Die Europäische Kommission hat sich in dem Jahrbuch European Commission (2012): Open Innovation 2012 (PDF, 4MB) nur mit Open Innovation befasst – und das mit gutem Grund, denn ” (…) one can clearly see that open innovation is knowledge society’s approach to well-being and sustainable development, both societally and economically. Open innovation can be very relevant when seeking and verifying the applicability of disruptive innovation outcomes in the society. These insights from a variety of views to service innovation are hopefully very stimulating to the reader who wishes to enter the new mainstream” (S. 8).