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8 Types of Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Guide

Qmarkets

Whether it’s adopting cutting-edge manufacturing technologies or streamlining supply chain management, process innovation helps companies optimize their resources and deliver value more efficiently. Discover how Qmarkets innovation management software can transform your organization’s innovation program.

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Axel Springer & External Innovation. How to turn “Spray and Pray” into “Spray and Succeed”?

CREATORS

While mapping over 160 corporate innovation programs for the CREATORS Corporate Innovation Report 2017, we came across some successful examples of “spray and pray” elements in innovation strategy: Coca Cola invested in Spotify. Axel Springer’s digital ventures fund also invested in a German InsurTech startup.

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8 External Innovation Sources You should know

ITONICS

Having looked more closely at a company’s internal innovation sources , we will now examine the most important external sources. Academic and research institutions that run innovation programs funded by the company. Partnerships between companies and universities are one of the key drivers of the innovation economy.

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8 External Sources of Innovation

ITONICS

Having looked more closely at a company’s internal innovation sources , we will now examine the most important external sources. Academic and research institutions that run innovation programs funded by the company. Partnerships between companies and universities are one of the key drivers of the innovation economy.

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

Incremental innovation : Even in highly mature industries, such as automotive, experimentation gains ever more importance. While stage-gate processes have traditionally been favored in predictable environments, a new generation of product innovation process is taking hold due to increased pressure: lean innovation.