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Innovate Forward

Leading Blog

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. I NNOVATION has always been important.

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Innovation Requires a Bias Towards Action

LDRLB

There is often a huge lag between when we first see a new idea and when we really find out what it is good for – this is when we are working through business model innovation. Consequently, the best innovation comes when we are concerned with both discovery and use.

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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

Ajay is a technologist and business strategist who often obsesses over issues that range from the impact of technology on disruptive business models to entrepreneurship and impact investing. There are some excellent business & corporate strategy examples of companies implementing the BoP model.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Innovation Capital. A great idea may not be enough to build a great business. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. He offers a unique perspective on innovation and winning in the marketplace. The Components of Innovation Capital. Would you share that briefly?

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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

have business models that hinge on predictive models based on machine learning. Professor Vasant Dhar, Stern School of Business, NYU. Applied Prediction. The powerhouse organizations of the Internet era, which include Google and Amazon. Nothing foretells consumer need like predicting the birth of a new consumer.

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Broadcast TV Needs a New Business Model

Harvard Business Review

Broadcasters have had it tough in business model terms. Indeed, the New York Times recently noted that the profit model for broadcasters is under assault, citing "cracks in the citadel of TV profits." Once the bundled model begins to erode, consumers flee it to go to a model where they are buying only what they want.

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Keeping Innovation Strong When the Economy is Weak

Harvard Business Review

Although it's far too soon to tell whether that program will lead to a major new line of business, Whole Foods should be commended for continuing to innovate during the current economic doldrums when many companies have instead retrenched by making across-the-board cutbacks, even in product R&D. Wireless carriers in the U.S.