable of providing useful guidance without hindering freedom and creativity with tight engineering practice. Based on this a software platform has been developed and experimented in different industrial settings, providing very positive feedback.

Keywords:

• Virtual Enterprise
• open innovation
• innovation management
• innovation framework
• knowledge sharing
• creativity

Acknowledgment

The authors wish to acknowledge the Commission for the support and express gratitude and appreciation to all the BIVEE project partners for their contribution during the development of various ideas and concepts presented in this paper.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Additional information

Funding

This work has been funded by the European Commission through ICT Project BIVEE: Business Innovation and Virtual Enterprise Environment [grant number 285746].