competitiveness Archives - InnovationManagement

Is Creativity the New Business Edge?

The business world is very rational. Operational excellence, financial mastery and technology savviness have become pre-requisite not to stand out as a winner but to be allowed to compete. While a hard-nosed business mind is essential to cope with the increased pressure of globalized competition, it is creativity, in the form of innovation and the ability to implement it rapidly that is fast becoming the most treasured competitive asset. Companies need to innovate in a fast yet relevant manner in order to remain competitive today and develop the game changers that will allow them to remain competitive in the future.

Ideascale2021-12-05T16:19:23-08:00March 4th, 2013|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Enabling Factors, Open Innovation|Tags: co-creation, competitive advantage, competitiveness, Creativity, Crowdsourcing, design thinking, globalization, HR, operational excellence|

How to Emerge from Crisis by Knowing your Innovation Growth Opportunities & Competitors’ Strengths

Companies sometimes behave like the ostrich with their head in the ground while others emerge from the crisis like a phoenix. Not knowing with which new products or services your company really earns money is a bit like the ostrich. However there are effective means to gain transparency on innovation spending without too much effort. These tools also allow a comparison with your competitors to understand what they are doing differently in their approach to successfully managing their innovation activities. Finally, they help companies which currently struggle with the economic situation to become more effective and efficient in their innovation management.

Ideascale2021-12-05T09:40:52-08:00February 28th, 2013|Categories: Strategies, Support for SMEs|Tags: benchmarking, Competition, competitiveness, crisis management, in-depth article, Innovation Culture, Innovation Strategy, measuring innovation, portfolio management, project management, SME, strengths and weaknesses, transparency|

How to Deal with Innovation Management When You Are Small?

Innovation is frequently marketed as driver of growth and prerequisite for remaining competitive. However, the process is often risky, especially for small or medium sized enterprises in search of ways to successfully manage their new products, services or businesses in a systemic and stable manner. Luckily, tools such as the “A.T. Kearney House of Innovation” are available to lend an essential helping hand.

Ideascale2021-12-05T09:16:56-08:00December 19th, 2012|Categories: Leadership, Strategies, Support for SMEs|Tags: benchmarking, business growth, Business Model Innovation, competitiveness, entrepreneur, growth, in-depth article, Innovation Culture, Innovation Strategy, small business, smbs, SME, startup, sustainable growth|

Engagement Is Key to Business Performance: Digital Innovation as Catalyst

Booz&Co wrote in their article “The Social Life of Brands” on Strategy+Business that the value of a brand is linked with the relationships it has with its customers, creating and retaining them. For marketing, its fundamental task is managing these relationships. In a recent research by Gallup the results were striking, a 240 percent boost in performance was achieved when both employees and customers were enaged. This is exactly, in a highly technological driven business environment, digital innovation is the catalyst that improves engagement and provide means to manage relationships better, faster and in a cheaper way though digital.

Ideascale2021-12-05T09:09:21-08:00November 23rd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: automotive industry, branding, case study, Competition, competitiveness, customer engagement, customer experience, customer experience management, data analysis, digital era, digital innovation, digital platform, Employee Engagement, feedback, in-depth article, marketing, marketing campaign, social media, Volvo|