OPEN INNOVATION CHOICES - WHAT IS BRITISH ENTERPRISE DOING? Research Report Launch 4:30pm 22 June 2011 At NESTA's offices, 1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE Open Innovation (OI) has become a "way of living" for many businesses. Andy Cosh and Joanne Jin Zhang and the research team designed a survey to find the facts behind the hype. Between June and November 2010 a survey was carried out among 12,000 UK firms with up to 999 employees, covering both manufacturing and business services sectors. 1,202 firms completed the survey. The first set of results are now ready. If you would like to hear the results of this survey and receive a free copy of the report then please book your seat for the 22nd June, by contacting events@ukirc.ac.uk.

Evening Timetable 16:00- 16:30 Registration with tea and coffee 16:30-17:30 Welcome & Introductions Presentation of headline results by Andy Cosh and Joanne Jin Zhang Followed by Q & A session and open floor discussion 17:30 -18:00 Networking and drinks Further details on the research project Areas that the research team are examining include: Open innovation clusters and firm performance Linking openness to organisational slack The characteristics of openness and university links in the Knowledge intensive business services sector The role of technology intermediaries in supporting the implementation of open innovation in UK firms Public policy towards open innovation in the pharmaceutical sector Open innovation in the clean tech sector Other members of the research team include: Alan Hughes (Cambridge), Michael Kitson (Cambridge), Tim Minshall (Cambridge), Ammon Salter (Imperial), Oliver Alexy (Imperial), Elif Moreau-Bascavusoglu (Cambridge), Gerald Avison (Business), Chas Sims (Business). To see further details on this research project please see the project page.	The Presenters Andy Cosh and Joanne Zhang Andy Cosh is Programme Director for Enterprise and Innovation, a Reader in Management Economics, Accounting and Finance and Assistant Director of the Centre for Business Research at the University of Cambridge. Prior to his current posts Dr Cosh worked at HM Treasury and as a Research Officer at the Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge University. Until 2006 he was Senior Bursar at Queens' College, Cambridge. He has also acted as a business consultant to several firms and as a research consultant for the European Commission, Eurostat, British Bankers Association, DTI, DfEE and DfES. Joanne Zhang is a UK~IRC Research Fellow at Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge Judge Business School; and a visiting fellow in Strategy at Cass Business School, City University of London. Her current research interest falls into two areas. One area focuses on understanding a firm’s strategy of searching for and managing outside information and knowledge to accelerate innovation and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. The other focuses on the dynamic process of building successful high growth firms.
If you would like any further details regarding the research findings or to register your interest in attending this event please contact Philippa Millerchip, on events@ukirc.ac.uk. The Centre is co-funded by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). This support is gratefully acknowledged.
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