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COMMERCIAL PROFILE; INTERTRADEIRELAND:Looking outwards is as important for large companies as it is for smaller one, says Prof Henry Chesbrough

FOR COMPANIES to draw on external ideas for their innovative thinking might seem an obvious choice but when Prof Henry Chesbrough began studying in this area he found that often the bigger the company, the more insulated it was in its thinking.