Dynamics of Soft Innovation
Soft innovation refers to a form of innovation occurring in processes not related to science and technology, such as marketing, business model and organizational forms, which stands out of the…
Soft Innovation Factors
Innovation is often considered from a technological point of view, while there are other kind of innovation, such as innovation of products and process, referring to organizational and management models.…
Internet Content Services Innovation factors
The internet content services sector is a market of global proportions in the rapid growth and take-off position within the business life-cycle. In this sector, geographical boundaries are sometimes irrelevant;…
R&D Key Performance Indicators
Interest in the topic of performance measurement in R&D has increased in the last few decades, but the topic is not new at all. Legitimate interest for the “right” KPIs…
Requirements of a Performance Management System
Most differences between performance management systems can be explained by their initial definition. The initial definition determines who (stakeholders) are provided with what kind of information. This fact influences the…
R&D Performance Measurement Systems
The significance of R&D for industrial organizations is often described as one of the most important factors affecting future profitability. Having in mind the four schools of thought: (1) financing/…
Systemic View of Innovation
The concept of innovation as a ‘system’ with spatial and sociocultural dimensions involves the study of regional and national systems of innovation, including industrial districts, spatial networks, clusters and other…
Performance Metrics Categories
Performance measures quantitatively tell us something important about our products, services, and the processes that produce them. They are a tool to help us understand, manage, and improve what our…
Pivot Thinking: The Neuroscience of Design
A cognitive problem solving style that easily pivots or shifts between convergent or divergent problem solution possibilities. The conceptual model for pivot thinking assumes that problem solving preferences are generally…
Understanding the Dynamics of System Changes
What makes systemic innovation possible? what prompts it to happen? Technology may prompt change – the emergence of mobile phone technologies; electricity; fuel cells. in these cases the opportunity space…
16th Annual Corporate Venturing & Innovation Partnering Conference 2014
16th Annual Corporate Venturing & Innovation Partnering Conference Website February 10-12, 2014 Newport Beach, California This annual event provides corporate investors with strategies to gain a competitive advantage through corporate…
Global Health & Innovation Conference 2014
Global Health & Innovation Conference 2014 Website April 12-13 2014 Yale University, USA The largest social entrepreneurship conference, with 2,200 professionals and students from all 50 states and more than…
Innovation and Well-being indicators
How should one measure well-being? Money is not everything. There are many more features that shape people‟s lives. How comfortable is their housing? How clean and safe is their local…