Learning from the locals: How to innovate in China
By engaging with local start-ups that understand customers’ pain points, Western multinationals can provide innovative products and services for the Chinese market....
September 18, 2026 • by Jim Pulcrano in Innovation • 2 min read
Explore Windworks' breakthrough smart vertical-axis wind turbines and the funding-milestone strategy to turn novel tech into a viable energy business....
Continue readingMarch 7, 2022 • by Erik Walenza-Slabe, Yunfei Feng, Mark J. Greeven in Innovation • 8 min read
By engaging with local start-ups that understand customers’ pain points, Western multinationals can provide innovative products and services for the Chinese market....
March 4, 2022 • by Didier Bonnet, Patrick Reinmoeller in Innovation • 7 min read
The human-centered approach to problem-solving holds the key to unlocking both high-value opportunities for customers, and driving strategic change within organizations....
February 21, 2022 • by Juliet Bourke in Innovation • 6 min read
What are the two common assumptions around diversity of thinking that need to be challenged within organizations?...
February 15, 2022 • by Didier Bonnet, Michael R. Wade in Innovation • 8 min read
In an I by IMD interview, Barbara Martin Coppola, Chief Digital Officer of IKEA Retail (Ingka Group) explains how she is helping to take the company, famous for its out-of-town stores and...
February 10, 2022 • by Richard Roi in Innovation • 8 min read
Konica Minolta is known as a printer company, but a dual transformation is underway. Sam Errigo, Chief Operating Officer at Konica Minolta Business Solutions in the US, talks to Ric Roi about...
February 8, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade, Jialu Shan in Innovation • 7 min read
The fashion brand for young people is enjoying enormous success by focusing on its core market and delivering its value promises in style....
February 3, 2022 • by Arturo Bris in Innovation • 7 min read
The token economy could transform your company, turning on its head the concepts you currently have of business model, customer, shareholder, supplier and user....
January 26, 2022 • by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, Michael R. Wade in Innovation • 9 min read
The biotech firm’s innovative approach to COVID-19 vaccines demonstrates the three critical shifts needed to boost the chances of radical innovation....
January 24, 2022 • by Fabienne Lupo in Innovation • 5 min read
The pandemic badly hit the ‘salons', the traditional way in which luxury brands do business, but don’t write them off yet....
January 5, 2022 in Innovation • 5 min read
With vaccination rates now accelerating across Asia, the region will top the world’s growth league in 2022. IMD picks five trends to watch in the region’s key countries....
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