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Why are innovation ecosystems important?

Paul Hobcraft

Recently, I presented my framework to the GIMI think tank GIMI was initiated by a worldwide group of chief innovation officers, innovation executives, academics and consultants in 2009. This expansion enhances the potential for breakthrough ideas and disruptive innovations.

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The new ROI for digital innovation

Paul Hobcraft

The Monitor Institute wrote a report released in 2009 on impact investing and it provides an excellent overview of what needs to happen. Structure a viable market for investment opportunities where competitive returns can be demonstrated that yield attractive returns and reverse current cost acceleration.

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Innovative Businesses Prioritize Creativity

Daniel Burrus

Most notably, older organizations are the ones that place creativity in one column and positive disruptions via innovation in another. This can certainly be viewed as a positive feat: For a company like Citibank to withstand so many outside disruptions, they have to be doing something right! And why might a company lack innovation?

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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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8 innovative business models to navigate the digital era

hackerearth

An innovative business model has the potential to radically disrupt a market and give your business the competitive edge. By leveraging the Internet boom, it disrupted the industry put Blockbuster out of business. It is important to master business model innovation for a business to succeed and retain its competitive edge.

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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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Understand Trends, Identify Strategic Fields of Innovation and Create something entirely New

ITONICS

Companies who can quickly identify changes and even weak signals in their environment and react to them before the competition does will gain a decisive competitive edge (Pillkahn, 2007). 2010 and Köpernik, 2009). To sum it up, it is important to know when, where and how which trend will materialize. What is a trend? Literature.

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