Creativity – is the generation of ideas. Innovation – is the translation of a new idea into a new company‚ a new product‚ a new service‚ a new process or a new method of production. Competition is the true driver of markets. It is the product of our environment. Unless an organisation is competitive it will not survive in the market it is serving. To capture market share‚ companies constantly need to innovate their product or service as core competencies can remain unique for only a small period
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people(tourists) away from their usual habitat‚ the activities of people away from their usual habitat will normally give rise to an industry and the activities of both the people and the industry may or will have impact on the host community. 2.0 DISADVANTAGES OF TOURISM 2.1 THREATHEN INDIGENOUS IDENTITY Tourism gives positive impacts to a country but the impacts arise when tourism brings about changes in value systems and behaviour‚ thereby threatens indigenous identity. Furthermore‚ changes often
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business innovation is important There are several reasons why the generation of new ideas can be critical to your business’s success. Although every organisation will have its own priorities and sector-specific issues to balance‚ businesses that fail to innovate run the risk of losing ground to competitors‚ losing key staff‚ or simply operating inefficiently. Innovation can be a key differentiator between market leaders and their rivals. Responding to trends and competition Innovation can help
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Innovation generally refers to renewing‚ changing or creating more effective processes‚ products or ways of doing things. Innovation in your business means doing something new‚ different‚ smarter or better that will make a positive difference. Innovation can be a catalyst for the growth and success of your business‚ and help you adapt and grow in the marketplace. Being innovative does not mean inventing; innovation can mean changing your business model and adapting to changes in your environment
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Innovation Strategy at Microsoft: Clouds on the Horizon Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation that develops‚ manufacturers‚ licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker and affects millions of users worldwide every day. The company recorded all-time high revenue bringing in $73.7 billion for fiscal year 2012. After analyzing this case‚ I have concluded that the main problem
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study denotes the importance of integrating the compatibility construct within technology acceptance models as well as its confounding results in doing so. Rogers (1962) was the first one to introduce and define the term compatibility in his Innovation Diffusion Theory. “Compatibility assesses the extent of congruence between a new technology and various aspects of the individual and the situation in which the technology will be utilized” (Karahanna et al.‚ 2006‚ p. 782). Diverse studies identified
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John Soltys This paper is about comparing and contrasting the terms – innovation‚ creativity and design. The definition of innovation is “the introduction of something new; a new idea‚ method or device.” (Merriam-Webster‚ 2008). At a business standpoint‚ innovation can occur and should be encouraged at all levels within a company from top level executives to lower level managers and individual contributors. Thus an innovation may be a product‚ a process‚ or a system‚ but it is more than an idea.
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del-Palacio "Global clusters of innovation: The case of Israel and Silicon Valley" reveals the information concerning the notion that came to our lives not long time ago - Clusters of Innovation (COI). The article dwells in-depth on the relationships between different COI and how these links may lead to the creation of Networks of Clusters of Innovation (NCOI)‚ that do have new benefits and this consequently become a starting point of Super-Clusters of Innovation (Super COI). The case study introduced
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Innovation is a process to bring new ideas‚ new methods or new products to an organization. It is the action required to create new ideas‚ processes or products which when implemented lead to positive effective change. While invention requires the creation of new ideas‚ processes or products‚ innovation moves one step further and requires implementation of the inventive act. Innovation also implies a value system which seeks to derive a positive outcome from the inventive act. For example‚ actions
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Disruption occurs when a smaller company with fewer resources successfully disrupts the business practices of an incumbent business. Disruptive innovation has brought success to countless companies. However‚ though it is effective‚ it can also be dangerous. This is because many theories on the subject are misunderstood or misapplied. Christenson believes this is because users tend to focus on the concepts created 20 years ago‚ rather than reading books and articles that have been published with refinements
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