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The great miscalculation–and exit–of multinationals in Africa… again

Christensen Institute

In 2015, many multinational companies exited Africa. Nestle cut staff across 21 countries and Barclays, Coca-Cola, Cadbury, Eveready, and SABMiller retreated from different African markets they once believed had promise. Approximately 96% live on less than $3,650 a year, according to the report.

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The answer is: 10 years to change a culture

Jeffrey Phillips

Typically, we are talking about moving a culture from its current set of values that has sustained the business, to a culture that helps the company compete in a new reality that may be different or more competitive or operate in a slightly adjacent market. Additionally, it was experimenting with new design techniques for the 737.

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The 2015 Breakthrough Innovation Report

Innovation in Practice

Nielson released its 2015 BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION REPORT that features best practices from winning brands – with seven specific case studies from Pepsico, Kraft, MillerCoors, Kellogg’s, Nestle Purina, Atkins and L’Oreal Paris. The report is based on a two year study examining over 3000 products launched in the US.

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Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

” A groundbreaking report, “ Net-Zero by 2050: a roadmap for the global energy system “(referred to as NZE here) by the Internation Energy Agency (IEA), has been emphasising that this decade is pivotal to reaching net-zero by mid-century. This requires nothing short of a total transformation of the energy systems.

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Does the Stock Market Inhibit Innovation?

Destination Innovation

His 2014 report, Does Going Public Affect Innovation? His conclusion is that these results suggest that the transition to public equity markets leads firms to reposition their R&D investments toward more conventional and safer projects. The post Does the Stock Market Inhibit Innovation? Apparently not.

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How Has Innovation Created a Private Space Race?

IdeaScale

Space agencies began to be asked by their governments to perform more “basic research,” gathering data, refining theories, and reporting on discoveries. It was clear that the lack of a private space launch market was hampering innovation. National Space Policy helped set the stage for the private space market.

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Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

” A groundbreaking report, “ Net-Zero by 2050: a roadmap for the global energy system “(referred to as NZE here) by the Internation Energy Agency (IEA), has been emphasising that this decade is pivotal to reaching net-zero by mid-century. This requires nothing short of a total transformation of the energy systems.

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