Introduction Most of the work of designers involves the creation of intellectual property (IP). Therefore, IP is an important business asset that can catapult businesses to success, if designers and enterprises know how to protect it (Bently and Sherman 2014; Waelde et al., 2014). One generates an IP in cases where he/she creates a new[…]
Introduction: The term ‘open innovation’ was first coined by Henry Chesbrough[1] in 2003, when he defined the term as ‘the use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal innovation, and expand the markets for external use of innovation, respectively’. Open innovation is assumed to be a platform that uses both internal and[…]