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Small Entities, Big Impact: The Surprisingly Sized World of Sustainable Development

Anaqua

Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute comes in second with 247 patents, and Xyleco Inc., Seoul, for example, has more than 225 years’ worth of precipitation records, with the Cheugugi demonstrating likely the longest continual instrumental rainfall collection in the world.

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How to Avoid Innovation Theater: The Six Decisions To Make Before Establishing an Innovation Outpost

Steve Blank

Including “startup-driven” in the corporate portfolio may make sense if a company: Is being disrupted now, as is happening in many IT, print, retail and telecommunications corporations. For example, Google’s acquisition of Nest (which had customers, revenue and a distribution channel) allowed it to enter the connected home market immediately.

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How to Avoid Innovation Theater: The Six Decisions To Make Before Establishing an Innovation Outpost

Corporate Innovation

Including “startup-driven” in the corporate portfolio may make sense if a company: Is being disrupted now, as is happening in many IT, print, retail, and telecommunications corporations. Anticipates being disrupted in the near future, as is the case in the automotive and chemical industries.

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How to Avoid Innovation Theater: The Six Decisions To Make Before Establishing an Innovation Outpost

Corporate Innovation

Including “startup-driven” in the corporate portfolio may make sense if a company: Is being disrupted now, as is happening in many IT, print, retail, and telecommunications corporations. Anticipates being disrupted in the near future, as is the case in the automotive and chemical industries.

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How to Avoid Innovation Theater: The Six Decisions To Make Before Establishing an Innovation Outpost

Corporate Innovation

Including “startup-driven” in the corporate portfolio may make sense if a company: Is being disrupted now, as is happening in many IT, print, retail, and telecommunications corporations. Anticipates being disrupted in the near future, as is the case in the automotive and chemical industries.

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Innovation Outposts and The Evolution of Corporate R&D

Steve Blank

For example, US Steel had integrated vertically and was involved in the mining of the iron ore all the way to the production of various steel products, e.g., nails. and to develop professional managers and management hierarchies to run them. This was the third structural shift in American commerce.

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Innovation Outposts and The Evolution of Corporate R&D

Corporate Innovation

For example, US Steel had integrated vertically and was involved in the mining of the iron ore all the way to the production of various steel products, e.g., nails. and to develop professional managers and management hierarchies to run them. This was the third structural shift in American commerce.