The conference, themed “Building Successful Ecosystems Through Open Innovation”, was held online via the Gather.Town platform.
 

Together with his co-authors Christopher Chochoiek and Henry Chesbrough, Prof. Gutmann presented the paper titled “Extending Open Innovation: Tracing Knowledge Flows from Corporate Venture Capital”. This research delves into the role of Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) within the framework of Open Innovation (OI). The authors introduced an innovative framework that traces knowledge flows from CVC investments, outlining how these flows can be leveraged to overcome organizational barriers and enhance innovation performance.The study particularly highlights new types of knowledge flows – “Outside-Out” flows, which help shape an ecosystem for corporate innovators, and “Inside-In” flows, which break down internal silos to achieve meaningful innovation impact.

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Prof. Tobias Gutmann is Assistant Professor, Co-Director of the Institute of Technology, Innovation and Customer Centricity, and Manager of the Siemens Product Innovation Lab at EBS Universität. His groundbreaking research significantly contributes to the global dialogue on Open Innovation. Prof. Dr. Tobias Gutmann teaches in the bachelor's and master's degree program in technology and innovation management as well as strategy consulting with a focus on emerging technologies, innovation management systems, processes, theories and governance as well as structured problem solving. He also leads the EBS Onboarding Project, a specialty of our Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, which gives students the opportunity to work with practitioners from companies on a large diverse case study. This includes many impulse lectures, interactive workshops, company presentations and visits as well as specialist lectures by EBS professors.