Michael Roberto

MARCH 13, 2025

Competitive advantage typically does not derive from me-too strategies. First, in 2013, Jost Daft and Sascha Albers published a paper titled " A conceptual framework for measuring airline business model convergence." In the long run, becoming less distinctive will make it more difficult to achieve superior profitability.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

This would give it a strong competitive weapon against Apple and Google. in 2013 it had 50 million users – far more ‘traffic sensors’ than Nokia could match. Navteq was the dominant player in in-road traffic sensing equipment. When Google acquired Waze for $1.1B

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 18, 2020

Those that become “first movers” can gain significant competitive positions. Energy-related CO2 emissions from buildings have risen in recent years after flattening between 2013 and 2016.

Innovation 195

Innovation Policies Technical Review System 195

Qmarkets

JUNE 9, 2021

Tel-Aviv, Israel — June 10, 2021 – Qmarkets, the award-winning supplier of innovation management software , has today announced its partnership with HeroX , the world’s leading platform for crowdsourced idea competitions. Register here.

Open Innovation 98

Open Innovation Crowdsourcing Innovation Software 98

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2015

We all feel the need for speed as the pace of innovation quickens, as we face shortening life cycles, greater competition and growing market pressure. This was rightly suggesting that the real sources of value creation and competitive advantage in the digital economy lie in fluid and constantly evolving the intangibles.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

At the beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. This requires companies to proactively or reactively innovate their business models in order to remain competitive. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts.

Innovation Management 100

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Technology Created

APRIL 28, 2013

The end result would be quicker delivery at a more competitive price point. It offers faster implementation of a technology solution which is a far more efficient use of your consultants and it puts your firm at a more competitive price point. Old Method : cost to the client ~$250K and 20 weeks. 1] “Ford Model T.” 1] “Ford Model T.”

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 6, 2017

The annual Top Innovation blogging competition is one area where I do ask for help! IXChat Voting for 2013 – @Brainzooming as a Top Innovation Blogger Creative Ideas – 5 Authors’ Perspectives for Defeating “Enemies of Invention” How Many People Does It Take for Innovative Thinking. Your votes count, so please vote today!

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

What are the top business-to-business sales trends for 2013? More organizations will study their top salespeople in 2013 to understand how they formulate their winning account strategies based upon customer politics, evaluator psychology, and the human nature of executive decision makers that are unique to winning every account.

Trends 21

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 24, 2016

According to Deloitte’s 2013 Millennial Survey, which surveyed nearly 5,000 Millennials from 18 different countries, “78 percent of the world’s future business leaders believe innovation is essential for business growth.” [7] To keep these top Millennials from bolting to greener pastures (a.k.a.,

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 16, 2021

At the time we were looking to raise capital (between 2011 and 2013), businesses with women on the executive team received only 7 percent of the venture funding. In that case, you are not only well behind your competition, but you also have a costly uphill climb ahead of you. The leasing process needs to be digital.

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Strategyzer Innovation

MAY 28, 2019

We often use the OWLET team video from the International Business Model Competition in 2013 to illustrate how to de-risk new ideas, cheaply and quickly. Let's unpack together the most important principles to follow when testing new business ideas. What can we learn from Owlet on testing new business ideas?

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Learning Case Study Video Entrepreneurship 55

Strategyzer Innovation

MAY 13, 2019

Mature Business: Well-established, with a loyal customer base, a competitive field and stable growth. Efficiency: Generate additional profitability by focusing on reducing costs, increasing productivity or redesigning a product/service (shareholder focus).

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Ideation Tools Competition Marketing 59

Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Wellbeing isn’t just a perk; it’s a competitive advantage. We have embraced flexible working since 2013 and allowed our people to work from home or remotely and stagger their working hours if they wish to.

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Idea to Value

JULY 8, 2016

While a structured, repeatable innovation process is critical to create and sustain innovation in a competitive, dog-eat-dog marketplace, it alone is not always sufficient to turn a great innovative idea into a profitable “on-the-store-shelves” reality.

Innovation 103

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 20, 2016

In the service industry, suppliers and customers think continuously about improving the process of value creation to remain competitive in a long term perspective. To make such an evaluation it can be helpful to find out what the sustainability attitude (Zoeteman, 2013) is of the supplier and the customer. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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IdeaConnection

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

In 2017, Porsche launched an open innovation competition to find new ways to leverage blockchain technology, the technology that powers the crypto currency bitcoin. In 2013, the motor giant Citroen built the UK’s first crowdsourced car.

Open Innovation 49

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Ninety-two percent of business executives, according to a Harvard Business Review and IBM study , feel the need to quickly analyze data and insights to remain competitive. Innovation is the way to stay competitive. Up to 49% companies fail in their innovation efforts according to a study published in 2013.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review CTO Survey 61

Tim Kastelle

APRIL 30, 2016

This trend is even more pronounced among strong innovators, with those pursuing a centralized approach rising from 68 percent in 2013 to 71 percent in 2014. When executed correctly, these innovations deliver a step-change improvement in organizational performance and competitive advantage. Source: Accenture.

Innovation 100

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 31, 2016

Heath & Heath (2013) already found that we are not always good at being decisive, when we have a too narrow frame of all the options, we only look for confirmation, we are led by emotions and we are overconfident about the future. Decisiveness can be described as the ability to decide with speed and clarity. Ware, D., & Dunlop, M.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 13, 2020

Our goal was to do more than just survive, but to position ourselves to be more competitive in the future. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne popularized the notion of a Blue Ocean Strategy , which focuses on new markets, rather than fighting it out in a “red ocean” filled with rabid competition.

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Underperforming Technical Team How To Technical Review Web Development 72

Matthew Griffin

MAY 29, 2015

Implemented incorrectly and without the right controls though APIs can also be the equivalent of leaving your front door open – something that’s not been lost on the CIA whose Venture Capital arm In-Q-Tel, seeing the value in ‘joining the dot’s in the Internet of Everything era, in 2013 invested in the popular API firm Apigee. Conclusion.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I like quoting a researcher and UC Berkley professor, Henry Chesbrough, one of the pioneering thinkers in this domain, who conducted in 2013 the first large sample survey of open innovation adoption among large by surveying large firms in both Europe and the US with annual sales in excess of US$ 250 million.

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Open Innovation Innovation Collaboration Technology 105

Idea to Value

OCTOBER 14, 2016

An estimated 44% of all money spent by the Chinese middle class in 2013 was on the service economy, which McKinsey estimates will grow to 50% in 2022, and a large proportion of this is done through smartphones. This huge market means there is ample room for large numbers of new entrants every year to offer new services.

Innovation 100

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Dominating so many critical competitiveness business and innovation indicators, it’s not surprising that many of the world’s most popular modern technologies were invented in Israel. billion in 2013 (90 exits). . billion in 2009, but by 2013 it totaled $11.8 A Competitive Culture. An Innovation Leader.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Innovation Competition 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Dominating so many critical competitiveness business and innovation indicators, it’s not surprising that many of the world’s most popular modern technologies were invented in Israel. billion in 2013 (90 exits). . billion in 2009, but by 2013 it totaled $11.8 A Competitive Culture. An Innovation Leader.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Innovation Competition 40

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

An area of focus taps into your intrinsic motivation, offers no stimulus or incentive to cheat or take unnecessary risks, leaves every positive possibility and opportunity open, and encourages collaboration while reducing corrosive competition. All while moving forward on the things you and your organization value most.

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Study Examples Collaboration Competition 22

Matthew Griffin

MAY 26, 2015

Many bystanders are more likely to view these two giants emergence onto the global stage as business evolution rather revolution and while Samsung declared their competitive intentions in 2008 Foxconn has only recently reached the starting line of its long journey. __. Click & Connect with Matthew: LinkedIn . mgriffin_uk . +44

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Competition Course 40

Innovation 360

JANUARY 13, 2014

In a study conducted in the year of 2012 to 2013, it showed that twice the proportion of businesses in innovation has increased their productivity. Lead to more competitive advantage. Organizations and companies are able to get competitive advantage. Innovation is the key differentiator in survival and competitive race.

Company 40

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Technology Created

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

“Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope; Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM.” “Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope; Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM.” Newsweek (March 20, 2011), [link]. [2] 2] “Timeline.” ” John Deere.

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Technology Internet of things Examples 54

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I like quoting a researcher and UC Berkley professor, Henry Chesbrough, one of the pioneering thinkers in this domain, who conducted in 2013 the first large sample survey of open innovation adoption among large by surveying large firms in both Europe and the US with annual sales in excess of US$ 250 million.

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Open Innovation Innovation Collaboration Technology 94

Tullio Siragusa

JULY 29, 2024

Google Glass (2013) went straight to mass-market launch instead of running small-scale pilots with consumers. In a world where uncertainty is constant, the ability to experiment intelligently is the single greatest competitive advantage a leader can have. Quibi (2020) was a mobile streaming platform that raised $1.75

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Design Thinking Design Learning Innovation 62

hackerearth

OCTOBER 13, 2017

In 2013, Elon Musk pulled a famous all-nighter to publish a whitepaper on a revolutionary transportation system called Hyperloop. While Musk was not developing any commercial Hyperloops and plans lay dormant for almost 3 years, SpaceX announced Hyperloop pod competitions in late 2015 to accelerate the development of functional prototypes.

Radical Innovation 85

Radical Innovation Crowdsourcing Innovation Competition 85

Adam Hartung

JUNE 30, 2015

A Banks jumped onto the list as #4 in 2013. And, of course, Radio Shack made the list in 2012 (#3,) 2013 (#5) and 2014 (#11) only to file bankruptcy in 2015. In 2013 the stock rose to $85 as it made the list #3. Similarly Express Scripts rose from $53 in 2012 to $62 in 2013 when it appeared on the list in position #2.

Leadership 36

Leadership Trends Resources Analysis 36

Adam Hartung

JULY 8, 2015

Amidst all these big tactical actions, it is completely unclear what the strategy is to remain a viable company as customers move, quickly and in droves, to mobile devices using competitive products. I predicted here in this blog the week Steve Ballmer announced the acquisition of Nokia in September, 2013 that it was “a $7.2B

Marketing 36

Marketing Competition Software Strategy 36

Qmarkets

JUNE 9, 2021

Qmarkets adds capability to plug into the HeroX Global Innovator Crowd Tel-Aviv, Israel — June 10, 2021 – Qmarkets, the award-winning supplier of innovation management software , has today announced its partnership with HeroX , the world’s leading platform for crowdsourced idea competitions. Register here.

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