Working in open innovation: How to determine networks and their relationship using techmining

This paper proposes how to foster open innovation through the establishment of collaborative networks. It displays how to elaborate and to visualize innovation networks existing through the analysis of the information contained in scientifical and technical databases. It comes to show two networks for innovation, made with text mining, the inventors network made upon information of the Intellectual property register and other network for innovation composed by authors of technical papers. These developments applying tech-mining techniques will allow companies to interact with numerous other companies and experts in every part of the world. Results can be of value to researchers, research managers, public institutions or decision makers in general who need to keep abreast of changing technical domains and anticipate future developments or establish for further knowledge transfer partnerships. The concept and application of open innovation and its collaborative networks will be integrated in the future innovation management systems.