Innovation Strategies for the Global Recession A Special Report from Chuck Frey of InnovationTools.com and Renee Hopkins Callahan of Innosight December 8, 2008 Innovating in a Recession Page 2 Executive Summary As the global economy slowly slides into recession, organizations face new challenges and opportunities. In today's interconnected world, it's impractical for companies to suspend their innovation initiatives until the worst of the storm blows over. To do so is to risk being
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Technological Forecasting & Social Change 76 (2009) 664–677 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Technological Forecasting & Social Change Intellectual capital and new product development performance: The mediating role of organizational learning capability Ya-Hui Hsu a,⁎, Wenchang Fang b,1 a b Department of Business Administration, Ming Chuan University, 11F, No.318, Fuhe Rd., Yonghe City, Taipei 234, Taiwan Department of Business Administration, National Taipei University, 69
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AFMSA/SG5M: Organization, Structure and Execution Of the Office of Research and Technical Applications Research Paper Sherrilynne Cherry 355 Pueblo Pintado, Helotes, TX 78023 cherry20001@msn.com 210 831-9162 Leadership and Organizational Behavior MGMT 591 Dr. Helen Kueker December 16, 2012 TCO A. Given that people make the difference in how well organizations perform, assess how an understanding of organizational behavior concepts and theories is a useful knowledge base for career
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Product Innovation Best Practices Series Best Practices in the Idea-to-Launch Process and Its Governance Reference Paper #45 Robert G. Cooper and Scott J. Edgett Compliments of: Stage-Gate International and Product Development Institute Inc. This article appeared in Research Technology Management March-April, pp 43-54 For information call +1-905-304-8797 www.stage-gate.com © Product Development Institute Inc. 2000-2014 Product Development Institute Inc. and Stage-Gate are registered
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Open Business Models HOW TO THRIVE IN THE NEW INNOVATION LANDSCAPE Henry Chesbrough 1 Why Business Models Need to Open Up ormer baseball catcher Yogi Berra lik.ed to observe that "the fu ture isn't what it used to be." This same general pessimism has been voiced about innovation in the United States and Eu rope, even as the innovation opportunities globally in places such as China and India have greatly expanded. l And it is not hard to see why. The great research
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LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION How to organize team creativity and harvest ideas JOHN ADAIR London and Philadelphia Publisher’s note Every possible effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is accurate at the time of going to press, and the publishers and author cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions, however caused. No responsibility for loss or damage occasioned to any person acting, or refraining from
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1 Faculty of Economic Sciences, Communication and IT Department of Business Administration Garment Industry Analysis in China Case Study on YiChang Richart Factory Limited Degree Thesis of 30 credit points Service Science LIU XIANG & XING ZHENZHEN Karlstads universitet 651 88 Karlstad Tfn 054-700 10 00 Fax 054-700 14 60 Information@kau.se www.kau.se Supervisor: Lars Haglund 1. ABSTRACT Purpose - In manufacturing industry, China is the most powerful all over the world. The
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AND BUSINESS PROCESS INNOVATION UDC 001.895:658.62 Nebojša Zakić, Ana Jovanović, Milan Stamatović Faculty of Entrepreneurial Business, Union University, Belgrade Abstract. The competitive advantage of a company strongly depends on its possibility to benefit from innovational activities. Understanding the factors that affect product and process innovation and their effects is necessary for deciding on an innovation strategy that is one of the core factors of an innovation success. We research
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Mamoune El Yacoubi Innovate the Pixar way by Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson Through the years, Pixar has been producing both technological and artistic breakthroughs. In fact, this organization is the pioneer in the computer-animated technology with its release of Toy Story in 1995, and has established itself as a creative company (Ed Catmull, 2008). Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson have decided to write the book, Innovate the Pixar way, which provides “business lessons from the world’s most
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HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS IN EUROPE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Education and Culture Directorate C: Lifelong learning: higher education and international affairs European Institute of Innovation and Technology; economic partnership Public open tender EAC/37/2009: CONTENTS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Scope of report Introduction to UBC Elements in the UBC Ecosystem 5 5 5 5 AIMS & METHODOLOGY Introduction Objective Process for
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