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Innovation Lessons from the Master, Steve Jobs

Destination Innovation

He dropped out of college but voluntarily took a course in calligraphy. Because Apple lacked the technical skills in this field he sought to collaborate with a dominant player in mobile telephony, Motorola. Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic tumour in 2003 and after a long struggle he died in October 2011.

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

Shane, 2003). The trust paradox is mostly visible when dealing with outsiders, collaborators, clients, suppliers, et cetera and is of great difficulty for entrepreneurs. 2006) and are more likely to be created by making new and unique combinations (S. Although the latter are widely covered in literature (Bacigalupo et al.,

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33 Routes to Open Innovation

Open Innovation EU

” ( Chesbrough, 2003 ). In the course of time, the terminology surrounding Open Innovation has evolved alongside developments in management literature and practises. Of course, also other frameworks could be used to do so, but this seemed like a solid approach. Route 4: Collaborative Innovation. Route 3: Spin-off.