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The wisdom of crowds: The potential of online communities as a tool for data analysis
March 23, 2014 Editor 0
Publication date: April 2014Source:Technovation, Volume 34, Issue 4 Author(s): Marian Garcia Martinez , Bryn Walton Online communities have become an important source for knowledge and new ideas. This paper considers the potential of crowdsourcing as a tool for data analysis to address the increasing problems faced by companies in trying to deal with “Big Data”. […]
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The invisible hand in entrepreneurial process: bricolage in emerging economies
March 21, 2014 Editor 0
The entrepreneurial process in emerging economies is receiving more interests but the critical role of bricolage is still in dearth. Entrepreneurs in these highly uncertain and dynamic environments discover, develop, and exploit opportunities with limited and idiosyncratic resources. They also navigate the entrepreneurial process within restrictive and unsupportive institutional environments. In this dynamic and often […]
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Agricultural technology commercialisation: stakeholders, business models, and abiotic stressors – Part 1
February 25, 2014 Editor 0
Agricultural technology commercialisation: stakeholders, business models, and abiotic stressors – Part 1 Stephen Suffian; Arianna De Reus; Curtis Eckard; Amy Copley; Khanjan Mehta International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol. 2, No. 5 (2013) pp. 415 – 437 A wide range of innovative technologies have emerged to facilitate the creation, expansion, and streamlining of […]
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Scaling Up is a Problem of Both More and Less
February 9, 2014 Editor 0
Huggy Rao and I like to refer to scaling challenges as the “Problem of More” because they always involve getting some existing seed of excellence to take root in more people and more places. The language of “more” pervades discussions of the topic. Ask any group of executives or nonprofit leaders about scaling, run a […]
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How Intuit Innovates by Challenging Itself
February 9, 2014 Editor 0
We know that questioning can trigger innovative thinking. But the key—and challenge—to truly changing the status quo is identifying the right question. In a collaboration to determine just how disruptive leaders find these compelling questions, Professor Clayton Christensen and I conducted nearly 40 interviews with renowned global leaders. Among these interviews was Brad Smith, president […]
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Eight Essential Questions for Every Corporate Innovator
February 2, 2014 Editor 0
One of the first, and most lasting, pieces of career advice I received came from Linda Bush, my first project manager when I was a wee pup working at McKinsey & Company. “Ask a lot of questions,” Linda advised me. “You might think you are being annoying, but it’s the only way you learn. And […]
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