While creativity and innovation are similar‚ there is a lot of confusion in regard to separating the two. Creativity can be defined as “the enabling process by which something new comes into existence” (Schaper et al. 2011‚ 54–65). In this respect‚ innovation can be defined as the action or process of putting those ideas into effect. According to the term‚ “the 4 P’s (persons‚ process‚ press‚ products) of Creativity” (Rhodes‚ 1961) coined by Mel Rhodes – creativity consists of four strands or categories
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NOTES: GENERAL CONCEPTS OF INNOVATION MGMT 1) CHARECTERISTICS OF INNOVATIVE COMPANIES: • Systematic collection of all impulses that could lead to innovation • Creativity of employees • Ability to evaluate the possibility of the innovation idea • Good team work • Cooperation with external experts (universities‚ research laboratories…) • Proper rate of risk-taking • Employees’ motivation (the employees are willing to improve the product and the operation of the whole company) • Continued
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A Framework for Managing the Innovation Process 1 Niek D du Preez1 ‚ Louis Louw2 Stellenbosch University‚ Department of Industrial Engineering‚ South Africa 2 Indutech (Pty) Ltd‚ Brandwacht Office Park‚ South Africa innovative and free thinking. Yet even Edison realised that a lot of perspiration is required in balance with the inspiration. Any innovation management framework should thus include a good combination of structure and flexibility in order to successfully deploy all the elements
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CHAPTER 1 The Importance of Technological Innovation SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTER The purpose of this chapter is to set the stage for the course by establishing the importance of managing technological innovation strategically. First the chapter overviews the importance of technological innovation for a firm’s competitive success and the advancement of society in general. The chapter points out that 1) many firms are relying on products developed in the previous three to five years for large portions
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ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN ENCOURAGING INNOVATION 12/4/2011 Strategic Innovation Management Authored by Nandini Kapur (D326) Kanika Katyal (D325) ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN ENCOURAGING INNOVATION ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN ENCOURAGING INNOVATION S T R AT E G I C I N N O VAT I O N M A N A G E M E N T Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 2 INTRODUCTION...............................................
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“idea man”‚ Brandon became infatuated with new and alternative ways to guide people who live each day without sight. He thought there had to be a better way to aid the blind to his or her immediate surroundings. Foshee and his company‚ FauxSee Innovations LLC‚ have been pushing the envelope in terms of technological research and aid for the blind since 2011. “We’ve actually got five different products now in various stages of development. If the technology exists that allow robots and now even
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Strategic Management of Technological Innovation by Rodger Hughes Overview This is a short summary of Strategic Management of Technological Innovation (Schilling‚ 2009)‚ Describing Schilling’s view on the importance of technological innovation. Chapter 1 Summary Globalization has been instrumental in technological innovation processes. As companies and firms become more competitive in the world market‚ they need to harness creativity and channel it to remain competitive. While some
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------------------------------------------------- Strategy Innovation Business Essay “Strategy innovation is the capacity to re-conceive the existing industry model in ways that create new value for customers‚ wrong-foot competitors‚ and produce new wealth for all stakeholders.” (Hamel‚ 1998) This quote is used by Schoenberg to highlight the importance he places on strategy innovation‚ and the main two drivers of strategic innovation he cites: industry factors and firm factors. However‚ although
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Shawney et al. (2011) introduced a tool that can be used to look for opportunities to innovate. The ‘innovation radar’ has 12 key dimensions‚ namely: offerings‚ platform‚ solutions‚ customers‚ customer experience‚ values capture‚ processes‚ organization‚ supply chain‚ presence‚ networking and brand. Next‚ this paper will apply some of these key dimensions to an innovative firm. The innovative firm I would like to discuss is Ikea Ikea has been able to provide customers with a wide portfolio of
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CATS: The Nine Lives of Innovation Stephen C. Lundin‚ Ph.D. February 18‚ 1–2:30 p.m. ET with Produced by Targeted Learning Corporation © 2004 Targeted Learning Corporation All Rights Reserved CATS: THE NINE LIVES OF INNOVATION 2 Welcome! Welcome to the Targeted Learning Corporation’s presentation of CATS: The Nine Lives of Innovation‚ with Stephen C. Lundin‚ Ph.D. Steve Lundin‚ “The Big Tuna Ph.D.‚” is best known as the author of the multimillion-copy‚ best-selling FISH! books
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