Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Competition aside, both face opposing physical forces that must be overcome to win. Inertia is the resistance to any change in the current state of motion. Required is a “grease and glue” model of leadership.

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Adam Hartung

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Leadership touted a higher same store sales number, but that is completely misleading. McDonald’s leadership has undertaken a back to basics program. That’s why accounting changes are often called “financial machinations.” McDonald’s profits rose 23%. But revenues were down 5.3%.

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Adam Hartung

MAY 15, 2016

On May 1, 2003, KMart begins trading again. Heck, leadership had discontinued the famous catalogues in 1993 to stop store cannibalization and push people into locations where the company could promote more products and services. Newspapers are a dying business, and Bezos could not change that fact.

Trends 36

Trends Technical Review Innovation Leadership 36

Technology Created

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

The light bulb turned out to be the “killer app” that ushered in the golden age of appliances that changed the homes of the world. “Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope; Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM.” Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003. What are the parallels for today?

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Technology Examples Internet of things 54

Open Innovation EU

MAY 17, 2017

As opposed to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial thinking is not necessarily bound to entrepreneurs (to be); it is an essential skill for ‘strengthening human capital, employability and competitiveness’ (Bacigalupo et al., In the Schumpetarian view, opportunities arise from the internal willingness to change the industry. Shane, 2003).

Entrepreneurship 62

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eZassi

JULY 3, 2017

It almost seems counterintuitive that the same leaders who were responsible for launching and cultivating a successful business, would be resistant to change even in the face of evolving markets. This is understandable, especially since the term “open innovation” only became a part of the corporate lexicon around 2003.

Open Innovation 45

Open Innovation Technical Review Software Review Innovation 45

hackerearth

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Let’s take a closer look at the principles of open innovation according to Chesbrough (2003). Source: Chesbrough (2003). Business models change with mutualistic relationships, adapting and remodeling owing to valuable feedback ups the chances of success for the innovator. Smart people outside the company have much to offer.

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