Henry Chesbrough
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Henry Chesbrough coined the term open innovation
Open Innovation
Although the idea and discussion about some consequences date back at least to the 60s, open innovation is a term promoted by Henry Chesbrough, a professor and executive director at the Center for Open Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, in his book Open Innovation: The new...

 and is the author of Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology (HBS Press, 2003). He has also written two other books on open innovation: Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape (HBS Press, 2006) and Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm (Oxford, 2006), an edited book of academic papers.

Chesbrough is currently an adjunct professor and the executive director
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 of the Center for Open Innovation at the Haas School of Business
Haas School of Business
The Walter A. Haas School of Business, also known as the Haas School of Business or simply Haas, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley....

 at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
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. Prior to Haas, he taught at the Harvard Business School
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 as an assistant professor and Class of 1961 Fellow from 1997 - 2003.

Chesbrough holds a BA
Bachelor of Arts
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 in Economics
Economics
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 from Yale University
Yale University
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, an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford Graduate School of Business
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, and a PhD
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 from the Haas School of Business
Haas School of Business
The Walter A. Haas School of Business, also known as the Haas School of Business or simply Haas, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley....

 at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

.

He acts as the chairman of the Open Innovation Center - Brazil. His first appearance in Brazil was in 2008, when he did a presentation in the Open Innovation Seminar 2008.

He also acts as the chairman of board of advisors for Induct Software and appear in Oslo
Oslo
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 on the 2011 Oslo Innovation Week

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