Tackling Societal Challenges with Open Innovation

Anita M. McGahan, Marcel Bogers, Henry Chesbrough, Marcus Holgersson · 2020 · California Management Review

Summary. Open innovation—combining external knowledge and market pathways with internal processes—has traditionally served business goals. This paper argues that open innovation can address societal challenges, though doing so creates trade-offs and tensions. The authors introduce articles from the World Open Innovation Conference examining how organizations deploy open innovation to tackle broader social problems beyond profit.

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McGahan, A. M., Bogers, M., Chesbrough, H., & Holgersson, M.. (2020). Tackling Societal Challenges with Open Innovation. California Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/0008125620973713

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DOI: 10.1177/0008125620973713
Countries: Canada, Denmark, United States, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden
Regions: North America, Europe
Categories: innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28