Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape

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Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape
by Henry Chesbrough
from Harvard Business School Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Worthwhile Read for Some
  To put my response in context, I work with startup companies every day so I'm continually exposed to the importance of IP and business models and markets and markets and suppliers and distributors... many of the elements that that turn a cool idea or a cool technology into a profitable product.
  From that perspective, both this book and Open Business Models are a disappointment. As I would suggest that you only read one (and in most cases the latter), I'll briefly review both here.
  Open Innovation... more info

• Fair
  This is another pretty good book from the author. As in his earlier book, he starts with the motivation for open innovation, which is an old idea but that is not well practiced. In this new book he addresses many of the shorcomings of the first book, such as getting real value out of the partnerships that can be formed while overcoming internal issues, such as NIH. He then talks about different ways companies go about this. What drives you crazy is that he seems unaware that companies have been doing this... more info

• Well-written, concise, with specific examples
  As with his previous book Open Innovation, Chesbrough provides a concise and easily read review of important new trends in high-tech management. In this book the focus is on the path an innovation takes to profitability in the marketplace. Among the topics reviewed are novel "intermediate markets" for ideas and technology.
  I particularly appreciated the chapters of the book that provide nine examples of companies that are more-or-less "pure play" innovation intermediaries. Companies like Innocentive,... more info

• Open Business Models for Those Who Rely on Technology Innovation and Need Intellectual Property Protection
  This book is misnamed. Rather than being about open business models, the book's topic is about how to open business models to benefit from access to more technological innovation and strengthen your competitive posture through intellectual property.
  As a result, Professor Chesbrough creates a misapprehension that successful open business models are almost always linked to technological innovation as their main purpose and benefit. My own research (with Carol Coles in The Ultimate Competitive Advantage:... more info

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