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Hunting Innovation: Incorporating Tech Scouting & Corporate Venturing Into Your Internal Innovation Process

Qmarkets

But perhaps above all, the scouting team's mission is to evaluate whether the direction of the potential company or technology to be bought matches with the strategy of the acquiring company. In 2014, Facebook purchased WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion. In 2006, Google bought YouTube for $1.65

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Hunting Innovation: Incorporating Tech Scouting & Corporate Venturing Into Your Internal Innovation Process

Qmarkets

But perhaps above all, the scouting team's mission is to evaluate whether the direction of the potential company or technology to be bought matches with the strategy of the acquiring company. In 2014, Facebook purchased WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion. In 2006, Google bought YouTube for $1.65

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Gartner Research Insights: 5 Innovation Hacks to Boost your Digital Return

Qmarkets

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. One of the greatest is the assimilation of disruptive technologies. They prevent their competitors from acquiring the technology and using it to steal away their market share.

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Gartner Research Insights: 5 Innovation Hacks to Boost your Digital Return

Qmarkets

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. One of the greatest is the assimilation of disruptive technologies. They prevent their competitors from acquiring the technology and using it to steal away their market share.

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To Stay Relevant, Professional Associations Must Rebrand

Harvard Business Review

You might be surprised to learn that the Consumer Electronics Association is now called the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). This understated-but-safe approach was also used by the American Society of Training & Development (ASTD) when it rebranded to the Association for Talent Development (ATD) in 2014.

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How Google Has Changed Management, 10 Years After its IPO

Harvard Business Review

From there, the authors offer advice including building innovation into job descriptions, and trusting users to inform product strategy. Earlier this year, Michael Schrage used Glass as a case study of how not to roll out an innovative new product. That’s just a sampling.

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Why Multinationals Are Doubling Down on Russia

Harvard Business Review

While the middle class has been eroded by currency depreciation and recession, the Russian consumer remains technologically savvy, interested in quality Western brands, and able to spend. This will guide how they align sales, marketing, and product strategies. How to create growth in a stagnating market.