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In defense of industry-agnostic innovation management

David Marks

Should I design the assessments to be industry specific taking account of the peculiarities of each industry, it’s unique pressures, opportunities and technology? Back in 2006 the duo reigned supreme in the mobile phone market. Were Nokia and Blackberry lax with their innovation and technology development? His mind was set.

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In defense of industry-agnostic innovation management

David Marks

Should I design the assessments to be industry specific taking account of the peculiarities of each industry, it’s unique pressures, opportunities and technology? Back in 2006 the duo reigned supreme in the mobile phone market. Were Nokia and Blackberry lax with their innovation and technology development? His mind was set.

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Companies betting big on open innovation

hackerearth

[This paradigm] assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as they look to advance their technology.” ( Henry Chesbrough, 2006 ). The free flow, in and out, of ideas and IP promotes innovative ecosystems.

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Why Apple Will Maintain Its Innovation Momentum

Innovation in Practice

It was a huge success because of its simplicity and design. This simplistic innovation let to the highly successful iPod Shuffle. Apple launched the second-generation iPod Shuffle in 2006. Now, that’s innovation. . . Creativity and Innovation Management September 1999: 157-164. Sound familiar?

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Matching Crowdsourcing to Specific Stages of Business Model Innovation

Qmarkets

This type of innovation kicks in when sustaining innovations no longer generate additional profitability and the firms turns to cost reduction, mainly by optimizing internal processes. External crowdsourcing is mostly efficient when applied to market-creating innovations.

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Matching Crowdsourcing to Specific Stages of Business Model Innovation

Qmarkets

This type of innovation kicks in when sustaining innovations no longer generate additional profitability and the firms turns to cost reduction, mainly by optimizing internal processes. External crowdsourcing is mostly efficient when applied to market-creating innovations.

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Why you need extreme constraints to fuel innovation

hackerearth

Innovation is more about thinking than about product or process innovation. CEO Marissa Mayer offered the same opinion writing for Businessweek in 2006: Some of the most innovative ideas have come from marketing and advertising. Constraints can be inspiring. Constraints are fundamental to problem-solving. Well, some do.