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12 Types of Innovation You Should Know in 2021

IdeaScale

It seems like new innovation types arrive at the scene all of the time, leaving people reaching for Google to get up to speed. Whether you’re new to innovation or have years under your belt, this simple guide that explains the different types might help. Open Innovation. Closed Innovation. Process Innovation.

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Has innovation changed over the last ten years?

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation ecosystems are networks of organizations and individuals that co-create value through innovation 2. From closed to open : Innovation used to be seen as a closed process, where organizations relied on their own resources and capabilities to innovate.

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8 Types of Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Guide

Qmarkets

It’s the secret sauce that has transformed startups into tech giants and turned traditional businesses into market leaders. Innovation isn’t just about the next big idea; it’s a multifaceted strategy that businesses employ to navigate through the twists and turns of today’s dynamic markets.

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Is open innovation ‘business infidelity’?

100%Open

One of the activities that we do is run p ublic open innovation calls so that businesses can find each other and collaborate. A recent discussion with Michel Fruhling at BFS Innovations has prompted us to re-examine this open innovation approach and compare it to relying on a company’s existing relationships and supply chain.

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Innovation needs the power of completing the 4th Industrial Revolution

Paul Hobcraft

The collaborators are seeing the combined value and individual gain in this more open approach. It shifts our thinking and the management of innovation dramatically. The ability to have a more “rapid response, adaptive designs and flexible manufacturing” can align more to market shifts earlier.

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What is innovation, and how can it benefit your company?

mjvinnovation

For many companies, innovation means taking products and services and changing them in detail: color, shape, features, size, etc. However, this form of incremental innovation alone does not work anymore in many markets. In summary, innovation is always a big challenge – it needs to be understood, first, and foremost.

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Balancing Innovation via Organizational Ambidexterity – Part 3

Integrative Innovation

The funnel describes the main stages and gates every idea has to pass through on its way to a product, service or business model innovation. Typically, the first stage of an innovation funnel is “ideation”, the last one “market launch”. However, we suggest a model that goes beyond the market launch and adds two more phases.