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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Design Competitions. Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2008 more…. 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: 2012 more….

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It’s Not Either/Or, It’s Both/And

Daniel Burrus

Between 2008 and 2010 alone, e-book sales skyrocketed 1,260 percent. In fact, sales fell by 10 percent in the first few months of 2015. Meanwhile, the American Booksellers Association grew to 1,712 member stores in 2,227 locations in 2015, up from 1,410 in 1,660 locations five years earlier. The Publisher Who Chose Both/And.

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Elon Musk – Serial Entrepreneur and founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX

Destination Innovation

In 2008 NASA chose SpaceX to transport cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). In 2008 he became CEO and product architect. He has funded development of the idea and in 2015 he announced a competition for designs for a Hyperloop pod prototype.

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The 10 Telltale Signs of Future Troubles for WalMart

Adam Hartung

If we look closely at events at WalMart we can see telltales of problems destined to emerge for the retailing giant: 1 – In March, 2008 WalMart sued a brain damaged employee. 6 – In January, 2015 we d iscovered traditional brick-and-mortar retail sales fell 1% from the previous year.

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

As opposed to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial thinking is not necessarily bound to entrepreneurs (to be); it is an essential skill for ‘strengthening human capital, employability and competitiveness’ (Bacigalupo et al., 2008) have written an excellent paper on the discussion of what entrepreneurship competence actually. Lans et al.

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Innovation Strategy – Pat McGauley and a New Beer in Town

BrainZooming

Their global innovation team went to Korea in 2015 to look for inspiration. ” Pat credited InBev (which merged with Anheuser-Busch in 2008) with introducing the idea of renovation to the organization. The innovation team spent 15% of its time on core brand renovation to enhance competitiveness.

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Can Netflix Double Pivot to Be a Media Game Changer?

Adam Hartung

These were some really big companies that saw their market shifts, but failed to “pivot” their strategy to remain competitive. By 2008 Netflix reached $1B revenues, reducing Blockbuster by a like amount. By 2015 the company had more than doubled its previous high valuation. By 2010 Blockbuster was bankrupt.

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