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3 Vital Idea Crowdsourcing Best Practices from the 2021 Suez Canal Obstruction

Qmarkets

In 2017 it was blocked for a few hours by the OOCL Japan, in 2006 it was blocked by the Okal King Dor for 8 hours, and before that in 2004 the Tropic Brilliance became lodged for 3 whole days. Ultimately, because the SCA has no competition there is very little pressure for them to innovate.

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The 5 Ways Chairman Lampert Destroyed Sears’ Value

Adam Hartung

The brand is now so tarnished that Sears Holdings is writing down the value of the Sears name by another $200million – reducing intangible value from the $4B at origination in 2004 to under $2B. Whatever chance Sears and Kmart had to grow the chain against intense competition it was lost by the Chairman’s need to micro-manage.

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

Innovation Walk

Companies commonly used to assume the best route to innovation was to control processes by keeping all data and knowledge internally and hiring the best employees. Traditional companies have also started to deal with a new competition since the entry of fast-emerging businesses referred to as “startups“. in 2004 to 8.3%

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Origin Story of The first CT scan (Republished from The Conversation

Rmukesh Gupta

But by the ‘60s, EMI wanted out of the competitive computer market and wasn’t sure what to do with the brilliant, eccentric engineer. hours processing the data on an EMI mainframe computer and capturing the image with a Polaroid camera before racing back to the hospital. editors. , Hounsfield’s innovation transformed medicine.

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Three Vital Idea Crowdsourcing Best Practices from the 2021 Suez Canal Obstruction

Qmarkets

In 2017 it was blocked for a few hours by the OOCL Japan, in 2006 it was blocked by the Okal King Dor for 8 hours, and before that in 2004 the Tropic Brilliance became lodged for 3 whole days. Ultimately, because the SCA has no competition there is very little pressure for them to innovate.

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Three Vital Idea Crowdsourcing Best Practices from the 2021 Suez Canal Obstruction

Qmarkets

In 2017 it was blocked for a few hours by the OOCL Japan, in 2006 it was blocked by the Okal King Dor for 8 hours, and before that in 2004 the Tropic Brilliance became lodged for 3 whole days. Ultimately, because the SCA has no competition there is very little pressure for them to innovate.

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Business model creation and innovation in China: not just copycats.

The BMI Lab Blog

At the same time, in 2003-2004, Alibaba invested USD 52 million to enter the C2C market in China through its service, Taobao.com. A year later, in 2004, it occupied over 50% of the market, displacing eBay to the second position. In 2010 Taobao had close to 80% of the C2C market in China, entirely displacing eBay.