撮要

This case study focuses on how Huawei has developed its open innovation platform, It shows how Huawei has changed its role from a research fund provider to a research collaborator, bringing in mutual benefits in university-enterprise research collaborations. The case lists various challenges of managing open innovation projects, from looking for suitable external research partners, keeping the research project projects on track to the evaluation of research outcomes. It shows how Huawei has tackled the problems common to open innovation projects, such as the Not-Invented-Here syndrome and industry-university communication difficulties, when managing the open innovation research projects.

This case study poses the question how Huawei should improve its open innovation platform, in line with it evolution from a follower to an industry leader. It gives students an opportunity to identify the challenges associated with open innovation and to make recommendations as to how an open innovation platform could be improved to produce more cutting-edge technological innovation through university-enterprise research collaboration.

学习目标

The case enables students to:

Understand the concept of open innovation, particularly its role in transforming a company from an industry follower to a leader;

Identify the challenges associated with open innovation; and

Recommend solutions to produce more cutting-edge technological innovation through university-enterprise research collaboration.