Adapting the process of a public sector innovation lab with the help of design thinking: The case of X-lab Rvo

In the Netherlands, one of the government bodies solving complex problems is the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (‘Rijksdienst Voor Ondernemers’; RVO). Within RVO, X-lab is developing new ways of working to be better prepared to deal with these complex problems. In short, X-lab is RVO’s internal innovation lab that creates and collects different...

Commercialization of project results in research public-private partnerships

This exploratory study aims at finding influences of characteristics on commercialization of results of research and innovation projects funded by the EU. This study will help overcomer the Valley of Death, which is the troublesome transition from research to the subsequent commercialization. This study aims at two themes within FP7-NMP which...