A December 2008 working paper of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development identifies some key characteristics of open innovation across countries and across industries. The paper by authors Koen De Backer, Vladimir Lopez-Bassols, and Catalina Martinez (?Open Innovation in a Global Perspective ? What Do Existing Data Tell Us?? Directorate of Science, Technology and Industry) notes the lack of empirical, systematic research into open innovation, observing that most of the existing research is based on case studies. The paper also discusses open innovation in light of the increasingly international scope of R&D and innovation, leading to the appearance of global innovation networks.

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