The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 14, 2023

in 2013, compared to 2.5% ” Effective communication Research from the EU’s OpenUP project highlights the crucial role effective communication of science and innovation plays in helping spread it more widely across society.

Innovation 125

Innovation Technology Audience Early Adopters 125

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Actually, this project started probably three or four years ago when Paul’s last book came out, which is called Jumping the S-Curve. We call them trial users, because they’re much more than early adopters; they’re the people that not only work with the kind of experimental versions of the product. In this case, it’s not.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

More than 2,500 developers and start-ups have reached out to the IBM Watson Group since the Watson Developers Cloud was launched in November 2013. We can provide the entrepreneurs with access to early adopter customers in the 170 countries in which we operate. So how does it work? First, with multiple business models.

Venture Funding 14

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

Firms like Deloitte have predicted robust consumer demand for smart glasses, with global adoption reaching “tens of millions by 2016 and surpassing 100 million by 2020.” Others suggest that a subset of innovation projects be aimed at entirely new markets , regardless of adjacency. Many students voted for the first scenario.

Strategy 10

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Cap and trade is projected to achieve nearly 20% of that goal by limiting emissions from the industrial, utility, and transportation fuels sectors — which account for roughly 85% of the state's greenhouse gas pollution. Policy signals from California, the world's 9th largest economy, are clearing a path for energy innovation.

Price 15

Price Energy Transportation Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

Kickstarter is one of a growing number of crowdfunding platforms for gathering money from the public to fund all sorts of projects. IBM saw these online social systems for investing in new ventures and decided they would like to develop a similar system internally for selecting innovative projects.

Software 8

Software CIO Early Adopters Project 8