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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

Alex Osterwalder defines a business model as “a set of assumptions or hypotheses” and Michael Lewis claims that “all it really meant was how you planned to make money” (Ovans, 2015). Disruptive innovations are innovations that radically change existing structures and markets (Pisano, 2015). The object of innovation 2.

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Do we really care about (artificial) intelligence?

Norbert Bol

Sorry for not keeping my promise to blog more in 2020 about responsible technology and artificial intelligence as I wrote in Happy New Year: The new roaring ’20 s. Responsible use of the digital enabled technologies that often inhibit artificial intelligence is still a topic of debate. Here’s what it says , MIT Technology Review.

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The best year in mankind – due to innovation, technology and global leadership!

Innovation 360 Group

Last but not least: The world has now got a better place – according to The Atlantic year 2015 was the very best year in humanity and year 2016 can the the next in line due to innovation, technology and global leadership. The post The best year in mankind – due to innovation, technology and global leadership!

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What Makes Switzerland a Leader in Innovation?

IdeaScale

Switzerland is a global leader due to their level of scientific knowledge and their ability to launch technologies into consumables for the market. There were 873 patent license applications per million of inhabitants in Switzerland back in the year 2015. Switzerland has some world class R&D establishments. Educated workers.

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Continuing the Energy Transition Journey

Paul Hobcraft

Technology innovation, suggested new business models, outline proposals for changing policies, processes, and market design all are being “sketched out.” It is evident innovation must be way broader than just technological RD&D. During this past week, I have been working through specific aspects of the energy transition model.

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How Has Innovation Created a Private Space Race?

IdeaScale

And it happened in large part due to a drive for innovation and a desire to take the space program to the public. Exploring space offered a two-fold opportunity; it had promise for both military and civilian technological advancement and an invaluable demonstration of prowess on the world stage. The Roots Of A Private Space Sector.

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The Future of Jobs —Anticipate Job Needs in an Increasingly Tech-focused Economy

Daniel Burrus

As the Three Accelerators (bandwidth, processing power, and storage) grow at an exponential pace, new positions are emerging in the tech sector, and traditional jobs are getting tech-related overhauls. The issue is confusing because the skills required to work with new technologies are hard to measure.”