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Porter’s Diamond Model in Business Strategy

Leapfrogging

The Four Key Factors in Porters Diamond Model: Factor Conditions The availability of critical resources such as labor, capital, infrastructure, and technology. Chance Events Unpredictable events such as technological breakthroughs or global crises that impact industries. What level of technological development and R&D exists?

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The Power of the Right POS Platform

Business and Tech

small businesses are concerned about a looming recession, according to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. Djang is not alone — in a recent survey conducted by Lightspeed, 68% of retailers said that adopting new technologies, including inventory management tools, had resulted in a positive impact on their businesses.

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Overwhelmed, underwhelmed at the Web Summit, Lisbon

Paul Hobcraft

I am taking the opportunity to review the Web Summit, held in Lisbon last week of 5th (evening) to 8th November 2018. The Web Summit, originally Dublin Web Summit, is a technology conference held annually since 2009. The company was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey. Overhype is an understatement.

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The Global StartUp Ecosystem

Paul Hobcraft

The 2017 report by Startup Genome recently came out (April 5, 2017) You can find it here “ Global StartUp Ecosystem Report 2017 ” which provides a 150-page review of the global state of startups. Silicon Valley happened due to a steady stream of investments since the end of the 2nd world war.

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10 Inspiring Innovation Podcasts

IdeaScale

You look to them for information on trends, emerging technologies, psychology studies, and more. Some companies have success due to collaboration, sometimes it’s due to someone’s singular vision, sometimes it’s because of dogged persistence and sometimes it’s luck. If you’re like us, you love podcasts! How I Built This.

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Unique Ways Successful Startups are Changing the Corporate Innovation Landscape

Idea to Value

Such innovations can come in the form of adopting new technologies, but also by adapting the business practices typically associated with startup culture. Corporations and startups operate differently by nature due to the differences in their culture and business environment. How can corporations work with startups? Sponsorship.

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Checking for the global pulse of innovation

Paul Hobcraft

These being, firstly a decline in the level and speed of innovation , partly due to lower investments in research and development and also a continuing uneven adoption of innovation across individual economies and the world at large. Both of these policy issues are very much part of the incumbent innovator’s dilemma to resolve.