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50+ Business Cases on Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Open Innovation EU

During a course we developed at Avans University this winter, we asked students to gather relevant business cases on innovation and entrepreneurship in order to analyse them and prepare discussions around organization design. Source: techcrunch.com/2014/05/15/billguard-android/. Do Pivots Matter? Source: leanstartup.co/how-one-fitech-company-used-lean-startup-in-a-regulated-industry/.

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The Innovation-Driven Disruption of the Automotive Value Chain (Part 2)

Corporate Innovation

Figure 1 shows the top 20 R&D spenders in 2014, based on data compiled by PwC, where we see (in red) that six of the top 20 companies are incumbent automotive OEMs. Figure 1: Top 20 corporate R&D spenders in 2014. Figure 2: PwC survey results of the top 20 most innovative companies in 2014. Volkswagen. Tesla Motors.

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The Innovation-Driven Disruption of the Automotive Value Chain (Part 2)

Corporate Innovation

Figure 1 shows the top 20 R&D spenders in 2014, based on data compiled by PwC, where we see (in red) that six of the top 20 companies are incumbent automotive OEMs. Figure 1: Top 20 corporate R&D spenders in 2014. Figure 2: PwC survey results of the top 20 most innovative companies in 2014. Volkswagen. Tesla Motors.

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How Apple created two giants

Matthew Griffin

Next came the decision to bring manufacturing of some of Apple’s smaller flagship lines such as the iBook back to the US and then finally the announcement that in 2014 Apple was switching all of its $10 Billion annual memory and processor orders to Samsung’s arch competitor TSMC. __. Click & Connect with Matthew: LinkedIn .

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The Best Entrepreneurs Think Globally, Not Just Digitally

Harvard Business Review

from 2012 to 2014. Entrepreneurship for the Long Term. But speed and agility matter measurably more for many innovators than proprietary software development and patent filings. Insight Center. Sponsored by Northern Trust. Set your company up for success. Does this frighten IP attorneys?

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

And Bill Gates announced he was shifting his priorities from software development to social impact by moving full time to his foundation. Note: This post is adapted from my remarks at Babson College’s 2014 Lewis Institute Social Innovator Awards. In the broader U.S. The mind that is not baffled is not employed.

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How IBM, Intuit, and Rich Products Became More Customer-Centric

Harvard Business Review

Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. The issue arose as a result of changes to IBM’s business model for software. In the past, IBM mostly provided enterprise software to customers who installed it on their own computers.