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Open Innovation at MNCs: A Case Study at Tetra Pak

Dahlstedt, David and Sundén, Mattias (2018) MIOM05
Production Management
Abstract
Issue of Study:
The master thesis was conducted at Tetra Pak, a large multinational manufacturing firm within the business to business setting. They have a history of renowned innovations and have with their innovations, become the market leader within their industry. In recent history, they have tried using open innovation for certain projects in an ad hoc manner, but do not have any clear vision, organisation or process for open innovation. This master thesis aims to describe the role of open innovation at Tetra Pak, and as such, aims to fill the theoretical gap for how open innovation fit within a large multinational corporation.
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Purpose:
The purpose of this master thesis was to develop increased understanding of how a large... (More)
Issue of Study:
The master thesis was conducted at Tetra Pak, a large multinational manufacturing firm within the business to business setting. They have a history of renowned innovations and have with their innovations, become the market leader within their industry. In recent history, they have tried using open innovation for certain projects in an ad hoc manner, but do not have any clear vision, organisation or process for open innovation. This master thesis aims to describe the role of open innovation at Tetra Pak, and as such, aims to fill the theoretical gap for how open innovation fit within a large multinational corporation.
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Purpose:
The purpose of this master thesis was to develop increased understanding of how a large manufacturing multinational corporation can improve its efforts in the field of open innovation.
Method:
The master thesis was designed as a singular in-depth case study with a systematic combining approach. The empirical data was gathered by conducting 27 interviews, whereof 21 of them with employees at Tetra Pak, and six of them with external parties. The interviews were semi-structured and in order to validate the results, a workshop and a survey were conducted.
Conclusions:
The recommendation for Tetra Pak is to agree on a definition for open innovation. The suggested definition is: “Open innovation is when a company seeks specific solutions, technologies or competencies outside one's current network. Which is done by exposing one’s need for, not in advance chosen recipients.” They should also introduce a person or network as a focal point for open innovation, run several smaller open innovation challenges to find a success story within Tetra Pak and spread knowledge of the concept. The main barriers identified were: legal aspects, resources, governance, cultural aspects and corporate strategy. (Less)
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author
Dahlstedt, David and Sundén, Mattias
supervisor
organization
course
MIOM05
year
type
M1 - University Diploma
subject
keywords
Open innovation, innomediaries, open innovation barriers.
other publication id
18/5609
language
English
id
8968396
date added to LUP
2019-01-28 11:45:45
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2019-01-28 11:45:45
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  abstract     = {{Issue of Study:
The master thesis was conducted at Tetra Pak, a large multinational manufacturing firm within the business to business setting. They have a history of renowned innovations and have with their innovations, become the market leader within their industry. In recent history, they have tried using open innovation for certain projects in an ad hoc manner, but do not have any clear vision, organisation or process for open innovation. This master thesis aims to describe the role of open innovation at Tetra Pak, and as such, aims to fill the theoretical gap for how open innovation fit within a large multinational corporation.
II
Purpose:
The purpose of this master thesis was to develop increased understanding of how a large manufacturing multinational corporation can improve its efforts in the field of open innovation.
Method:
The master thesis was designed as a singular in-depth case study with a systematic combining approach. The empirical data was gathered by conducting 27 interviews, whereof 21 of them with employees at Tetra Pak, and six of them with external parties. The interviews were semi-structured and in order to validate the results, a workshop and a survey were conducted.
Conclusions:
The recommendation for Tetra Pak is to agree on a definition for open innovation. The suggested definition is: “Open innovation is when a company seeks specific solutions, technologies or competencies outside one's current network. Which is done by exposing one’s need for, not in advance chosen recipients.” They should also introduce a person or network as a focal point for open innovation, run several smaller open innovation challenges to find a success story within Tetra Pak and spread knowledge of the concept. The main barriers identified were: legal aspects, resources, governance, cultural aspects and corporate strategy.}},
  author       = {{Dahlstedt, David and Sundén, Mattias}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Open Innovation at MNCs: A Case Study at Tetra Pak}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}