This collection investigates the phenomenon of ""Open Innovation,"", in which firms draw on research and development … that may lie outside their own boundaries. The book's contributors link the practice of innovation to the established body … of innovation rsearch, showing what's new and what's familiar in the process. Looking in depth at a process recently …

-- Part 2 R&D and Market Competition of Laser Diodes in the U.S. and Japan -- 5 Birth of the Laser Diode: It All Started in …: Patterns of Innovation in the U.S. and Japan -- 12 Patterns of Spin-Outs and Innovation -- 13 Conclusion -- Appendices … Purpose Technology, Pattern of Innovation, and Spin-out -- 3 Data -- 4 Technological Characteristics of Laser and Laser Diode …