Santos, RicardoAbreu, AntónioV.Anes2019-09-182019-09-182019-08-15SANTOS, Ricardo; ABREU, António; ANES, Vítor – Developing a green product-based in an open innovation environment. case study: electrical vehicle. In PRO-VE 2019: Collaborative Networks and Digital Transformation (20th Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises). IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Turin, Italy: Springer, 2019. ISBN 978-3-030-28463-3. Vol. 568, pp. 115-127978-3-030-28463-3978-3-030-28464-0http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/10512In order to respond to new market challenges, companies have attempted to develop open innovation processes with other organizations such as research centers and higher-education institutions. However, it is also frequently mentioned by several companies that the lack of models that support open innovation in a sustainable way, involving higher-education institutions or research centers and companies in the context of a collaborative environment, is an obstacle for a wider acceptance of this way of promoting innovation processes. Starting with some discussion about innovation models in a collaborative context, this paper discusses the developed of an electric vehicle based on an open-innovation approach among several companies and a Portuguese university.engBusiness sustainabilityOpen innovationNew product developmentCollaborative networksconference objecthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28464-0_11