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For any business, delayed exits pose substantial economic problems. Even though many companies tend to hold on to their assets, studies have shown that returns would triple if VCs exited ventures at the right time and shareholder value could increase...
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Abstract: Inventions that aren't commercialized remain inventions, not innovations. Companies such as Apple are organized internally to repeatedly produce innovations in the core business as well as in new businesses. Such companies make sure that...
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Abstract: During global economic downturns, senior executives take many measures to reduce costs especially in their research-and-development budgets. However, such measures delay promising projects as well as adversely affect morale. This article’s main...
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Abstract: This article articulates the proposition that innovation is about problem solving, understanding how to ask the right questions, and seeing patterns before facts. All these aspects of innovation help companies develop the right product or service...
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Abstract: This article describes how global companies have adopted a new process called knowledge brokering in which executives are actively seeking out external ideas from people in a variety of industries and disciplines to improve their core business...
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Abstract: The article describes how the wealthy nations of the world with low birthrates and graying workforces are finding it difficult to compete with emerging markets with much larger and younger working populations. This had made it imperative and...
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Abstract: Globalization and digital technology have combined to create a vast, complex information network grid which has helped innovative businesses as well as newcomers such as Skype to grow multifold. This had made every company a global company where...
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Abstract: This article describes that many high tech products such as fabless chips, LCD for monitors, TVs, handheld devices like mobile phones, power semiconductors for solar panels are no longer produced in United States because the industrial commons...
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Abstract: Many U.S multinational companies have been forced to revise their R&D budgets because of weak sales and the pressure to stay ahead from their global low-cost competitive rivals in Asia and Latin America. The article concludes that some of...
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Abstract: This article concludes that well-timed innovations in a downturn can still create growth businesses. The article highlights three areas of change which can help companies succeed during the downturn. • Be open to opportunities that lie outside...
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Abstract: Many of the best practices of the Renaissance have already been largely integrated into today’s R&D practices to stimulate business innovation. Some of the practices adopted from that creative period of Renaissance include - • Promoting...
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Abstract: Brad Bird, Pixar’s two-time Oscar-winning director hands-on approach to encouraging creativity among animators provides many lessons for any executive hoping to nurture innovation in teams and organizations. Bird joined Pixar in 2000 and won...
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Abstract: The articles concludes that Management Innovation eXchange (MIX), a web-based open-innovation project has been designed as a platform for creative thinkers to surface their bold ideas. The article narrates the following top three winning stories...
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Abstract: This report published by U.S Chamber of Commerce concludes that China’s plan for “Indigenous innovation” is a massive plan to turn the Chinese economy into a technology powerhouse by 2020 and a global leader by 2050. Central to the plan is to...
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Abstract: A company’s ability to innovate in IT over time is a key competitive advantage. Empirical results from the study of a dataset consisting over 2000 firms support the belief that the ability to innovate in IT over time is not easily replicated...
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