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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

However, by developing an innovation strategy that anticipates a downturn, you can help your enterprise weather the storm and even uncover lucrative ways to gain a competitive edge. It’s estimated that a loss of more than $2 trillion in world-wide economic growth occurred between the second quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

Competitive Advantage In all circumstances, leaders will and should have strategic priorities on top of their minds. Usually, you need innovation for that, which means that you either adapt to current challenges or lag behind the competition. Why shouldn’t you just give up on innovation when times are tough?

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

Qmarkets

PhoneGap was born during iPhoneDevCamp 2008. It's also true that until lately, hackathons were just about getting different groups to complete, only comparing their results for the very first time at the decision making stage, once the competition is already over. A year later, Skype acquired GroupMe for $85 million. Its origins?

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

Qmarkets

PhoneGap was born during iPhoneDevCamp 2008. It's also true that until lately, hackathons were just about getting different groups to complete, only comparing their results for the very first time at the decision making stage, once the competition is already over. A year later, Skype acquired GroupMe for $85 million. Its origins?

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“Embrace Open Innovation or be Destroyed by it…” – A Case Study on Lego & Bagels

Qmarkets

Mugglestone, 2005) Now if this task were to be attempted using a contemporary Idea Management platform , it could be completed in days rather than decades. In 2008 they launched an Open Innovation platform called Lego Ideas which allows anyone to submit proposals for new construction sets. The Innovation Gamble.

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“Embrace Open Innovation or be Destroyed by it…” – A Case Study on Lego & Bagels

Qmarkets

Mugglestone, 2005) Now if this task were to be attempted using a contemporary Idea Management platform , it could be completed in days rather than decades. In 2008 they launched an Open Innovation platform called Lego Ideas which allows anyone to submit proposals for new construction sets. The Innovation Gamble.

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Innovation Ecosystem: Bridging the Gap Between Digital and Offline Innovation

Qmarkets

Likewise the software company Nitobi began as a project at the iPhoneDevCamp in 2008. In contrast to quiet R&D labs, hub premises are meant to be bustling with activity, with lively events such as innovation jams or idea jams, hackathons, pitches, innovation challenges, idea competitions and brainstorms.