Open Innovation Experiences Developed in the Hub Center Project for the Solution of High Impact Problems of the Central Region of the Country

Abstract

Abstract This article allows us to externalize the experiences mainly of the challenges of open innovation developed in the cities of Riobamba, Latacunga and Ambato, understood these cities as the HUB's area of influence, in addition, to refer to the current situation as organizations that promote solutions to these problems existing ones that have been confronted taking innovation as the main instrument to provide solutions. The main objective of this review article is to refer to the open innovation experiences that the HUB Center has carried out at the time of its management, specified in the development of the document. The development of this work was done through the exploration of information from authors who have already treated these issues with another perspective and with other ways of doing things, with enough experience in their field, also the deductive study method allows to go from a general context to a specific one, and according to the requirements that this research estimates. The HUB Center is a networked space with 8 Higher Education Institutions plus the Ecuadorian Corporation for Research Development and the Academy that are members of this network, through these institutions and with the articulation of the HUB, local development is promoted from the academy to the productive and social sectors supported by the central government and the local governments of each province.

Keywords

• hub center, open innovation, high impact problems, higher education institutions, zone 3, innovation challenges.