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How Dell Plans to Beat Apple

September 29, 2007

At a meeting a couple weeks ago, the new Dell marketing officer Mark Jarvis is quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle as saying that he wants Dell to become as sexy as Apple. Then he went on to say, “Apple has become the conformist company. I want Dell to become the different company.” Say what? [...]

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Innovation Champions and Networks Survey

March 20, 2007

We’ve just posted the results of a very interesting survey about how innovation champions and innovation networks help companies to evoke more and better innovations. More than 200 people responded. The key insight from this survey is that innovation champions add the greatest value by helping to improve the human dimensions of innovation – by [...]

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The greatest innovations of all time

March 12, 2007

View the Slide Show The Greatest Innovations of All Time

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Permanent Innovation Survey Results

February 7, 2007

During November and December InnovationLabs invited about 1200 readers of Permanent Innovation to participate in an online survey about innovation. We have tabulated the results from the 200 respondents. You can access the results here, viewable both online and in a downloadable document. Among the key insights we noted: – Respondents feel that there’s lots [...]

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Innovation at Ford (What?)

January 30, 2007

Well, now that Ford has revealed the full scope of last year’s financial bloodbath (a loss of more than billion, which amounts to more than 00 per car sold in North America, one of the most dismal corporate performances ever), it brings to mind that last summer Chairman and CEO Bill Ford fired himself [...]

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An Analysis of Global Corporate R&D Budgets

December 19, 2006

A new Booz Allen study highlights corporate R&D spending worldwide: “What does Dentsply International, a midsized manufacturer of dental products in York, Penn., have in common with Kobe Steel, a Japanese metals producer? What qualities are shared by Cadbury Schweppes, the European candy and beverage company; Tata Motors, the up-and-coming Indian automaker; and Google, the [...]

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