Categoria: innovation
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Open Innovation Generates Great Ideas, So Why Aren’t Companies Adopting Them?
Today, many companies see open innovation — a process for sharing knowledge and ideas with other organizations — as a core part of their strategy for developing new offerings. Examples include L’Oréal working with Renault on an electric “spa” concept car and auto-parts makers Delphi and Mobileye joining forces to produce an autonomous driving system. Many…
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No one disagrees Europe needs to step up commitment to innovation, but . . . how much appetite is there for more disruption?
The years since the financial crisis have been miserable not only for growth in Europe but for dynamism and innovation — outstripped on all counts by Asia and the US. But as eurozone growth recovers, the continent is gaining a second chance. As the shock of the UK’s Brexit vote and the fragility of the banking system…
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China is building solar roadways – ‘transparent concrete’ atop solar cells that charge driving cars
China is building roadways with solar panels underneath that may soon have the ability to charge cars wirelessly and digitally assist automated vehicles. This second solar roadway project – part of the Jinan City Expressway – is a 1.2 mile stretch. The building technique involves transparent concrete over a layer of solar panels. Construction is…
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The importance of hiring for innovation
The sourcing and development of innovative ideas is intrinsic to a company’s long-term success. Innovation is found in every aspect of business practice, from improving processes to revealing new products that change how a consumer moves through daily life. Access to shifting and dynamic, smart technology has increased rivalry in already competitive markets while opening…
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3M DESENVOLVE COMPONENTE DE REDE PARA ISPS BRASILEIROS
A caixa de terminação óptica conectorizada da 3M permite isolar o lado da rede do lado da ativação do cliente, reduzindo riscos. Atenta à tendência de evolução tecnológica dos clientes, especialmente os do segmento de Provedores de Serviços Internet (ISPs), a Divisão de Telecomunicações e Eletrônicos da 3M do Brasil observou que as empresas passavam…
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How edtech innovation can revolutionize the education industry
Venture funding for EdTech is booming this year, with CB Insights projecting that there will be a 24 percent growth over last year, with close to $3 billion in total funding. At the center of that growth is a group of entrepreneurs and innovators working together to improve the education industry, increase access, and reduce…
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The Five New Forces In Innovation Strategy
The Drucker Forum 2017 in Vienna last month gave considerable attention to the role of a corporate strategy in a rapidly changing world. In particular, Steve Blank explained how CEOs have to grapple with five new forces, that led, among other things, to Jeff Immelt losing his job as CEO of General Electric (GE),…
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How To Avoid Creating Innovation Orphans – Products That Customers Want But Your Company Won’t Sell
Most of our conversations on innovation in large companies centre around how to get more innovation happening within the organization. In our haste to create new products, services and business models, we have neglected another major challenge that large companies face. In his new book The Startup Way, Eric Ries calls this the problem of…
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New Steps to Facilitate Beneficial Medical Device Innovation
In recent days, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has committed to several new policies that will modernize the agency’s approach to regulation in the medical device system. For instance, we announced our intention to propose an alternate approach to the traditional 510(k) clearance process, which will involve the use of modern, science-based, consensus standards…
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