Business Models and Open Innovation
The website M Plus R discusses the recent evolution of business models. Henry Chesbrough developed the concept of open innovation, in which business models are an ingrained part of a company during more than 10 years study and research of Xerox. Chesbrough’s business model concept, as included in his studies leading to the open innovation
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Apple’s Contributions to Open Innovation
In a post on the site Crowdsourcing.org, Joel West discusses Apple’s Contributions to Open Innovation. Some recent coverage of Steve Jobs legacy and Apple’s record focuses on the Macintosh’s proprietary operating system and its mixed record on open architecture. However, Apple under
Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape
The MiiU website posted a review of the book, “Open Business Models.” In his landmark book “Open Innovation”, Henry Chesbrough demonstrated that because useful knowledge is no longer concentrated in a few large organisations, business leaders must adopt a new, “open”
Adapt or Die. What is Business Model Innovation?
The SimplyBiz.co.za site notes that business models have evolved a great deal over the past few years. Technology has enabled businesses to have a wider reach and compete globally. Making your business adaptable is one of the key ways for businesses to ensure survival and have a competitive advantage.
Open Services Innovation: Road Runner Sports
The Plantescompany blog reports that Road Runner Sports offers a new twist on guru advice – a computerized assessment based on a video of the shopper running on a treadmill, a pad measuring where the runner places the weight of his feet and runner-provided information. Road Runner Sports turns
We Need to Innovate a new way of Doing Business
In The Huffington Post (UK) James Baker writes that the traditional business model for the innovation, research and development of technology is no longer fit for the challenges of the 21st Century. That means understanding the need to look beyond the walls of our own companies and forge genuine and
Business model innovation; one answer to the re-generation of companies
In an article in the Puerto Rico Daily Sun, Rafael Rios wrotes that during the last 10 years many exciting elements have been added to the business landscape that have brought excitement to the field. One of these is the concept of value innovation. This concept focuses on making the competition irrelevant
Finding Opportunities in Business Model Innovation
An article in the European Business Review reports that even as incumbents cling to business models that are under pressure, rapid growth is captured by organizations which develop new models . It is a truism in organizations that it is often easier to punish sins of commission than of omission.
Open Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations website reports on a conference on open innovation in pharmaceuticals. The importance of intellectual property, as a crucial incentive for innovation, was emphasized by all the participating industry sectors, but the key
Case #6 – Siemens Enterprise Communications facing ‘open competition’
Having barely been able to hold back for five postings, it’s finally time to begin tooting my own horn – but not only because I think Competition from the Commons? Siemens Enterprise Communications and Asterisk (Case 308-388-1 at