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Building value with Lego
In: Strategic Direction 28 (2012) 9, pp. 21-24
Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments...
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Knowledge that matters
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 11, pp. 33-35
enhance business performance – no more so than when effectively applied to the world of product innovation. The potential of …
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Innovation and growth
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 4, pp. 29-31
When it comes to Innovation, there are few certainties. However, two factors that are increasingly accepted, are that … innovation is vital for business growth, but that the innovation process in most companies is poor.  …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015009706
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Solving a product development dilemma
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 4, pp. 32-34
When it comes to product development, all companies are increasingly being faced by the need to radically reduce new product failure rates, while at the same time deliver new products to market much faster. This dilemma is most obvious in the consumer market, which now has an insatiable appetite...
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Looking beyond the innovation paradox
In: Strategic Direction 20 (2004) 10, pp. 33-35
Within most manufacturers today, across all industries, there seems a conviction among senior managers that innovation … vast gap between intention and actual innovation capability. The report “Mastering Innovation; Exploiting Ideas for … profitable growth through innovation.  …
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Fuji Xerox: knowledge management ideas to be copied
In: Strategic Direction 21 (2005) 3, pp. 16-18
Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – Scans the top 400 management publications in the world to identify the most topical issues and latest...
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How innovation keeps Samsung one step ahead
In: Strategic Direction 22 (2006) 2, pp. 21-24
companies with their fingers on the pulse will remain competitive. We all know that innovation and technology go together like …
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Becoming part of the new innovation paradigm
In: Strategic Direction 22 (2006) 4, pp. 30-32
Purpose – This article aims to review disruption innovation in the area of new product development. Design … implementing disruptive innovation. Originality/value – This article provides useful information on disruptive innovation.  …
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Getting by with a little help from their friends
In: Strategic Direction 22 (2006) 9, pp. 14-17
with innovation leads to realization. Such sentiments have obviously been taken on board at Lunar Design, a new product … company is clearly doing something right. Lunar is big on imagination and innovation. Then again, it has to be. Many of its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015010062
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Seven “principles” of innovation
In: Strategic Direction 23 (2007) 1, pp. 38-40
Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015010102