Business Model 2.0: Manage your Value Chain
Working on different client innovation projects and reshaping their Business Models it is often the case that a new project explicits a need to move into a different part of the current value chain. With Value Chains in this case I mean different organizations and enitities, consisting of resources and knowledge stream, all involved in […]
Posted: June 12th, 2008 under Business Model Innovation, Value Chain Innovation.
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Innovasion: competing in the Chinese good enough market
Recently HBR published an article about the difference in competition between the US and Europe and emerging markets, China in the article. Where in the US and Europe most customers demand excellent quality in China the largest segment is the “good enough” segment (62% share of market in 2005). The good enough segment is defined […]
Posted: April 6th, 2008 under Business Model Innovation.
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The Importance of Business Model Innovation
During the Internet Bubble Business Model was one of the buzz words. Companies did not need a real strategy, a special competence, or even customers. The only thing needed was a web-based Business Model making vague promisses about wild profits in a distant future (source Joan Magretta, HBR, 2002). Not strange that the term itself […]
Posted: March 17th, 2008 under Business Model Innovation.
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Train your weaknesses: The practice of leadership
Recently I stumbled upon an interesting article which states that we should not focus on the things we are good at, but concentrate on the areas we are not so great at. The theory behind it is based on researching to-be chess masters. Of course this differs 180 degrees from our common sense.
Applying this line […]
Posted: February 4th, 2008 under Business Model Innovation.
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China: The Sky is the Limit
Back from the Austrian slopes there was the news that China has introduced its first commercial passenger jet, the ARJ21 (Advanced Regional Jet). Not really strange; China is evolving its industrial capababilities is almost every business segment so why not commercial jets. China Aviation Industry Corporation start in the 70-90 passenger segment, in […]
Posted: January 13th, 2008 under Ecosystem.
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Cradle to cradle: a new ways of thinking about design
From the 3rd till the 14th of December the United Nations Climat Change Conference was held in Bali. Again loads of attention were given to the subjects of sustainability. Nowadays the topic has really found grounds in society; it is even fashionable to concentrate on environmentally friendly goods and services.
In this light there is a […]
Posted: December 16th, 2007 under Design.
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