Today, foreign companies understand that China is much more selective towards foreign investors and no longer impatient to see results; and also that the Chinese market is more open and diverse than previously thought. To...
Almost without exception, over the past 20 years or so, some of America’s most successful internet companies have come confidently to China, only to later stagger out in defeat. To understand what went wrong for...
There is not a single day when we don’t talk about innovation, digitalization and the competition between startups and big companies. We might miss the point when we do so, because the fundamental shift occurring...
The public sector has long operated in isolation, developing methods and solutions of its own. In recent decades, however, interactions with the private sector have increased, whether through the growing role of consulting firms or...
“French mathematician,” “one of the 21st century’s great mathematical minds” and “Fields Medal laureate,” would those titles be enough to satisfy him?
Why does a company like L’Oréal spend 10 times more on advertising than on research? The answer lies within a strategic competition, proving extremely tough in the personal beauty and care sector. This advertising arms...
In a world in which information, capital, and labor are no longer confined by time nor distance, nearly everything has an impact on practically everything else. As traditional barriers to entry crumble, organizations that once...
Legal and regulatory aspects are rarely mentioned when discussing innovation management. But they do play a major role, and the analysis of the legal environment is a crucial issue. It allows smart organizations to implement...
What are the triggers of an innovation project? Though there is extensive literature on innovation management, what exactly drives innovation remains unclear. And yet, it is a fundamental issue, considering that the future of the...
The beauty of community is that it is bigger than the biggest company in the world, even Foxconn. So it is really interesting to see how the community is diversified by people from different backgrounds—students,...
There is a huge misallocation of resources in the benefit strategies we have structured today, which only look at 5 to 10 percent of the workplace population. Instead, employers should pay much more attention to...
Successful companies have one secret: trust. One that facilitates managerial relations, allows taking risks or difficult decisions, and also helps develop trade relations. But trust cannot be imposed from the top. How is it created?...
How an organization makes its people-related decisions has a huge impact on its success or failure. But traditionally, these decisions have largely been based on intuition and biases and therefore have been prone to error....
In an industrial facility, the key-concept is reliability. It is all the more true in utilities such as electric power companies, since one must be able to trust the electricity provider 24/7, year in, year...
Hidden champions are market leaders that are often not well known by the general public. These small and medium size businesses focus on niche markets that they dominate at a national, regional or even global...
During the 20th century Governments and public agencies such as NASA played a major role in the innovation chain. The Internet itself was born through public programs, just as GPS and many other game-changing technologies....
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