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Ask Customers to Use Less of Your Product: The Big Heresy

Harvard Business Review

Last week I attended an Executive Sustainability Summit hosted by Xerox , Waste Management (WM), and Arizona State University. The short conference brought together public and private sector managers working on environmental and social issues. billion "managed print services" (MPS) industry ( according to research firm IDC ).

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Creating a Future for (American) Cleantech

Harvard Business Review

These four elements set the stage for disruptive innovation to emerge, which suggests a more focused approach to national cleantech policy — and a path towards competing asymmetrically with China. Demand response, grid management, solar financing and installation, and electric vehicle infrastructure companies might fit this bill.

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How Corporate HQ Can Get More from Innovation Outposts

Harvard Business Review

It’s expensive, but you agree to pay an innovation premium because you appreciate that in innovation clusters the search for talent is fierce. The Explainer: Disruptive Innovation. Clay Christensen's landmark theory -- in under two minutes. Related Video.

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Three Year-End Innovation Takeaways from Asia

Harvard Business Review

I've also had the chance to experience the world of venture capital investing through the small fund that our team in Singapore manages on behalf of the Singapore government. I argued a few months ago that the innovation axis was shifting from the West to the East. But Eastern companies and entrepreneurs are gaining traction.