%0 Report %D 2014 %T Houston, We Have a Problem: NASA and Open Innovation (A) %A Tushman, Michael L. %A Lifshitz-Assaf, Hila %A Herman, Kerry %K competition and innovation %K complementors %K contests %K open innovation %K organizational behavior %K R&D %X Jeff Davis, director of Space Life Sciences Directorate at NASA, has been working for several years to raise awareness amongst scientists and researchers in his organizations of the benefits of open innovation as a successful and efficient way to collaborate on difficult research problems regarding health and space travel. Despite a number of initiatives, SLSD members have been skeptical about incorporating the approach into their day-to-day research and work, and have resisted Davis's and his strategy team's efforts. The (A) case outlines these efforts and the organization members' reactions. The (B) case details what Davis and the SLSD strategy team learned, and how they adapted their efforts to successfully incorporate open innovation as one of many tools used in collaborative research at NASA. %B Harvard Business School Case %I Harvard Business School %8 Revised November %@ Harvard Business School Case #414044 %G eng %U https://hbr.org/product/houston-we-have-a-problem-nasa-and-open-innovation-a/an/414044-PDF-ENG %9 Case Study