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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

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 gets the blame for waning product performance and competitiveness, feature fatigue, and poor innovation pipeline throughput.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Learnings from sports competitions Competition in business is similar to sports competitions – there are winners and losers. It also explains why prominent firms, which have been known for their innovative products for years, suddenly lose their competitive advantage?

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Competitive Rivalry Increases Risk-Taking Behavior

Michael Roberto

Intuitively, many of us probably believe that heated competition with a rival increases our propensity to take risks. Sometimes, it involves creative choices spurred by competitive rivalry. In 2003, the Patriots trailed the Denver Broncos (another key rival) by 1 point with just over 3 minutes left in the game.

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A brief history of work, innovation and skills in the UK

Wazoku

1880s and 1890s – Efforts to raise productivity A growing concern about the standard of Britain’s labour force, particularly when compared with Germany and the other industrial nations, led to a rise in an emphasis on training to increase productivity and competitiveness. The digital revolution.

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Coopetition

CREATORS

You can read part one HERE ** Do you remember who invented the liquid crystal display (LCD) back in 2003 that disrupted a whole industry and thereby brought the era of traditional tube televisions to an end? the similar pursuit of collaboration and competition between firms producing or developing complementary or related products.

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Innovate or Die: Open Innovation and 4 Key Measures to Stay Alive

Innovation Walk

Traditional companies have also started to deal with a new competition since the entry of fast-emerging businesses referred to as “startups“. In fact, the velocity of obsolescence , referred to the rate of speed at which a product or service and/or the competitive advantage of it will lose its value, has dramatically increased.

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Open Innovation and IP Contamination: Are you at risk?

Yet2

Since the introduction of the term in 2003, OI has become a way of being for companies looking to keep an edge on the competition, from large corporations to small and medium size enterprises. Open Innovation (OI) refers to the practice of accelerating innovation by leveraging ideas and technologies from outside sources.