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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 14, 2012
Many of these trends seem to fit historical patterns of transformation , which means banks need to up their innovation game. The first innovators in the market are often too early in the technology curve. Here's one of the biggest that would-be innovators should ask: Should I lead or follow? All good questions.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 12, 2012
The topic — part of a series on innovation sponsored by Singapore's Economic Development Board and coordinated by Harvard Business Review — was "What's the Right Entry Point for Emerging Markets: Target Customers at the Bottom or the Middle of the Pyramid?". billion by 2030. Reaching this vast middle won't be easy, I said.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2013
If they work for a product company, it may be looking to services revenue for growth. The persona of the next-generation CIO is evolving from Chief Infrastructure Officer through Chief Integration Officer and Chief Intelligence Officer to Chief Innovation Officer. Understand the three organizational building blocks. Organizational DNA.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
At Electrolux, for example, the company has implemented a new " 70% rule " for testing its new product innovations to make sure it's not getting too far ahead or falling too quickly behind either its customers or competitors. Speed to market" isn't what's driving the change.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
Amazon hasn't simply come up with a new product or — as Bezos himself declared — a new service. The net pioneer that reinvented retailing and redefined "word-of-web" recommendations has devised a new innovation ecosystem. Amazon's presence will intensify the innovation tempo in every market touched.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
The article shows how the Dutch firm AkzoNobel is growing in China, particularly through products that help customers reduce environmental footprint in the shipping and building sectors. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. and the West for best practices.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
But the gravest concern we've heard, that the ruling creates a legal climate that will stifle innovation, is unfounded. Samsung—and just about every other consumer electronics company—copied Apple because people love using their products, which is different from simply loving their products.
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