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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

In 1994 Peter Drucker defined business models as “stories that explain how enterprises work” and answer the age-old questions of Peter Drucker’s Theory of Business – “Who is the customer? How do we make money in this business? WHO – Every business model serves a certain customer group (Chesbrough and Rosenbloom 2002; Hamel 2000).

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

I’m going to talk about how, in the 21st Century, we need ‘Goodness’ more than ‘Greatness’ when it comes to innovation. We are familiar with all these inventions. Here is another question: Do you know who these people are? We have spent over a century making and producing ‘things’. Yes, you read it right.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

We are familiar with all these inventions. Here is another question: Do you know who these people are? Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). We have spent over a century making and producing ‘things’.

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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

I’m going to talk about how, in the 21st Century, we need ‘Goodness’ more than ‘Greatness’ when it comes to innovation. We are familiar with all these inventions. Here is another question: Do you know who these people are? We have spent over a century making and producing ‘things’. Yes, you read it right.

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On the Origin of Companies

David Marks

In the book Charles Darwin described a natural selection process favoring individuals and species who, due to a lucky collection of redeeming features, were better suited to their environment than less fortunate peers. Companies who choose to act decisively, can adapt to shifting business environments at will. They innovate.

Company 40
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On the Origin of Companies

David Marks

In the book Charles Darwin described a natural selection process favoring individuals and species who, due to a lucky collection of redeeming features, were better suited to their environment than less fortunate peers. Companies who choose to act decisively, can adapt to shifting business environments at will. They innovate.

Company 40
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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

It is only natural to consider whether the cohort of CVCs established during the last five years will have more staying power than the dot-com CVC group, many of which closed down during the economic downturn of 2001-2004. More CVCs — but will they last? How can a company set up and operate a CVC organization for long-term success?