Innovation management–An overview and some best practices

Abstract

im Einvernehmen mit dem Land Nordrhein-Westfalen gegründet. Die Vision, die dem C-LAB zugrunde liegt, geht davon aus, dass die gewaltigen Herausforderungen beim Übergang in die kommende Informationsgesellschaft nur durch globale Kooperation und in tiefer Verzahnung von Theorie und Praxis gelöst werden können. Im C-LAB arbeiten deshalb Mitarbeiter von Hochschule und Industrie unter einem Dach in einer gemeinsamen Organisation an gemeinsamen Projekten mit internationalen Partnern eng zusammen. C-LAB -the Cooperative Computing & Cooperation Laboratory -works in the area of research and development and safeguards its transfer into the market. It was founded in 1985 by Nixdorf Computer AG (now Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co OHG) and the University of Paderborn under the auspices of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia. C-LAB's vision is based on the fundamental premise that the gargantuan challenges thrown up by the transition to a future information society can only be met through global cooperation and deep interworking of theory and practice. This is why, under one roof, staff from the university and from industry cooperates closely on joint projects within a common research and development organization together with international partners. In doing so, C-LAB concentrates on those innovative subject areas in which cooperation is expected to bear particular fruit for the partners and their general well-being.