This is a blog devoted to problems of managing innovation generally, and open innovation in particular.  Before I define that term, let me introduce myself.  I’m a professor at UC Berkeley’s Haas Business School, and a former manager in the computer disk drive industry in Silicon Valley.  Read more.

Henry Chesbrough is a professor at the Haas Business School, UC Berkeley, and the author of Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology (Harvard Business Press). His new book is Open Services Innovation: Rethinking Your Business to Grow and Compete in a New Era (Jossey-Bass). Follow him at @OpenInno or at openinnovation.net.