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, una red de profesionales para profesionales
El pasado 3 de diciembre, participé en el XIV Foro de Inversores de la red Keiretsu Forum Barcelona , comprobando que si quieres y sabes, las…
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
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
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
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…
