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Booze & Company 2011 Global Innovation Index Report Released
Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationTotal R&D investment among the world's top spenders on innovation surged upward in 2010 from its recession-induced decline in 2009, according to the 2011 Global Innovation 1000, the seventh annual study of corporate innovation spending,...
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Kleiner Perkins Internet Trends 2011 Report Released
Posted on October 24, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture capitalist group, regularly releases reports identifying the companies that are best-placed to exploit changing technologies and consumer habits, as well as providing some very useful data on Internet usage. They have just released...
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Open Innovation and Aneesh Chopra
Posted on October 22, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Open InnovationOpen Innovation is now almost mainstream - and indeed, you know it is when the Chief Technology Officer of the US refers to the positive outcomes it has brought NASA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3oZVzLMumNg
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DHL Launches Open Innovation Contest
Posted on October 22, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Innovation, Open InnovationDHL, the world's leading international express shipping provider, today became the first in its industry to launch an "Open Innovation" competition focusing on "City Logistics" -- the process whereby private companies optimize logistics and transport activities in urban areas while...
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Innovation in Government – success outside the corporation
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Globalization, InnovationInnovation in government comes in two forms (at least): innovation that governments can spearhead for the constituents, and innovation that can happen within governments around process. McKinsey recently reported on innovation by two developing countries...
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Innovation – In the Core – or a Separate Business?
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Culture of innovation, InnovationOne of the challenges I continually hear from executives is: "How do I reconcile the conflict between wanting to fund innovation as a separate entity, and the drive for performance out of the core? Do I build innovation in the...
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Open Innovation and The Pharma Industry
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Innovation, Open InnovationInteresting article in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News on Open Innovation. Seems that the the cost of developing a new drug has escalated to an all-time high of $1.3 billion, the Tufts Center for...
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Airlines and Crowdsourcing
Posted on October 6, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in crowdsourcing, Innovation, Open InnovationAccording to IdeaConnection, Crowdsourcing with customers is not only smart PR, but it can also save a company large sums of money as it doesn’t have to engage employees in endless rounds of meetings to...
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The Passing of Steve Jobs
Posted on October 6, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationHard to believe Steve Jobs has died. In a business such as The Strategy Group, focussed on Innovation, Steve stands out as a legend, a true leader in the space, and we will be so much poorer without him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4HEOVQ4RRs&feature=player_embedded
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Open Innovation by GE in China
Posted on October 1, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Innovation, Open InnovationGeneral Electric, the conglomerate, is using open innovation as a way to source ideas capable of boosting sales and solving major energy problems in China, according to a report in Warc. GE has announced a competition in the world's most populous...
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