This document discusses open collaboration frameworks and strategies that small to medium enterprises can implement. It defines open collaboration as collaboration that extends participation across organizational boundaries using communication tools. The benefits of open collaboration include fostering innovation through new ideas and processes, and increasing productivity by reducing costs and improving efficiency. Several case studies of large companies successfully implementing open collaboration are provided, such as Goldcorp involving external problem solvers, Procter & Gamble's collaborative innovation framework, and IBM's social media strategies. Challenges and strategies for implementing open collaboration are also outlined.
4. Increase Frequency and Efficiency of Distributed Meetings: virtual capabilities allow organizations that operate across boundaries to collaborate more effectively
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6. The contest winner, a collaboration between Fractal Graphics and Wall & Associates from Australia, no member of whom had ever even seen the mine, built a powerful 3-D rendition of the mine.
7. Subsequent drilling resulted in striking gold in four of the first five recommendations from the winners.
8. In 1996 the mine produced at an annual rate of 54,000 ounces/year
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10. Has dramatically increased the number of partnerships, licensing agreements etc. increasing rate of successful innovations threefold.
11. Today, more than 35 percent of P&G’s new products in market have elements that originated from outside P&G, up from about 15 percent in 2000
12. 45 percent of the initiatives in P&G’s product development portfolio have key elements that were discovered externally
26. Clearly if it is determined that the focus must be within the organization, then it becomes necessary to implement an inter-organizational (within the organization) strategy.
27. Do you have a clearly defined business problem that you want to solve? How important is this for your collaboration strategy?
30. Do you know where the knowledge to solve your business problem resides? Yes, we know exactly which people/organizations have the required information.
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33. Do you want to explore new partnership relationships with clients and others in the community?
35. Is marketing and business development an important element in developing your collaboration strategy? Do you want to increase the awareness of your company and its products in the community?
36. Do you want to have control over how the open collaboration process is implemented and managed?
37. Do you have lots of resources (people, funds etc.) to contribute to the management of the collaboration community and processes?
38. Do you want to have control of the intellectual property that is developed as a result of the open collaboration process?
39. Do you want to position your organization as a leader in your space?
40. Do You Want To Collaborate and Build Relationships With Specific Organizations?
41. Do you Want To Position Yourself As A Leader Amongst Your Clients and Partners
42. You Are Willing To Compensate Community Members for Intellectual Property?
43. How important is the development/implementation of a social mission to your overall strategy?
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45. Why the open collaboration strategy should be implemented
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47. Identify a sufficiently large group of people or organizations you want to solicit feedback from regarding your problem