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Axel Springer & External Innovation. How to turn “Spray and Pray” into “Spray and Succeed”?

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Their radical and successful transformation encouraged us to dig deeper into their external innovation strategy and its implementation. The “Mere Internet Midget” Becoming a Digital Media Giant In 2001, Axel Springer presented its first ever net loss to shareholders. Though once linked through a common medium? the company’s VC arm?—?was

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When innovation led to a reversal of fortunes

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Jobs began by changing the company’s image and ran his “Think Different” advertising campaign, which glorified individuality. Even though the Mac business was picking up, it was only in 2001, with the release of the iPOD (now retired) disrupting the digital music market, did Apple start soaring. Then, Microsoft invested $150 million (!)