Siemens report on Open Innovation

Siemens have published a detailed report on Open Innovation.  It contains many interesting points including a report from Grant Thornton on the sources of ideas.  Their survey revealed that the best sources of ideas were as follows as rated by percentage of respondents:
Customers                              41%
Heads of Business Units           35%
Employees                              33%
Internal R&D                         33%
CEO                                      27%
Partners & Suppliers               26%  
Sales                                    17%
Do you work with customers on a systematic basis as a source of innovation?
Paul Sloane

Fuente: http://www.bqf.org.uk/innovation/2010/05/22/siemens-report-on-open-innovation/