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Lateral Thinking in the Fight Against Crime. The Northern Bank Robbery Story.

Destination Innovation

On the night of Sunday 19 December 2004, two groups of armed men, masquerading as police officers, arrived at the homes of Christopher Ward and Kevin McMullan in Belfast. Both men were officials of the Northern Bank, one of the largest banks in Northern Ireland. Most of it was in the Northern Bank banknotes.

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Ten Modern Examples of Bad Assumptions

Destination Innovation

2008 Financial Crisis: Many financial institutions assumed that mortgage-backed securities were low-risk investments, but they turned out to be toxic and the subsequent banking crash led to a global economic downturn. In 2004 Blockbuster employed 84,000 people worldwide and operated 9,000 stores.

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Big Tech and Media- The Future?

IdeaSpies

The Microsoft-backed uber-unicorn is already banking $80 million a month. It’s the Big Tech playbook: Bank on Governments being too soft and courts too slow. Social When Facebook launched in 2004, it friended news media promising them access to youth. The Don’t Be Evil mantra then disappeared as trillions rolled in.

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i3: A market-creating initiative for African healthcare innovators

Christensen Institute

By 2004, revenues had reached $614 million. As the program develops, we hope additional African institutions such as Afrexim Bank will provide loans to further help the innovators scale. In just six years, Celtel was able to build operations in 13 African countries and gained 5.2 million customers.

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Reparations from France should go to Haitian entrepreneurs, not the government

Christensen Institute

Crédit Industriel et Commercial, a French bank that received significant fees and interest from Haiti’s payment of reparations to France, plans to hire researchers to investigate its history and work in Haiti. By 2004, revenues had reached $614 million. By 2004, revenues had reached $614 million. million customers.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Focus stage: Growth Published: 2004 more…. Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2004 more…. Citizen-Drive Innovation (World Bank). Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2014 more…. Co-Creation (Prahalad). Co-Creating Value (Ramaswamy). Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2008 more…. Morphology of Co-Creation (Bartl).

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Organizational Pathways to Business Model Innovation

Integrative Innovation

A useful taxonomy for addressing this issue has resulted from research by Costas Markides and Costas Charitou (2004). Case in point: Schwab (e.Schwab: build-up of online brokerage beside brick-and-mortar business), Lan & Spar Bank (build-up of direct banking alongside branch network). Phased Separation Strategy.