Entrepreneur and business model innovator Alexander Osterwalder discusses dynamic, yet simple-to-use tools for visualizing, challenging and re-inventing business models. Osterwalder articulates how to use the visual language of his business model canvas framework, and shares stories of how this approach helps organizations of all sizes to better create, deliver and capture...
Monthly Archives: January 2012
The Business Insider website notes that Open Innovation generated a great deal of irrational exuberance in its early days. But excessive hype rarely matches future success. The exaggerated hype that once attracted a great deal of attention to Open Innovation has been replaced by more sober and realistic expectations. Click here to read the complete article. Go to...
The McKinsey Quarterly notes that open innovation isn’t a a new phenomenon. But open innovation has spread to a range of industries that use external insights to boost internal R&D efforts or even rely on outside networks for core product ideas. The latest research on Web 2.0 technologies reveals that more and more executives are taking advantage of these opportunities...
An article in McKinsey Quarterly focuses on the factors that could redefine intellectual property competition in different industries. As open-source innovation, crowd sourcing, and engaging with open communities become increasingly prevalent, could Intellectual Property-free zones appear in the competitive landscape of other industries? Having studied the case of infrastructure...
The Innovation Leadership Network website notes that at their core, all business models address this question: how do we sustainably deliver value to our customers? Business models can serve three different purposes. They can describe different kinds and types of businesses. They can be short-hand descriptions of how firms operate – the primary value here is that you...
