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Facing difficult problems such as fierce global competition or various environmental disruptions, a company has to create high-valued products or systems more than ever before.

Needless to say, the source of creation of high-value is innovation. And it is well known that organic fusion of different fields of knowledge is an essential element of innovation.

Therefore, it is necessary to establish a system to promote such "Organic Fusion of Different Fields of Knowledge" in order to make innovation occur rapidly.

As we focus on research activity, R&D based on an environment of open innorvation that can take in different fields of knowledge from outside the company has an essential advantage compared to that of closed innovation that depends on similar knowledge which exists inside the company.

In establishing an open innovation environment, industry-university cooperation, the collaboration with a university where is a mine of various knowledge is getting more attention. There are many examples in which the companies successfully make innovations by organic fusion of different fields of knowledge between company and university".

However, it is very difficult and costs too much to pick up the "best" knowledge from huge amounts of knowledge that exists in universities all over the world without any strategy. As a result, some companies give up searching the "best" knowledge and snatch "better" one that exists in limited range (neighboring university, introduction from associates or etc).

Our service, Open Innovation Service Based on Industry-University Cooperation enables our client companies to pick up and integrate the best knowledge necessary for radical innovation effectively, using our strong network with researchers in universities around the world.

We offer 4 services to our client companies that need to make innovation. We have strong network with researchers in the universities around the world through following activity.

- Alliance with major universities around the world such as University of Dubai (Dubai, UAE) and Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan), as an advisor for industry-university cooperation.

- Planning and operating Researcher Zukan, that delivers interviews with researchers of various fields in the universities around the world.

1) Researcher-Search

We search and introduce our client to the researchers who can solve client's technological problem to the clients.
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2) Idea Competition

We organize a competition where our clients gather ideas to solve their technological problem from researchers in universities around the world.
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3) Brainstorming

We organize a brainstorming session where our clients (1 company each) and researchers from various research fields can discuss and find the solution of client's technological problem.

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4) Young Researcher Salon (Recruiting Service)

We provide an opportunity where our clients (1 company each) and young researchers in universities (10 researchers) such as associate professor, lecturer, assistant or postdoctoral who coach graduate students in the science and engineering can get together and interact. This salon will produce word of mouth from the participating researchers who turned to be client's fans to their students, and that contributes to client's recruitment of graduate students, particularly in the science and engineering.
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