Managing Open Innovation: A Case Study of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) in Thailand

Open innovation is perhaps one of the most interesting topics in technology management, but is not yet well understood by the community at large. As there is no concrete, single standard for open innovation practice, there exist a great many opportunities for researchers and practitioners to find new ways of bridging the gap between value creation and value capture whether they solutions for external technology or knowledge capital and resources. This research study attempts to explore open innovation through the lens of project management and project portfolio management by using the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) in Thailand as a case study. It captures existing processes in open innovation at NSTDA as well as theorizes a framework for open innovation by proposing different layers of collaboration from within the organization's sub-units to external parties in academia and business.