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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

As McKinsey points out , organizations that focused on innovation even during the 2009 crisis, outperformed the market average by 30% and their growth continued to accelerate the following years as well. They successfully emerged from the crisis in 2007 through a series of bold decisions from leaders who embraced innovative thinking.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

From 2003 to 2007, I have been in charge of the R&D project portfolio management line of business at a solution provider. This is mainly due to the engineering culture that is embedded in many companies and which drives the decisions at the highest levels. Merging Theory and Practice. Pitfalls to Avoid. How to Tackle the Problem.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

From 2003 to 2007, I have been in charge of the R&D project portfolio management line of business at a solution provider. This is mainly due to the engineering culture that is embedded in many companies and which drives the decisions at the highest levels. Merging Theory and Practice. Pitfalls to Avoid. How to Tackle the Problem.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Now, how about these?

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Now, how about these?

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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Now, how about these?

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Adapt or die: lessons from 5 companies that failed to innovate

Idea Drop

In 2007 a small-time, ailing Netflix actually thought they were going to be acquired by the Blockbusters giant, but they decided they didn’t want to. Each CEO was so ignorant of history that they presented the same business plan over and over again, until Netflix was ready to take their market share with a bulletproof online offering.

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