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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

job losses skyrocketed during the peak recession years 2008-2010 Given the devastating impact of the 2007-08 financial crisis, it’s little wonder that companies worldwide are sensitive to omens of a new “great recession”. During the 2008 financial meltdown, the coffee shop giant launched its “My Starbucks Idea” platform.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

As innovation managers or as someone working with innovation, it’s essential to discuss with leadership and show how your work and the projects envisioned for the organization can help achieve the goals even in the new context. Here’s where an idea management software can again help you.

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“Embrace Open Innovation or be Destroyed by it…” – A Case Study on Lego & Bagels

Qmarkets

Arguably, the principle of Open Innovation was utilized for the first time by Professor James Murray in 19th Century Oxford, England. A History of Open Innovation. While the term Open Innovation was coined in 2003, in a book of the same name by Henry Chesbrough, its conceptual origins are more difficult to trace.

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“Embrace Open Innovation or be Destroyed by it…” – A Case Study on Lego & Bagels

Qmarkets

Arguably, the principle of Open Innovation was utilized for the first time by Professor James Murray in 19th Century Oxford, England. A History of Open Innovation. While the term Open Innovation was coined in 2003, in a book of the same name by Henry Chesbrough, its conceptual origins are more difficult to trace.

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

Qmarkets

PhoneGap was born during iPhoneDevCamp 2008. SlickLogin is an innovative login solution that uses sound-based passwords to access password-protected sites and areas. A year later, Skype acquired GroupMe for $85 million. PhoneGap is a mobile app development framework that revolutionized the world of mobile app development. Its origins?

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

Qmarkets

PhoneGap was born during iPhoneDevCamp 2008. SlickLogin is an innovative login solution that uses sound-based passwords to access password-protected sites and areas. A year later, Skype acquired GroupMe for $85 million. PhoneGap is a mobile app development framework that revolutionized the world of mobile app development. Its origins?

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Innovation Ecosystem: Bridging the Gap Between Digital and Offline Innovation

Qmarkets

Likewise the software company Nitobi began as a project at the iPhoneDevCamp in 2008. Many companies, such as Netflix, Syntel, Cognizant, Facebook, Google, SendGrid, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Pegasystems and Kareo hold internal innovation hackathons to promote new product innovation by their engineering staff.