Nova SBE Open & User Innovation Knowledge Center

Producing and disseminating research-based knowledge in the field of innovation management

The Nova SBE Open & User Innovation Knowledge Center brings together leading researchers and practitioners to produce and disseminate research-based knowledge in innovation management and, more specifically, open, user, and patient innovation and entrepreneurship.

The center is anchored in the research faculty at Nova SBE and complemented by leading affiliate researchers from renowned institutions. Its mission is to produce high-quality multidisciplinary research by fostering cooperation between management, scientists, and professionals of diverse backgrounds. Its ambition is to become a leading center in its areas of expertise.

Key research topics include:

  • Open and User Innovation
  • Innovation Diffusion
  • User Entrepreneurship
  • Multi-sided Platforms for Innovation Management
  • Patient Innovation and Patient Entrepreneurship
  • Open Social Innovation
  • Crowdsourcing and Distributed Problem Solving
  • Crowdfunding
  • Technological Change
  • Lead users, Toolkits, and User Identification.
  • Institutions, Innovation Law, and Policy

The center will collaborate closely with the Nova SBE Innovation Ecosystem and produce distinctive expertise on the business and economic development of new ventures based on open innovation and/or new solutions developed by users with a focus on real social and economic impact.

The Nova SBE Open & User Innovation Knowledge Center will also host Patient Innovation's research activities (www.patientinnovation.com), a non-profit association and digital platform aimed at promoting innovative solutions developed by patients and caregivers to overcome problems imposed by a disease or health condition. The platform has gathered a portfolio of over 5000 innovations and innovators, including around 1700 medical devices validated by a medical team and a community of over 300 000 users worldwide.

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Whats's happening

Events

August – November 2024: Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2024
01 Aug '24
Events | Thursday August – November 2024: Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2024

We are excited to announce that the applications for the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2024, supported by EIT Health, are officially open!!

The Patient Innovation Bootcamp is an acceleration program...

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Whats's happening

Events

Mikkel Flyverbom Seminar
22 Apr '24
Seminars | Monday Mikkel Flyverbom Seminar

Mikkel Flyverbom is a distinguished Professor of Communication and Digital Transformations at Copenhagen Business School, where he also serves as the Academic Director of the BSc in...

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Whats's happening

Events

Unlocking Innovation in Healthcare: The Case of the Patient Innovation
12 Mar '24
Seminars | Tuesday Unlocking Innovation in Healthcare: The Case of the Patient Innovation

Prof. Pedro Oliveira, Dean of NovaSBE and Scientific Director of the Nova SBE Open & User Innovation Knowledge, will participate in a seminar on “Unlocking Innovation in Healthcare: The...

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Whats's happening

News

WHU MBA student visit
News | 07 May 2024 WHU MBA student visit

Over the second week of April, a group of WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management MBA students embarked on a week-long Study Tour focused on Open, User, and Social Innovation at Nova SBE, as part...

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Whats's happening

News

We are happy to announce that the applications for the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2024 are currently open!
News | 08 April 2024 We are happy to announce that the applications for the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2024 are currently open!

The Patient Innovation (PI) Bootcamp is an acceleration program aimed at supporting patients, informal caregivers and collaborators to implement and scale up the innovative...

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Whats's happening

News

Mikkel Flyverbom Seminar
News | 02 April 2024 Mikkel Flyverbom Seminar

Mikkel Flyverbom is a distinguished Professor of Communication and Digital Transformations at Copenhagen Business School, where he also serves as the Academic Director of the BSc in...

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Our Numbers

Ongoing Projects
4
Ongoing Projects
Publications
21
Publications
Awards
12
Awards
Projects

Projects

The Nova SBE Open & User Innovation Knowledge Center develops research and applied activities projects with the goal of exploring and applying innovation with a focus on real social and economic impact.

Publications

Publications

Check our research publications so you can learn more about Open and User Innovation.

Education

Education

The Nova SBE Open & User Innovation Knowledge Center comprises degree and non-degree educational programs.

Our Team

Our Team

The team is composed of an interdisciplinary group of scholars from innovation management, entrepreneurship, data science, healthcare, platforms, and bioengineering.

 
 

Contact us

Maria João Jacinto,
Executive Director
maria.jacinto@novasbe.pt

Nova SBE Open & User Innovation Knowledge Center
Nova School of Business & Economics
Rua da Holanda, 1
2775-405 Carcavelos
Portugal