The conference is completed, and all special issue submissions are closed. Thank you for all that participated in making this event successful.
Consistent with European tradition, we organized an April 2026 festschrift conference—in conjunction with special issues — to honor Henry Chesbrough and his research, timed to the year of Henry's 70th birthday.
The festschrift celebration was organized around three special issues/special sections:
a special issue of California Management Review entitled “Firm Openness and Industry Dynamics”
a special section of Industrial & Corporate Change entitled “Innovation Spanning Organizational and Disciplinary Boundaries: Contributions in Honor of Henry Chesbrough”
a special issue of R&D Management entitled “Open Innovation in Action: Strategies, Processes, Tools and the Evolving Practice of R&D Management”
All three of these were supported by a two-day festschrift conference in April 20-21, 2026, structured around these three tracks (one for each call). Submissions closed February 1, and decisions were announced March 2.
However, the three calls are significantly different. Authors should read each Call for Papers carefully before submitting, as few (if any) topics would be suitable for submitting to more than one call. Also, the post-conference review processes differ based on the requirements of the respective journals.
Last updated October 22, 2026