Strategic Open Innovation model: mapping Iberdrola network

Abstract

[EN] Companies are increasingly obliged to collaborate with each other if they want to be innovative, and this growing transfer of knowledge takes place in a context of Open Innovation. To study these scientific-technological collaboration networks within an Open Innovation context, the case study of Iberdrola, a Spanish business group dedicated to the production, distribution and marketing of energy, has been chosen. Two methods have been used; the bibliometric method to analyze the Iberdrola scientific network, and patent data analysis, to analyze the technological network. This has been achieved by using the Scopus and PatSeer databases, and refining the data with VantagePoint software. It was found that in both cases collaboration takes place with the university, other companies, and research centers. Iberdrola has an extensive scientific and technological collaboration network throughout the world. Both scientific and technological collaboration, despite it not being common practice in companies, nevertheless, it can be concluded that Iberdrola is committed to such collaboration in following with the guidelines of its organizational model based on Open Innovation.