Organizational capabilities as the key to Sustainable Innovation Cécile van Oppen* Squarewise‚ Claude Debussylaan 48‚ 1082 MD Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands E-mail: vanoppen@squarewise.com Luc Brugman Squarewise‚ Claude Debussylaan 48‚ 1082 MD Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands E-mail brugman@squarewise.com * Corresponding author Abstract: Whereas organizations traditionally approach sustainability from a technical perspective‚ and strive to “do things better”‚ we argue that the sustainability challenges of
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PRO: My partner and I affirm resolved: On balance‚ the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission harms the election process. For clarity‚ we offer the following observations: Observation 1: According to U.S. Legal the electoral process is the method by which a person is elected into office. Thus‚ any individual vote or dollar given in support of a certain candidate affects the election process. Observation 2: The CU ruling affected many other things indirectly
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Google plans to participate in the upcoming auction for radio spectrum in the 700-MHz band if certain conditions are met. Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Friday that he sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin saying the company will commit $4.6 billion to the auction if certain "open" measures are included in the plan. Google has been moving closer to participating in the auction in recent weeks. MORE INSIGHTS Webcasts Strengthen Organizational Agility with the Latest Advances in Case
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strength is portrayed as being strong and brave at superior and horrific times‚ yet through literature like Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ it shows that they can end up weak. There are many times in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ where the acts of “reverse-gender roles” are being detected in terms of what the stereotype states‚ between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. This tragic play is a perfect example that in life it does not matter of what gender a person is‚ but what matters the most is what steps a
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1.1.1 Reverse Logistics The majority of the challenges for remanufacturing are related with the reverse logistic process. Moreover‚ these interrogations have a big incidence on how hard or easy is to solve the other remanufacturing challenges. For this reason‚ this section starts with a detailed explanation of reverse logistics using various models that during the research stand out for being clear and detailed at the same time. For understanding reverse logistics‚ first‚ it is important to understand
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A Reverse Innovation Playbook This case tells us about developing ideas in the emerging market and persuading them to emerged markets. It demonstrates how the companies following the reverse logic focus on major changes such as remodeling the organizational structures‚ restoring product development and manufacturing methods and reorienting sales force. The article cites example of an Organization Sara’s and how Toyota accepted its technology for emerging as well as western markets. Executing
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Reverse Engineering A brilliant method of taking an object apart and disassembling all of its mechanical components and analyze every bit of detail‚ enough to recreate a duplicate without fully understanding the original. Reverse engineering is used for many reasons‚ for example; a military obtains an enemy tank that is in good enough condition to be operated‚ they can have their engineers take the machinery apart and gain the knowledge on how to duplicate the same class tank without having to
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Auction: Only way of allocating natural resources to private firms? Auction: Only way of allocating natural resources to private firms? “Is Auction the right way of allocating natural resources?” Time and again this question has come into limelight. Many scams still make us debate on this. Whether it is the 2G spectrum allocation scam or allotment of oil or Coalgate scam? Before getting into this debate lets first try to understand the rationality behind the allocation of natural resources
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Franco Moretti‚ unlike Stephen Arata’s account addresses how Stoker and even Frankenstein’s Mary Shelley‚ emphasize problems within the society during the Victorian era. Morettimakes it clear that the fear in both books is created by the protagonist ultimately making the reader see that advancing technology‚ family‚ and traditions could be compromised by the monsters of the books. Moretti also explains that ascetic of terror in Dracula “is celebrated the victory ‘of the desire for possession over
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Should Scientists Reverse Aging The ultimate goal of biology is to survive. Unfortunately everything dies from the smallest bacteria to the largest whale. Some scientists have recently begun to research if there is any way humanity can slow down or stop aging by testing animals and maybe even ourselves. Even if humans can stop aging there are many social‚ ethical‚ and economical issues that must be overcome before humanity can take the risk of stopping aging. Scientists should continue to break
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