Global Co-Innovation
Professor William A Fischer on the risks and advantages of co-innovation
Extract from a Wednesday Webcast: “Benchmarking innovation practices,” interviewed by Paul Hunter. This webcast is part of the virtual services available exclusive to members of the Corporate Learning Network (CLN).
The co-innovation sweet spot: Companies pursuing a strategy of co-innovation can mess up in two ways
Shifting industry boundaries mean that change is happening faster and coming at us from all directions. It is becoming harder to keep up by innovating alone. According to Caroline Firstbrook, managing director for strategy at Accenture in EMEA and…
Leverage the supply chain to improve your company’s bottom line: Forming win-wins with suppliers in a post-financial crisis world
Scarcity of raw materials and soaring prices for commodities, the financial crisis and the increasing intensity of natural catastrophes have created a paradigm shift that requires a fresh analysis of how the corporation relates to the global suppl…
The Goli Vada Pav story
When Venkatesh Iyer co-founded Goli Vada Pav with Shiv Menon in 2004, he saw a big opportunity in selling affordable, clean, ethnic fast food to lower-income customers in India. Mr Venkatesh, now chief executive, saw a potential market of 500m mos…
What is the next big innovation in innovation?: The secret just might be out!
Engaging users is among the many secrets that underlie successful innovation. The newest innovation in innovation is the use of rich media and online interactivity to involve broad audiences in the process.¦The technology that underlies Web 2.0 en…
Still waiting for the Eureka moment?: Five lessons to boost your innovation practices
Innovation ain’t what it was. It was once the province of a department, with a clear remit: new product development. Today, it’s everywhere. It concerns not only products and services, but also processes, technologies, business models, pricing pla…