Enabling open innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises: how to find alternative applications for your technologies

Mattia Bianchi, Sergio Campodall’Orto, Federico Frattini, Paolo Vercesi · 2010 · R and D Management

Summary. Small and medium-sized enterprises struggle to identify opportunities to license their technologies outside their core business due to limited resources and specialized focus. This paper presents a practical methodology combining TRIZ tools with weighting and portfolio management techniques to help SMEs find alternative applications for their existing technologies. The authors developed and tested the approach with an Italian packaging company.

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Bianchi, M., Campodall’Orto, S., Frattini, F., & Vercesi, P.. (2010). Enabling open innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises: how to find alternative applications for your technologies. R and D Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2010.00613.x

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2010.00613.x
Countries: Italy
Regions: Europe
Categories: entrepreneurship, innovation-theory, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28