The top 25 companies by US patent value was released by Business Week and it is worth a look. IBM generated the largest number of patents while Microsoft generated patents of the highest value (according to the BW study).
The number of patents involved at IBM is a simply mind-boggling 4,914. That’s over 13 patentable inventions [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
Open Innovation – Filing a non-patent
Being and Entrepreneurship
“Organizations tend to evolve in ways that are inherently resistant to entrepreneurship. Yet Entrepreneurship is instrumental for ensuring the long-term sustainability of any enterprise.” (Properties of balance: A pendulum effect in corporate entrepreneurship, Michael H. Morris, Jurie van Vuuren, Jeffrey R. Cornwall, Retha Scheepers)
Whether you call it corporate entrepreneurship or individual creativity, it is [...]
The Increasing Cost Of Bad Behavior On Innovation
The cost of innovation is increasing due to bad behavior. This ran through my mind as I learned that the great bicycle experiment in Paris has hit an expensive traffic bump (NYT 10/30/2009). The idea of being able to rent a bike for an hour or two and drop it off, not where you started [...]
Death To Hard Drives
If you manufacture hard drives the end is in sight.
I do not say this because I lost my third drive in six months yesterday. (Ok, I admit it. Maybe there is a connection. I might be a tad irritated. Death to hard drive manufacturers!)
The traditional hard drive is under siege. Gadgets are transitioning away fast [...]
Scenario Planning As A Spur To Entreprenurial Thinking
War games, contingency planning, thought experiments all provide potential glimpses into the future that can help distribute knowledge, test reactions and improve flexible thinking. I’m a fan.
So it was with some interest I noticed Business Horizons’ recent issue on entrepreneurship included a paper that strongly argues scenario planning not only prepares a corporation for external [...]
Nice article, Fred. .-= Ja-Nae´s last blog ..NPR wants to know: Who hates Voicemail? =-.