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7 Things Every CEO Should Know About Their Patents

Anaqua

This concrete example from May 2012, when Google acquired Motorola, illustrates the challenge in the communicated value of “intangible assets” (where patents and trademarks reside in the Balance Sheet): Google Balance Sheet, intangible assets (in millions): End of 2013 $6,066. billion to patents and developed technology, $2.5

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Everything you need to know about innovation management software

hackerearth

A 2013 Accenture study revealed some interesting findings: Companies which have formal innovation management systems, compared to those that have not, are almost twice as likely to say they were very satisfied with their initial idea generation abilities (43% vs. 24%). Poor innovation implementation. Poor innovation planning.

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Innovation management software: Everything you need to know

hackerearth

IMS are action-based, goal-centered, and results-oriented applications that adopt a process-based life-cycle approach to facilitate heterogeneous teams’ collaborative efforts in managing innovations, including inception, realization and commercialization.” (L Dooley and D. Poor innovation implementation. Poor innovation planning.

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Designing for Harmony

Boxes and Arrows

Intuit had developed its mobile platform late in the game, creating an inconsistent experience. Hanson, in turn, put together a team of nine people to help her. This core team would become known as the Innovation Catalysts. After enjoying almost total market domination, Intuit finally was beginning to face some competition.

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