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Water4: market-creating innovation at the heart of Sierra Leone

Christensen Institute

This is the first of a two-part blog series on Water4 and how it addresses a market need to provide clean and safe water in Sierra Leone. Estimates suggest that $260 billion is lost globally each year due to lack of basic water and sanitation. . million people since 2008. As a result, many water projects fail. .

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

2005) that the ´failure to adequately define the market is a key factor associated with venture failure´, we identify the definition of the target customer as one central dimension in designing a new business model. 2008), or, more simply, the value proposition (Teece 2010). Thus, it should answer the question ´Who is the customer?´

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Know Your Emerging Trends

IdeaScale

Last year IBM Marketing Cloud published a finding 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone (2.5 We’re changing our behaviors: We’re even changing our bodies: teenagers now ring the bell with their thumbs , because it is their dominant digit due to mobile phone use.

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Top 10 yet2 Blog Posts of 2018

Yet2

Our team wrote a number of widely read blog posts in 2018, spanning the topics of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, adjacency in tech scouting, startups and their comparative value proposition, anonymous searches in tech scouting and more. Tech Scouting Blog Posts. Here’s a recap of those blog posts.

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Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innovators Alliance

And its iPad was introduced during the 2008 downturn. Companies like these keep their cost-conscious creative market juices flowing regardless of the economic climate. Go Bargain Hunting In a downturn, good deals can be found in the form of technology licensing and acquisitions.

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Successful office investments in disruptive times

Norbert Bol

Last week I gave a short presentation at the VIP Europe Conference of IREI in Amsterdam about the impact of innovation, technology and sustainability on office investments in the Netherlands. My key message is: Technology and sustainability have a positive impact on institutional office investments. Sustainability and innovation.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

As McKinsey points out , organizations that focused on innovation even during the 2009 crisis, outperformed the market average by 30% and their growth continued to accelerate the following years as well. You might have guessed that it depends on the industry, market, and specifics of the organization.

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