SPRING 2012 V O L . 5 3 N O. 3 Yun Mi Antorini‚ Albert M. Muñiz‚ Jr. and Tormod Askildsen Collaborating With Customer Communities: Lessons From the Lego Group REPRINT NUMBER 53316 i n n o vat i o n Collaborating With Customer Communities: Lessons From the Lego Group The leading question How can companies collaborate effectively with their customers? Findings Companies need to By tapping into the knowledge and enthusiasm of thousands of longtime
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Value innovation Company: Apple Product: iTunes Store In the dusk of the 19th century Sony was only the big player of the music industry. Its innovative product “Walk-Man” changes the way that people used to listen the music. In other word Sony brings the music system from the room to the road. But after the invention of MP3 formats‚ the bulk and the electromechanical Sony player losses its grip in the market.
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SOCIAL INNOVATION Solar Bottle Bulb Agenda • Introduction • Social Product • Social Geography • Social Need • Social Solution • Actors / Ingredients • Standard Product • Collaborations • Success Story • Scalability Product • Solar Light bulb: Innovator is ILLAC DIAZ • Soda bottle solar light that • reflects light to as much as 50 or 60 watts made from a 2 litre transparent plastic soda bottle(PET) filled with water and bleach. • When inserted through the roof of a house‚
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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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The bumpy road to low carbon development: Insights from changes in the innovation system of China’s photovoltaic industry 1 Introduction Environmental scientists‚ energy experts and relevant enterprises assure us that the technological solutions needed for low carbon development are already available. This is good news as it implies that – at least technically – it is possible to prevent global warming beyond the 2°C threshold. But what does ‗availability‘ of low carbon technologies actually
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EXPLAIN HOW COMPONENTS OF EACH OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS It is common knowledge that industrial relations cannot exist in isolation as it takes place within a system comprising of factors‚ each of which affects all the other factors. A change in one factor will bring about a change in each of the other factors. It goes without saying therefore that certain external forces influence the industrial relations system and in turn‚ it also impacts on the outside environment
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7-The Industrial Age from art theory for beginners Why did the Agricultural and Industrial it began with the huge changes in society Revolution begin? brought about by developments made in Agriculture‚ technology and industry. Where did the Agricultural and Industrial it began in Britain and spread to Europe Revolution begin? What was the end result in Europe? -it changed the way people lived -Europe moved from essentially an agrarian society to an industrial
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How do you crack something with 158 million million million possible combinations? Many countries have tried‚ but ultimately failed to accomplish their goal. The movie The Imitation Game accurately portrays the historical events of the era. It correctly informs the viewer on how the Nazis communicated using a machine called enigma‚ it also shows an accurate depiction of Bletchley Park and the work of cracking enigma and the things they did to ensure that nobody found out about their work‚ and it
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Ashton‚ The Industrial Revolution‚ London: Oxford University Press‚ 1964. pp. 119‚ bibliography‚ index. Introduction & Bibliography of T. S. Ashton Throughout history‚ revolutions sprung from every corner of their time. It started with those who thought differently with the courage to confront those who were above them. From the labourers to the masters‚ from the factory working class to the ruling classes‚ every aspect could be and would have been the spark to a new era. The industrial revolution
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History Living Conditions: As the industrial revolution gathered pace‚ housing was needed for more and more workers. Some landlords seized the opportunity to exploit this situation. They made their profits by cramming as many poorly-built houses into as small a space as possible. Such as cramped‚ squalid living conditions proved the perfect breeding ground for disease. The new factories were like magnets. Made small tows overcrowded cities due to the knock on effect. The development of factories
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