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Virgin just invested in new supersonic jets which travel faster than Concorde

Idea to Value

hours, yet would be cheap enough to run that they would be economically competitive with normal airlines taking more than twice as long. In comparison, Concorde’s top speed was around 1,350mph. These innovative planes would be faster than the decommissioned Concorde service, able to fly from London to New York in about 3.4

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Social Media Strategy – Helping the C-Suite Understand Social 

BrainZooming

.” The presentation, which I will expand as the closing keynote at the Social Media Strategies Summit in Boston on October 21, 2015, revolved around multiple analogies related to social media strategy and content marketing. Suppose your organization participates in an annual Social Media Corporate Challenge Karaoke competition.

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Ideate or Deteriorate – Why Companies Must Learn How To Be Innovative to Achieve Major Growth

Qmarkets

However in comparison to what it could have achieved, Yahoo serves as an important business failure case study. In 2014 Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion, and it is now on target to hit one billion active users by the end of 2015. Part 2: A Messenger Ascends.

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InnovationIQ – Score your Innovation readiness

Innovation 360 Group

0 2015 0 2016. It is an essential survival skill in a hyper-competitive world. How innovative is your organisation in comparison with the rest of your industry? Innovation IQ. InnovationIQ Score. Prepare to regularly revitalise your core value proposition through internal and external innovation.

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Innovate or Deteriorate – How Can Corporations Ensure That Billion $ Opportunities Don’t Slip Away?

Qmarkets

With the number of users on this platform reaching 100 million in 2009, this venture could be seen as a success, however in comparison to what it could have achieved, it should be considered an abject failure. In 2014 Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion, and it is now on target to hit one billion active users by the end of 2015.

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Innovate or Deteriorate – How Can Corporations Ensure That Billion $ Opportunities Don’t Slip Away?

Qmarkets

With the number of users on this platform reaching 100 million in 2009, this venture could be seen as a success, however in comparison to what it could have achieved, it should be considered an abject failure. In 2014 Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion, and it is now on target to hit one billion active users by the end of 2015.

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Increasing innovation focus on the end-user segments within the energy transition story

Paul Hobcraft

As crucial renewable energy solutions (wind, solar) are falling in price comparison, we are beginning to see clean energy solutions for industry, for the environment, and society, as a whole. In 2015 building energy consumption was 36% from renewables. They are currently highly reliant on fossil fuel.

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