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7 Must-Read Books on Innovation Strategy

IdeaScale

Deciphering Innovation: How Disruption Drives Companies to Transform or Die by Lisa Hendrickson and Jim Colwick . Disruption” is becoming an empty buzzword, but it remains true that small companies with big ideas can, and ultimately will, upend almost everything we currently think of as the rock-solid order.

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Disruptive Innovation: SpaceX

Collective Innovation

For decades a near monopoly existed between the few companies that had the capability and government funding to accomplish this. The disruptive nature of SpaceX is firmly rooted in cost and re-usability. In order for a new company or product to be disruptive it almost always needs two or more of the following attributes: Saves money.

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Disruptive Innovation: Drones

Collective Innovation

The story of drones is much like the story of any other disruptive innovation. As with all disruptive innovations if you walked into a store and bought a $60 drone the technology and cost of that would have been astronomical 15 years ago, perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars to build. billion in the current year.

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We are falling badly behind on our invention in technology for the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

In summary: The Technology Collaboration Programme supports the work of independent, international groups of experts that enable governments and industries worldwide to lead programmes and projects on a wide range of energy technologies and related issues. Also, the database shows RD&D budgets and calculating indicators.

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Building A Sustainable Future: Can Technology Help Save The Environment?

Acuvate

Carbon dioxide emissions have increased by a whopping 32 percent between 2000 and 2010, and by 2020 had reached 34.81 Governments – both national and local – have come under increasing pressure to set and achieve sustainability agendas. As governments respond, so are businesses. billion metric tons. China and the U.S.,

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We are falling badly behind on our invention in technology for the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

In summary: The Technology Collaboration Programme supports the work of independent, international groups of experts that enable governments and industries worldwide to lead programmes and projects on a wide range of energy technologies and related issues. Also, the database shows RD&D budgets and calculating indicators.

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COVID-19: Business R&D Spending Will Fall by at Least 5-6%

Commodore Innovation

As individuals we are grappling with the fear, disruption and uncertainty brought about by COVID-19. Innovation teams are not, of course, immune to this disruption. Great Recession (late-2007 to mid-2009): R&D spending didn’t decline until 2009 (by 5.2%), but the decline continued into 2010 (0.4%).

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