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Henry Chesbrough

Faculty Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation | Mike and Carol Meyer Fellow, Haas School of Business

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Henry Chesbrough, who coined the term “open innovation,” is faculty director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at Berkeley Haas. His research focuses on technology management and innovation strategy. He also teaches at Esade Business School at Spain’s University Ramon Llull. He has been an adjunct professor at the Harvard Business School and previously served as product manager and vice president of marketing at Quantum Corporation, a manufacturer of data storage devices and systems. He earned a BA in economics from Yale University, an MBA from Stanford University, and a PhD in business administration from Berkeley Haas.

Open innovation is a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external and internal ideas and paths to market to advance their technology. The central idea behind open innovation is that—in a world of widely distributed knowledge where the boundaries between a firm and its environment have become more permeable—companies cannot afford to rely entirely on their own research but should instead buy or license processes or inventions from other companies. In addition, internal inventions not being used in a firm’s business should be taken outside the company (e.g., through licensing, joint ventures, spin-offs).

Expertise and Research Interests

  • Open Innovation
  • Open Innovation and Business Models
  • Comparative Industry Evolution
  • Innovation
  • Innovation Strategy
  • Business Development
  • Managing Intellectual Property

Papers, Articles and Publications

Awards & Honors
  • Leadership in Technology Management Award, PICMET (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering & Technology), August 2019
  • Honoris Causa Doctorate: Universitat de Vic, Spain, 2014
  • Honoris Causa Doctorate: Hessalt University, Belgium, 2013
  • Berkeley Haas “Leading Through Innovation” Award, 2009
Academic Background
  • PhD, Business Administration and Public Policy, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
  • MBA, Highest Honors, Stanford University
  • BA, Summa Cum Laude, Economics, Yale University
Corporate Business Model Innovation Program
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COBE Eligible

Corporate Business Model Innovation Program

Learn how to transform your innovation challenges into opportunities to design, evaluate, and scale new business models.

Format
In-Person
Length
3 Days
Cost
$4,725.00 $5,250.00