About Prof Henry Chesbrough

Henry is an American organizational theorist, adjunct professor and the faculty director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for coining the term open innovation. His latest book is Open Innovation Results

May 19, 2020

Getting beyond the hype of technological innovation and productivity

by Prof Henry Chesbrough • Comment, Technology

Not long ago, innovation was a largely internal affair. The journey from the laboratory to the marketplace took place largely within the four walls of the firm. Think of Bell Labs, IBM Research, or Xerox PARC. Each of them created important technological breakthroughs. And each breakthrough was commercialized through the company’s own businesses. More →