Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

There is an interesting article in press (Hojnik & Ruzzie, 2015) about the drivers of eco-innovations also known as environmental innovations and green innovations. The upcoming article (Hojnik & Ruzzie, 2015) is based on 155 studies on drivers of eco-innovations. What drives eco-innovation?

Innovation 40

Innovation Study Resources Course 40

hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Innovation is one of the most popular terms used in the corporate world. As described by Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, “Innovation is more of an idea than location.”. Why take a course on innovation? Innovation is not a process it is state of mind. What they learned was to be problem solvers, not innovators.

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Course Innovation Management Management Technical Review 42

Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Last week the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched their study on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainable Development: “ STEERING AI AND ADVANCED ICTS FOR KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES – A Rights, Openness, Access and Multi-stakeholder Perspective on Internet Freedom” .

Artificial Inteligence 71

Artificial Inteligence Study Data Report 71

hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Innovation is one of the most popular terms used in the corporate world. As described by Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, “Innovation is more of an idea than location.”. Why take a course on innovation? Innovation is not a process it is state of mind. What they learned was to be problem solvers, not innovators.

Course 40

Course Innovation Management Management Technical Review 40

Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

To keep the mindset of the summer holiday longer, I found inspiration in a study that was published last week in the Journal of Cleaner Production (by Siqueira & Pitassi, 2016), which is about the question if mindfulness can make a difference in sustainability-oriented innovations? The end of summer. that can make a difference.

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Comparison Innovation Creativity Study 56

Norbert Bol

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Financial d ecisions to pursue energy e ffi ciency projects in the research study appear to be primarily the result of simple financial analysis such as: positive cost-bene fi t analysis calculations, payback period assessment, and/or estimated return on investment (ROI) for the implementation. .

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Analysis Project Study 76

hackerearth

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although enterprise collaboration software market has been around for over 20 years, innovation management software is a specialized segment that helps companies guide and support their innovation process. What is innovation management software (IMS)? Why do companies need innovation management software?

Software 45

Software Innovation Management Management Underperforming Technical Team 45

Norbert Bol

APRIL 17, 2016

What do these developments contribute to innovation networks and is Facebook becoming the dominant innovation network platform? To answer this question, I will use the upcoming article in June 2016 in the International Journal of Information Management about information management for innovation networks.

Innovation 40

Innovation Video Study Strategy 40

Norbert Bol

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Boosting creativity and innovation. When we want to boost creativity and innovation in an organization, there is not only a need for creative people but there is also the need for an organization supporting an innovative culture (see also the blog: Innovation is built on the desire for success ).

Creativity 40

Creativity Creative Process Innovation Analysis 40

IdeaSpies

JUNE 10, 2019

E-commerce companies such as Amazon, Google, Airbnb, and Uber study the data trails of consumer behavior to design markets for greater efficiency and build new markets. A hierarchical organization can be effective in stable and predictable environments because the organization does not have to regularly innovate or adapt to change.

Artificial Inteligence 57

Artificial Inteligence Design Collaboration Technology 57

IdeaSpies

JUNE 10, 2019

E-commerce companies such as Amazon, Google, Airbnb, and Uber study the data trails of consumer behavior to design markets for greater efficiency and build new markets. A hierarchical organization can be effective in stable and predictable environments because the organization does not have to regularly innovate or adapt to change.

Artificial Inteligence 57

Artificial Inteligence Design Collaboration Technology 57

hackerearth

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although the enterprise collaboration software market has been around for over 20 years, innovation management software is a specialized segment that helps companies guide and support their innovation process. What is innovation management software (IMS)? Why do companies need innovation management software?

Software 40

Software Innovation Management Management Underperforming Technical Team 40

Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

In the recent blog Innovation through collaboration some important conditions were presented how people with different expertise can work together to develop innovative ideas, such as being open to innovative work, respecting others and willing to learn. It is also important to understand how to create such an environment.

Creativity 40

Creativity Innovation Idea Generation Collaboration 40

Norbert Bol

OCTOBER 10, 2015

Many governments and environmental interest groups encourage the adoption of these sustainable innovations, but these innovations will only become mainstream if individual consumers are interested in adopting these innovations. Noppers et al. The costly signaling effect is not really an issue for later adopters. Norbert Bol.

Innovation 40

Innovation Groups Study Engagement 40

Norbert Bol

MARCH 4, 2018

Gamification is a technique that brings game elements to real life (non-game) products and services to design behaviors, develop skills and enable innovation with the aim to increase customer experience, organizational productivity, learning, sustainability, innovation, creativity etc. Norbert Bol. Literature.

Trends 60

Trends Study Tips Creativity 60

Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Companies are researching, developing and testing many environmental product and service innovations. 2019) show that there is not a lack of these innovations, but there is a too low percentage of these innovations that are successful. . Only a third of environmental innovations is successful. Clausen et al. Norbert Bol.

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Marketing Culture Learning Industry 73

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 25, 2017

The new innovating world we face in the 21st Century. The complexity today is being faced with any innovation challenge that spans the globe. What I liked about her thinking was suggesting to “ disentangle the ecology of complex innovation into distinct problems of discovery “ These were broken out into four: 1.

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Project Technology System 80

Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Last week the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched their study on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainable Development: “ STEERING AI AND ADVANCED ICTS FOR KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES – A Rights, Openness, Access and Multi-stakeholder Perspective on Internet Freedom” .

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Study Data Report 40

Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 2, 2018

2019) will publish the results of their study about how companies in the sharing economy are communicating about sustainability. Already 20-30% of the workforce is active in the sharing economy with over $20 billion of spending, which is forecasted to grow to $335 billion by 2025. Next month, Geissinger et al.

Report 73

Report Study Groups Company 73

Norbert Bol

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Last week a new study was published by Chassé & Boiral (2016) about socially accepted arguments to justify, rationalize and legitimize unstustainable behavior. This study also finds that economic priorities and transfer of responsibility (looking for a scapegoat) are the main arguments. More commitment would be too risky.

Case Study 40

Case Study Study Innovation Strategic Management 40

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999).

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Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999).

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

Norbert Bol

JUNE 26, 2016

Diverse teams are more successful and innovative than homogeneous teams, as diverse team are better at managing opportunities and threats to create more success in a sustainable way. Shared leadership and commonality: A policy-capturing study. To make this work it must be possible in an organization to lead one another.

Leadership 66

Leadership Policies Team Building Study 66

Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In the January 2017 edition of the Journal of Cleaner Production there is a study that has investigated the relationship between green management and the performance of Italian firms. The study shows that the relationship between green management and performance is U-shaped. Norbert Bol. Literature. Riillo, C.

Management 40

Management Study System Strategy 40

Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

In the January 2017 issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production there is a study that has investigated the relationship between green management and the performance of Italian firms. The study shows that the relationship between green management and performance is U-shaped. Norbert Bol. Literature. Riillo, C.

Management 40

Management Study System Strategy 40

Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

In their research they used as a case study the American clothing company Patagonia that sells outdoor clothing marketed as sustainable. The study of Khmara & Kronenberg (2018) is an academic excercise to test their degrowth model as Patagonia is often seen as one of the icons of sustainable business but the company is growing. .

Case Study 56

Case Study Study Policies Marketing 56

Norbert Bol

JANUARY 1, 2019

A neurophysiological study. Business Strategy and the Environment. Slabbinck, H., Vermeir, I., & Russo, V. How do implicit/explicit attitudes and emotional reactions to sustainable logo relate? Food Quality and Preference , 71 , 485-496. Photo by Jens Enemark.

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Study Examples Strategy Strategy 79

Norbert Bol

JANUARY 17, 2016

Creating value for customers in a competitive business world, requires a creative and innovative attitude to improve products and services. For ethical business leaders and managers it is important to guide the company in the right direction by fostering an innovative-sustainability-based attitude. Michel, J. W., & Tews, M.

Creativity 40

Creativity Leadership Culture Study 40

Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The best read strategy blog in 2015 was the blog from 1 February 2015 about “ Sustainability driving innovation “ I personally like this blog the most as well, as it supports the evidence that sustainability strategies stimulate innovation, beacuse sustainability needs new knowledge and capabilities. Literature. Cramer, J.

Strategy 40

Strategy Strategy Case Study Study 40

Norbert Bol

MARCH 13, 2016

In the current edition of the Journal of Environmental Psychology there is an engaging study about the development of a new sustainability segmentation model, that includes the social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability. Six different group segments were created from the study.

Study 40

Study Engagement Policies Groups 40

Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

In the previous Strategy Blog the importance of education was discussed and I added a poll with the question: “Do you think decision makers educate themselves enough about sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship?” ” The majority of the voters indicated that decision makers do not educate themselves enough.

Entrepreneurship 40

Entrepreneurship Report Analysis Study 40

Norbert Bol

APRIL 10, 2016

Most studies about idea crowdsourcing focus on the phase of idea generation. The two characteristics that positively influences idea implementation are (1) the attention paid to other ideas and (2) that ideas need to be potentially innovative. In the July 2016 issue of Research Policy there is an interesting article (Schemmann et al.,

Crowdsourcing 40

Crowdsourcing Policies Product Development Ideation 40

Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Most managers do not resist this pressure as 78% of the managers would reject an NPV (net present value)-positive project if it would lower quarterly earnings, and 80 percent would focus on this short-term metric at the expense of building long-term shareholder value. Norbert Bol. Literature. Martens, M. L., & Carvalho, M.

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Case Study Meeting Project Management 40