Public procurers should have a clear and well-communicated strategy, which is backed up by involvement of management and suitable resources, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. This kind of strategic procurement capability is associated with better customer value and satisfaction in both regular public procurement and in that of innovations.

A recent study published in the California Management Review by leading innovation scholars, including Linus Dahlander, professor of strategy and Lufthansa Group Chair in Innovation at ESMT Berlin, presents a comprehensive framework detailing how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming open innovation practices. The framework identifies three key ways in which AI impacts open innovation: by enhancing existing practices through greater efficiency and scalability, by enabling new forms of collaboration and business models, and by replacing or reshaping traditional open innovation methods with autonomous, AI-driven processes.