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Pace of Innovation – The Ultimate Competitive Advantage

Idea to Value

When we think of a business having a competitive advantage, we still tend to think of traditional economic moats such as a low-cost structure, economies of scale, or perhaps a more intangible moat like a strong brand. Thus, for most businesses, the only truly lasting source of competitive advantage these days is the pace of innovation.

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The state of innovation at the end of 2018

Jeffrey Phillips

Since everyone is compelled to write at least one backward looking story at the end of the year, I've chosen as my topic a review of innovation at the end of 2018. Taking these in reverse order: Management teams - in 2018 in a large corporation most executive management is in their early 60s.

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Balancing your innovation portfolio: Does the 70-20-10 rule still apply?

Idea to Value

10% of their innovation resources on transformational innovations, to explore completely new offerings and markets. The best research I have come across to answer this was done by Innovation Leader ‘s Benchmarking Innovation Impact 2018 report. But the 2018 also has other very interesting insights which I will go through now.

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The Top 5 Technology Trends That Will Drive Innovation in 2018

hackerearth

NASA 1960), market pull (e.g. Let’s look at how top technology trends are expected to drive innovation in 2018. Looks like AI will continue to rule 2018. Manufacturing concerns will continue to use robotic systems for warehousing, delivery, and for other processes in 2018. Machine Learning. Blockchain. Machine Learning.

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5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late. In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.".

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What’s New In Corporate Innovation 11 January 2018

Imaginatik

This article demonstrates how the Jet.com acquisition has given Walmart access to a whole new, upmarket clientele – including the $600bn annual millennial consumer market – and also strengthened their e-commerce operation. Whether this is enough to avoid falling margins and diminished market share remains to be seen.

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Supply chain innovation – only through value creation!

Norbert Bol

Li and Zhao (2022) show that coopetition is extremely important for high-tech industries to survive and to create value especially when life cycles are short and market competition is high. Competition or coopetition? In my next blog, I shall give further insights on supply chain innovation, learning, and value creation.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.