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5 Leadership Lessons from 2015’s Business Headlines

Adam Hartung

2015 was not short on bad decisions, nor bad outcomes. But there are 5 major leadership themes from 2015 that can help companies be better in 2016: 1 – Cost cutting, restructurings and stock buybacks do not increase company value – Dow/DuPont. Because of McDonald’s size and legacy the media covered this story heavily in 2015.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2005 more…. Design Competitions. Focus stage: Growth Published: 2015 more…. Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2015 more…. Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2015 more…. Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2015 more…. Focus stage: Seed Published: 2005 more….

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Top innovation funds for startups in Asia: Part 2

hackerearth

The startup scene is China, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries is flourishing because of changing attitudes, untapped local markets, huge human resources, fierce competition, and foreign investment. In 2015, China set up a $6.5 Sequoia Capital China. China State Funds. In 2017, the Chinese government set up a US$14.5

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Nothing new under the innovation sun

Jeffrey Phillips

I rise today to praise Innovation Leader and Innosight on their publication of the 2015 Innovation Benchmarking Report. From what I can see of this report it is an excellent synopsis of the state of play of innovation in 2015. However, most of the conclusions and analysis could easily have been written in 2005.

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Innovation’s New World Order

Innovation in Practice

How and where innovation is performed matters: As Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter, author of classic texts on corporate strategy and the competitive advantage of nations, has noted, “Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.”. Most of this spending is being conducted by companies from Europe and the U.S. ,

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A Journey of Rediscovery: How Adidas Uses the Past to Innovate

Innovation in Practice

Consequently, instead of looking to its own capabilities, the company was foundering and looking over its shoulder at Reebok (a brand that Adidas would acquire in 2005) and Nike. It’s an important lesson for companies facing rising competition and uncertainty, and wondering how to distinguish their brand. © 2015 PwC.

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Becoming Real Innovators

Technology Created

.” [link]. BCG Perspectives, 28 Oct. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! New York: Random House, 1990. 3] [link]. [4] 4] Arthur, W. “The Structure of Invention.” ” Research Policy 36 (2007) 274–287 The Structure of Invention (n.d.): Note: first published in Brand Quarterly.