What is Innovation? —profiting from ideas
We are all after Innovation. It’s human beings’ inherent ability and urge to keep recreating. Due to it, our society has been progressing. But what is innovation, and how to…
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National Innovation System–stop wasteful investment
There are a few standard things from Silicon Valley to Gothenburg, among the top 100 Innovation clusters. These are (i) a well-developed education system, (ii) research universities, (iii) venture capital…
iPhone Innovation from Refinement and Integration
For placing the internet in the palm of our hand and unleashing a revolution in mobile software, iPhone Innovation emerged. Its multi-touch user interface, first useful mobile web browser, integrated…
ASML Lithography Monopoly from Sustaining Innovation
In finding the answer to why great companies fail, Professor Clayton Christensen formulated Disruptive innovation theory. Two business school professors came up with a blue ocean strategy in pursuit of…
Big Ideas are Getting Harder to Find- how to overcome?
In an MIT Sloan Management Review article, upon referring to research productivity trend analysis, researchers of Sandford University lamented the rarity of finding big ideas. They concluded that “great ideas…
Semiconductor Monopoly Due to Winning Race of Ideas
What has caused a semiconductor monopoly? Often, we think that government license, ownership of resources, political decision, vertical integration, invention patent, and collusion are factors for creating a monopoly. But…
Innovation Evolution Leading to Revolution
LED light bulb is a revolution in the lighting industry. In the past, incandescent and CFL bulbs also brought revolutions. Similarly, digital camera, iPod, electric vehicle, word processor software, personal…
Innovation S-curve – episodic evolution
Innovation S-curve refers to the formation and growth of innovations reaching maturity through a non-linear S-curve life cycle. Like human beings, upon birth, innovations keep evolving through stages. The evolution…
Innovation Drivers — empathy, creativity, science, competition
Due to Innovation, we fly and drive as opposed to walking. Startups have become large corporations, and mega-firms disappeared because of it. Due to innovation, silicon-bearing sand powers medical imaging,…
Apple’s Innovation Strategy – creating and monopolizing
Of course, Steve Jobs’ empathy and creativity triggered Apple’s Innovation flywheel. But is it good enough to keep building momentum after his long, eternal departure? Apple’s business success of generating…
Innovation Skills – turning ideas into wealth
It’s easy for rural farmers in Bangladesh to generate and deploy ideas in producing economic value. But why are thousands of Startups all over the world failing to turn their…
Types of Innovation – drawing a line
Innovation is about the application of novel ideas in Getting jobs done better. But why are there different types of innovation? Which factors determine types of innovation? Due to varying…