As the global economy slowly slides into recession, organizations face new challenges and opportunities. In today's interconnected world, it's impractical for companies to suspend their innovation initiatives until the worst of the storm blows over. To do so is to risk being well behind the curve when the economy does recover, and losing precious ground to competitors who found creative ways to keep their innovation initiatives moving during the darkest days of the downturn.
By c crawford 1980
An open source means innovation and ideas shared by all at a common plateform ,the basic idea is to generate new ideas and sharing could lead to a new and better innovation Any company should begin its innovation journey with the end in mind; in this case, an effort to sustain innovation must be carefully planned and practiced to perpetuate the culture of accelerated introduction of new products or solutions. Keeping the cycle of investment into R&D keeps innovation at sustainable levels.