A l'UM la science [S04-ep12]: Coo-Innov: innovation strategies of French companies
This week in A l'UM la science, Camille Bildstein and Frédéric Leroy, from the Coo-innov Chairchair, talk to us about the innovation strategies of French companies. Our last-minute guest, Thomas Pichery, talks about the climat Libé tour. A program broadcast every Wednesday on Divergence FM 93.9.
In 2020, as the pandemic brought the global economy to a standstill, two pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer (USA) and BioNtech (Germany), pooled their scientific skills, know-how and financial resources to work on a vaccine. The rest of the success story is well known, since the vast majority of us have received at least two doses of their vaccine in our arms.
2020 is also the year chosen to create the Coo-Innov chair for coopetition and innovation ecosystem at the University of Montpellier. The aim? To promote the exchange, dissemination and creation of knowledge between researchers, managers and students on collaboration and competition in innovation ecosystems. The Chair draws on scientific expertise, as its co-founders Frédéric Leroy and Anne-Sophie Fernandez are both university professors at Montpellier management and researchers in management science. It is also supported by two observatories - the Innovation Observatory and the Alliances and Partnerships Observatory.
We've already welcomed the Coo-Innov chair to talk about green innovation, competitiveness clusters and coopetition. This year, we welcome them once again, to coincide with the release of a new report, this time aimed at quantifying the innovation strategies of French companies. In order to track the development of innovation in France, this report proposes four main themes:
- the importance of innovation in the strategy of French companies ;
- these companies' approach to innovation;
- the choice of their main partner ;
- the challenges they face in innovating.
We talk about it with Frédéric Leroy, co-founder of the Coo-Innov Chair and professor at Montpellier mangement and Montpellier business school, and Camille Bildstein, in charge of development at the Coo-Innov Chair.
To find out more :
- read the Coo-Innov Obs 2024 report ;
- listen to the programs A l'UM la science Coopétition ou compétition pour l'innovation verte? and De l'innovation collaborative au flying carpet d'Euromov.
Our last-minute guest, Thomas Pichery, in charge of communications for scientific culture at the University of Montpellier, talks to us about the Climat Libé Tour, which, for its eighth and final leg, will set off from Montpellier on December 13 and 14, 2024.
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Coproduction: Divergence FM / Université de Montpellier
Animation: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Interviews : Lucie Lecherbonnier / Aline Périault
Production : Alice Rollet
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