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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Your subtitle refers to “lean” principles; I’m assuming they respond to these restraining forces?

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Business model creation and innovation in China: not just copycats.

The BMI Lab Blog

We can summarize their business approach in the following points: The Chinese customers are avid buyers of technology. Lean value” focus: This approach is supported by the nature of the market. The American e-commerce giant acquired EachNet in 2003 for USD 180 million, with a willingness to step into the enormous Chinese market.

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Open Innovation: Convincing the Decision Makers

eZassi

This is understandable, especially since the term “open innovation” only became a part of the corporate lexicon around 2003. Here are just a few highlights of how Ezassi makes uses technology to drive innovation: A single point of entry provides both security and efficiency. This is especially true during lean times.

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Open Innovation: definition, what types and benefits

mjvinnovation

In his book, Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology (Harvard Business School Press – 2003), researcher Henry Chesbrough coined the term Open Innovation. Usually, this happens with the incorporation of technologies developed by other companies. The open innovation concept.

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Avoid the Improvement Hype Cycle

Harvard Business Review

Fed by consultants, gurus, technology vendors, and academics, their enthusiasm for a particular process improvement method takes on a religious tone (as I described in my last post.) By reviewing the history of its process initiatives, the company made its journey visible and discussable. Under the guidance of external coaches, the $7.2

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How to Sustain Front Line Process Improvement Activities

Harvard Business Review

In 2002 Norman Bodek , "the godfather of Lean ," came to Technicolor's Michigan facility to teach its leaders about how to implement a front-line suggestion process. Some of the managers underscored the importance of the ideas to surviving the video technology change from VHS to DVD and losing work to other plants. Their answer?

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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

Harvard Business Review

telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. Due to huge capital requirements, these investments could exert considerable pressure on the working capital of the carrier company. Bharti, on the other hand, has little expertise in technology.