Posts Tagged ‘innovation’

10 Aug 2009

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bridging the valley of death in a company with disruptive innovation

Especially during an economic downturn bridging the so called "valley of death" for any business is hard. very hard.  And you won't find your self in a better circumstance working on a disruptive innovation. Every business has a start-up and growth face, but disruptive innovations (sometimes) even need to build a market. Clayton Christensen distinguishes between "low-end disruption" which targets customers who do not need the full performance valued by customers at the high...

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22 Apr 2009

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Innovation heat map on innovative cities world wide

The World Economic Forum and McKinsey have partnered up and created a "Innovation Heat Map”. They've identified factors that are common to successful innovation hubs all over the world. Including 700 variables, those who are driving innovation (business environment, regulations, human capital, infrastructure and local demand) as well as proxies for innovation output (e.g.: economic value added, journal publications, patent applications) to identify trends among the success storie...

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