Research project commissioned by CEA / DRT

The open lab Y.SPOT

Strategic perspectives for a deeptech-oriented open innovation lab

Execution between Jan. 2023 and Spring 2024. Reports available in Fall 2024.

 

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Context

In Grenoble (France), the Y.SPOT open lab includes the Y.SPOT Lab (an entity of the French research technology organization CEA) and the project labeled Y.SPOT Partners, which hosts several entities: Village by CA, the coordination team running the GIANT Partnership, several teams working for CEA, and the Atelier Arts-Sciences.

This open lab demonstrates an original value proposition. It handles the multiple paradoxes of open or collaborative innovation. This White Book identifies the specificities and the dynamics of the Y.SPOT Lab to face the challenges of deeptech innovation in a context where societal and environmental issues attract increased attention and have the same importance as economic value.

This White Book proposes an analysis of the key properties and organizational principles for an open lab operating in the deeptech domain: How can it have a positive impact on the technological innovation trajectories that pervade our societies?

This White Book elaborates on more than 10 years of expertise in the management of open labs and open innovation. Based on more than 50 interviews and comparisons with open labs addressing deeptech-related challenges in France, Germany, and Canada, it identifies key success factors for internal organizational drivers and dynamics of ecosystems.

 

French version, version française

A Grenoble, l’open lab Y.SPOT comprend Y.SPOT Lab, entité du CEA, et le bâtiment Y.SPOT Partners qui accueille les activités de plusieurs entités ou partenaires : Village by CA, HP, l’équipe de coordination du partenariat GIANT, différentes équipes du CEA et, enfin, l’Atelier Arts Sciences.

Cet open lab propose une promesse de valeur originale. Il gère les multiples paradoxes de l’innovation ouverte et de l’innovation collaborative. Ce livre blanc identifie les dynamiques spécifiques de l’open lab Y.SPOT pour relever les défis du developpement de la deeptech dans un contexte où les enjeux sociétaux et environnementaux sont devenus majeurs et revêtent la même importance que la création de valeur économique.

Ce livre blanc propose une grille d’analyse qui permet de comprendre les propriétés clés et principes d’organisation d’un open lab actif dans la deeptech: comment s’organiser pour avoir un impact positif sur les trajectoires d’innovation technologique qui traversent nos sociétés ?

Réalisé par la chaire newPIC de Paris School of business, ce livre blanc s’appuie sur une dizaine d’années d’expertise sur les open labs et le management de l’innovation ouverte. Basé sur plus de 50 entretiens et des comparaisons avec des open labs intégrant les enjeux de la deeptech en France, en Allemagne et au Canada, ce rapport met en perspective les principes d’organisation interne et les dynamiques d’écosystèmes qui doivent être installés pour permettre le succès d’un tel dispositif de l’innovation ouverte.

 


Field research



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For this research project, we have installed a field research protocol based on semi-structured interviews and participant observation, with systematic triangulation of perspectives associated with the different categories of stakeholders active around CEA's Y.SPOT. We analyzed their respective roles and contributions, decision-making processes, and tangible and intangible resources. We investigated the ecosystems around the Y.SPOT's facilities in Grenoble, Nice and Toulouse. We had a special focus on interactions between CEA's research labs and CEA's Y.SPOT, to understand the emergence, incubation, maturation, and acceleration of entrepreneurial projects. We also developped a comparison with JOSEPHS (Nuremberg, Germany), CENTECH (Montréal, Canada), Euratechnologies (Lille, France) and thecamp (Aix en Provence, France).



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  • 54 Interviews (45 to 90 min)

    • CEA Executives
    • Y.SPOT managers, project managers and experts
      in Grenoble, Nice and Toulouse
    • Stakeholders active in Y.SPOT PARTNERS:
      Village by CA and Camputs GIANT
    • Partners of the open lab Y.SPOT:
      large companies, SMEs, Hospitals, public organizations
  • National and international comparisons

    • CENTECH (Montréal)
    • JOSEPTHS (Nuremberg)
    • thecamp (Aix en Provence
    • Euratechnologies (Lille)
  • 4 days participant observation

    • CENTECH (Montréal)


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Research team
 

  • Valérie MERINDOL
      vm (at) newpic.fr
      +33-0-617 09 06 43
      
     
  • Nicolas AUBOUIN
      na (at) newpic.fr

     
     
  • David W. VERSAILLES
      dwv (at) newpic.fr
      +33-0-609 52 54 56
      
     
 
  • Project managers: Valerie MERINDOL and David W. VERSAILLES
  • Principal investigators: Valerie MERINDOL and David W. VERSAILLES

Presentation events

 

 

  • Les Midis de l'Innovation, CEA Y.SPOT
    Organized by Y.SPOT and CEA/ DRT
    Date  TBD
    Program:
    • Presentation of results by the newPIC team
    • Interaction with Y.SPOT staff and Y.SPOT external stakeholders

Information:

   presse (at) newpic.fr
   press (at) newpic.fr

Registration:

TBD

  • European Academy of Management 2025 annual conference
    Organized by EURAM local organizer: University of Florence, Italy, and the newPIC team
    Date  Lab day during EURAM annual conference
    Program:
    • Presentation of results by the newPIC team
    • Interaction with academics and practitioners

Information:

   presse (at) newpic.fr
   press (at) newpic.fr

Registration:

via EURAM 2025 conference platform

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LIVRE BLANC (in French)
L'open lab Y.SPOT
Livre blanc sur un dispositif d'innovation ouverte pour la deeptech


DOI: tbd
238 pages, September 2024

Avant-Propos par Julie Galland, CEA DRT
Preface par Maria Faury and Philippe WATTEAU, CEA

 

Full report in French,
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WHITE BOOK (in English)
L'open lab Y.SPOT
White book on a deeptech-oriented innovation intermediary


DOI: tbd
(Nov. 2024)

Foreword by Julie Galland, CEA DRT
Preface by Maria Faury and Philippe WATTEAU, CEA

F O R T H C O M I N G       FALL 2024


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Academic publications and contributions to conferences

Submissions to conferences will start with the academic year 2020-2021.
Presentations will be posted here once validated/ accepted by the conferences...
 

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Other publications

We mention here all other publications in relation with this research project
 

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direct url : http://genopole.newpic.fr

 

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direct url : http://innovasia.newpic.fr

 

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direct url : http://innovfra.newpic.fr

 

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direct url : http://innovidf.newpic.fr

 



ANRT

FutuRIS

newPIC chair

the White Book on Open Labs

direct url : http://openlabs.newpic.fr