Ulf Lindqvist, Niels Bjørn-Andersen, Örn S. Kaldalóns, Arne Krokan, Christian Persson, Leif Bloch Rasmussen, Soley Rasmussen

Abstract
It has been the scope of this study to create new service forms and business models for the border area between e-Business and Media (e-Media). The project was carried out by a Nordic consortium consisting of five research organisations and eight companies with financial support from the Nordic Innovation Centre (NICe).

The study first analyses the structural changes in the media and allied industries, i.e. content creation and advertising. Thereafter, a framework for innovations in e-Media is built up, together with a variety of business models. The framework is used to identify new, innovative service embryos for the e-Media sector. Finally eight new services are developed in industrial case studies.

The project has been carried out by a consortium consisting of five Nordic research organisations, which have relations to e-Business and the media sector, together with eight industrial partners from the media sector, software companies, and service providers.

The outcome of the project is an extensive description of innovation methods and business models for Nordic companies working in the media or e-Business sector or offering services over the net. The report also gives eight examples of more or less successfully exploited e-Media pilot cases.

Keywords: e-Business, e-Media, Business models, Value chain
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Olli Nurmi

Abstract
Development of new business opportunities and new products and services has traditionally taken place within one company. Several factors have however contributed that this closed innovation process has become in functional and open innovation process has been developed to enhance the innovation process. The open innovation process includes active idea generation and seeking technology outside the company borders and co-operation with the suppliers and competitors to generate added value for the customers.

The purpose of this project was to define and implement the open innovation process in several graphic arts companies. The project generated networks, innovations and more specifically three development projects.

The open innovation process works best in the so called precompetitive stage where the time to market is relatively long. Additionally it was found out that the best result was achieved when the customers are involved into to the innovation process.

Keywords: Open Innovation implementation, Graphic arts companies
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Michael Riordan

Abstract
This paper presents a model for a news production system optimized for multi-channel publishing outcomes, including a nearly instantaneous newspaper, website and GPS-synchronized publishing feed displayed via Google Earth. Customized modules of open-source software were created to bridge between proprietary hardware and software commonly used in publishing.

Keywords: Newspaper, Open-Source, XML, Metadata, GPS
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