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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

Research confirms: development of exploration in parallel to exploitation capabilities proves to be mandatory for established companies in order to compete successfully and sustainably. One way for established organizations to strengthen exploration is by developing internal capabilities in order to overcome their inherent inertia.

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Innovation and Organizational Culture

Tim Kastelle

Recently, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has published key findings of their latest “ Most Innovative Companies 2014 ” survey. In a more up-to-date sense, this balance also comprises collaborating with external partners, e.g. teaming up between multinational corporations and startups or small companies.

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VRMotion — An Invention to Innovation Case-study

Leanstack

Fabi is a Cisco engineer and an avid supporter of “Running Lean,” which is how we first met over a Skype call. Not a bad way to be introduced to the Alps… I drove back with Fabi. The prototype (2014) There was a 6DOF (six degrees of freedom) motion platform from a German vendor for $85K. Roger, Carmen N.,

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

Another study has indeed proven that specifically within SMEs, entrepreneurs use both causation and effectuation at the same time (Berends, Jelinek, Reymen, & Stultiëns, 2014). Is it easy to create autonomous team and projects? Shane, Venkataraman, & MacMillan, 1995; Venkataraman, 2014). Do they tolerate mistakes?

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

But even participating in other firms’ ecosystems can be highly attractive, as demonstrated by e.g. several app developers. Adapted from: https://nbry.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/massive-platforms-for-cocreation-the-new-normal-22/. Not every company has the capability and influence to act as an orchestrating platform builder.

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How GE Applies Lean Startup Practices

Harvard Business Review

We are all lean now — or soon will be. It’s a framework for entrepreneurs, building on “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries. The Lean Startup is an approach to developing new products that came out of “Agile” software development, with “sprints” (quick deliverables) and fast learning. There will be a very small team.

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Innovation 101: A Municipality’s Guide to Working with the Startup Community

CREATORS

The city’s challenge was simple, they needed to develop a platform that would simplify the process to become a foster parent. Program: Accreditation@SGD, Country: Singapore The Info-communications Media Development Authority in Singapore developed Accreditation@SGD to evaluate and accredit worthy companies in the high-tech ecosystem.