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Develop Your Creative Reputation
Jan 2010
We know that there is a risk associated with creativity and innovation. It reminds the author of this statement from some unknown guru: "Behold the turtle! He makes progress only when he sticks...
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Why Success May Be Holding Your Company Back
Jul 2007
Why can't companies spot great opportunities for growth? According to Erich Joachimsthaler, author of Hidden in Plain Sight (Harvard Business School Press, 2007), "The more successful a company...
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Thinking Out Of The Box: The Projected Mind
Jan 2010
How the projection of the mind to a uniquely productive imagination space happens is a subject of a lot of conjecture. One school of thought says much more information is stored in our unconscious...
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Failing Your Way To Success
Aug 2007
In a recent television interview Whoopie Goldberg described how she got her first one-woman show in New York: Whoopie was performing her nightclub act and director Mike Nichols was in the...
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Pay Attention!
May 2008
One reason many people have trouble remembering something is that they don't make a clear picture of what they want to remember, because they don't pay enough attention in the beginning. The...
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The Googlification Of Innovation
May 2008
Call it Google creep. The minimalist little search engine you loved when the Net was still young - the one with the sly sense of humor backed by a devastatingly fast and effective search engine -...
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The Power Of Counter-Intuitive Thinking
Aug 2007
Just as salespeople have to rethink how they approach a customer to close more business, corporate leaders need to rethink how they present their vision for the company to their constituents. "Too...
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The Seven Rules That Lead To Great Ideas
Aug 2007
Notables such as Aristotle ("Well begun is half done") and educator/philosopher John Dewy ("A problem well-defined is half solved") have echoed Nobel Prize - winner Herbert Simon's notion that a...
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Entrepreneurs Have Nothing To Fear But Fear Of Failure
Jul 2010
There is no better way to learn how to succeed in business than to learn from mistakes - yours or someone else's. One of the reasons Virgin's enterprises have been successful over the years is...
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Can Immigration Reform Help Power Entrepreneurial Innovation?
Aug 2010
In the battle to increase entrepreneurial innovation, one key weapon just might be immigration reform. Some contend that highly skilled immigrants are key drivers of entrepreneurship and...
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How To Put The Life Back Into Your Company
Jul 2010
After the past two years of the recession - watching expenses like a hawk and keeping a close eye on receivables - it wouldn't be surprising if you ended up with a bunker mentality. Maybe you...
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Are You Making Enough Profit to Grow?
Aug 2009
The authors have spoken to many small business owners recently. He wanted to know from them what their plans to grow are. This is what he realized when he talked to them. Each of the business...
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Top Ten Ways Women Entrepreneurs Boost Productivity
Jun 2009
This paper gives the top ten ways women entrepreneurs boost productivity. Write out your to do list the night before, don't wait until morning to make your list. Write your list the night before....
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Turning Limes To Limeade: Entrepreneurship Can Surface In Many Places
Apr 2009
Lots of entrepreneurs get off to a rocky or humbling beginning yet go on to become wildly successful. This paper gives a glimpse at five who, despite their early challenges, managed to make their...
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How Is This Economy Like Your Computer Or Like The Weather?
Feb 2009
Like your computer when you overload its memory or try to do too much with too little resources "It just locks up. And we all know the fix to that dilemma" you reboot and start all over again....
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Making A Positive First Impression
Nov 2008
We need to look at our business through the eyes of our customer, including entering through the same entrance, so we can be aware of any issues that might mare the first impression we make. Our...
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Is Your Business Ready For The New Normal?
Jul 2010
As entrepreneurs, we have to adapt to whatever "The new normal" is this year. Or quarter. Or week. At any time. Agility is one of the greatest advantages you have over larger competitors. You have...
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8 Great Business Ideas You Can Start Today
Jun 2010
Conventional wisdom says that starting a new business in an economic downturn is a bad idea. But we're learning that some industries are growing, despite the shaky economy. This paper provides...
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The Art of Pitching Ideas
Apr 2010
One of the first things the author teach to the MBA students studying entrepreneurial business in his class called Creativity & Innovation in Organizations at Pepperdine University's Graduate...
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Make A Date To Innovate
Mar 2010
Turning ideas into transformative products, services, environments and experiences cannot happen without lots of listening, focus, discipline and a little luck. But why some ideas survive and...
Provided by American Express
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Five Things That Entrepreneurs Should Do In The Current Economic Climate
Nov 2008
Take advantage of decreasing costs. If you run a business, you don't just have customers; you have suppliers too. If demand is decreasing for your product, chances are that your suppliers are...
Provided by American Express
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The 5 Most Innovative New Online Business Models In 2010
Jan 2010
As time goes on, one of the more interesting trends that continues to happen with surprising regularity is how frequently new business models and ways of doing business are emerging through social...
Provided by American Express
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The Seven-Second Advantage
Mar 2008
In business interactions, first impressions are critical. Once someone mentally labels you as "Likeable" or "Unlikeable," everything else you do will be viewed through that filter. If someone...
Provided by American Management Association
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Blinded By The Halo Effect
Jun 2007
The halo effect is "The general human tendency to let an overall impression shape specific judgments," says Phil Rosenzweig, author of The Halo Effect?and the Eight Other Business Delusions that...
Provided by American Management Association
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How To Become So Creative That People Assume You're Either Related To Einstein Or Completely Insane
Nov 2009
Creativity is the residue of ridiculousness. Don't just HAVE crazy ideas. Give yourself permission to follow them around and see where they lead you. Think about it: Every creative business idea...
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How To Think Big
Jun 2009
The key is figuring out something you can do differently or better than everyone else out there. Or finding something that's never been done. Note that innovation, by itself, is only the...
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Training Often Forgotten Imperative To Create Sustainable Innovation
Jan 2010
Continuous Training and Coaching is Essential to Innovation In order for any company to meet its goals and to achieve sustainable Innovation, proper training and coaching is an essential though...
Provided by American Express
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Innovation And The Essential "I" In Team
Jan 2010
Innovation counselors and organizational consultants alike extol teamwork as the key to shared success. For projects or new initiatives to succeed, it's said all involved have to be "on the same...
Provided by American Express
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Innovation Gone Too Far?
Mar 2010
Once upon a time, to start your Toyota Camry, you placed a key in the ignition and turned until the electrical connection was made and engine started. To accelerate, you pressed the gas pedal,...
Provided by American Express
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A New Form Of Innovation
Jul 2010
There are only three kinds of resources they have to devote to every kind of work to be done: Time, Talent (people) and Money. The normal businesses devote far too much of these scarce resources...
Provided by American Express
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The Innovator's Paradox
Jun 2010
Are you the most innovative person in your company? If so, you could be jeopardizing the future of your business. When you go to sell your company, you're going to have to convince a buyer that...
Provided by American Express
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The Power Of Collective Innovation
Jun 2010
Most companies have Marketing, Research & Development (R. & D.) and/or New Product Development (NPD) functions staffed with professionals and managers who are responsible for innovation. The vast...
Provided by American Express
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Innovation Must Overcome The Corporate Immune System
May 2010
An old friend used to write on his easel the words "Innovate, Emigrate or Evaporate." It was his shorthand way of saying that to compete in a globalized market, innovation was essential. The other...
Provided by American Express
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Proliferation Is Not Innovation
Apr 2010
Too many people confuse wasteful proliferation with innovation. Simply selling more varieties of the same product or service to more places, in more configurations adds complexity and many hidden...
Provided by American Express
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4 Tips To Spark Innovation In Your Small Business
Apr 2010
Small businesses are the major driver in both job growth and innovation in the United States. But when you are actually running a small business, finding the time to foster innovation can be...
Provided by American Express
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A Hazard Of Innovation: "Falling In Love With Your Own Ideas"
Mar 2010
There seems to be widespread agreement that innovation is the path to profitable growth and competitive advantage. If that is true (I think it is true), then why aren't more people doing it? And...
Provided by American Express
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Dollars & Sense: Creating A Virtual Office
Jul 2010
Technology is enabling entrepreneurs to run their businesses remotely. Rieva Lesonsky, CEO of GrowBiz Media, a company that helps entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses, provides tips on...
Provided by American Express
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American Business: Big Easy Entrepreneurs
May 2010
The city of New Orleans is resilient and always finds a way of rebounding from a crisis. Whether it's the recession or Hurricane Katrina, there's a spirit of survival. These days, there's a group...
Provided by American Express
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Turning An Idea Into A Business
Jun 2010
Groupon is a website that features a unique coupon every day. However, the deal becomes valid only if a minimum number of people purchase the "Groupon." Andrew Mason, founder & CEO of Groupon,...
Provided by American Express
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"Stay On The Curve, Die On The Curve"
Feb 2010
Guy Kawasaki, founder of alltop.com, discusses how too many companies define themselves by what they do, thus remaining on the same "Curve," and stifling innovation. In this webcast, he uses real...
Provided by American Express
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The Financing Of Innovative Activities By Banking Institutions: Policy Issues And Regulatory Options
Nov 2007
The paper investigates to what extent the convergence of banks over risk-adjusted capital standards set by the new Basel Capital Accord may affect the way in which they screen innovative firms. It...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Entrepreneurship Policy In Estonia
Nov 2007
The main task of this paper is to explore the entrepreneurship policy in Estonia. The idea proceeds from the book by Lundström and Stevenson (2001), in which the authors describe, analyse and...
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Innovation, Diffusion And Catching Up In The Fifth Long Wave
Dec 2010
Does the new technological paradigm based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) create new windows of opportunity or further obstacles for catching up countries? The paper discusses...
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Economic Recognition Of Innovation
Nov 2007
Globalization has benefited the economies of member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by helping their businesses stay profitable through cost-effective...
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Product-Line Variety And Innovation Along Product Life-Cycle In Car Market: Are Carmakers? Policies Really Effective?
Mar 2011
This paper presents some preliminary results of a research concerning the evolution of product variety and product innovation policies of carmakers in the European market. Three market segments...
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A New Framework For African Economic Development With A Focus On Technological Innovation
Nov 2007
Based on a brief analysis of the development paradigm shifts, growth theories and perspectives that have influenced four decades of African economic development, this paper suggests that the...
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Entrepreneurship And Market Order: Some Historical Evidence
Nov 2007
The objective here is to establish the proposition that creative entrepreneurship gives rise to a market order which is optimally adjusted to facilitate the introduction and the diffusion of...
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Entrepreneurship By Circumstances And Abilities: The Mediating Role Of Job Satisfaction And Moderating Role Of Self-Efficacy
Nov 2007
Prior studies have found that job dissatisfaction and self-efficacy are significant factors influencing individuals' entrepreneurial propensity. Existing literature on entrepreneurship often...
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How Does An Entrepreneur's Ability Influence The Propensity To Exploit Novel Opportunities? The Moderating Role Of Personality And Environment
Nov 2007
While prior research has examined the influence of entrepreneurs' ability and personality on entrepreneurial behavior separately, the paper's contribution is to confirm their joint effects, as...
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Necessity And Opportunity Entrepreneurs In Germany: Characteristics And Earnings Differentials
Nov 2007
The paper uses data from the German Socio Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) to analyze how necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs differ in kind and in earnings and what the determinants of the latter...
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Globalization, National Innovation Systems And Response Of Public Policy
Nov 2007
This paper attempts to set the significance of public innovation policies in contemporary developing countries in the context of the fast pace of globalization. It is fairly well established both...
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National Innovation Rates: The Evidence For/Against Domestic Institutions
Oct 2008
Why are some countries more technologically innovative than others? The dominant explanation amongst political-economists is that domestic institutions determine national innovation rates....
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Innovation And Risk Management
Nov 2007
Always, anytime, we speak about innovation, that it occurs in our live, firms, countries and regions. The innovation is very important for survive of any firm, any entrepreneur, any country and...
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The Learning Organisation And National Systems Of Competence Building And Innovation
Dec 2008
There is a growing understanding that knowledge is at the core of economic development. This is reflected in OECD-publications referring to the knowledge based economy (OECD 1996a; OECD 1996b;...
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National Innovation System And The Emergence Of Indian Information And Software Technology Multinationals
Dec 2008
The dramatic growth of outward FDI from India over the past decade is significantly led by Indian Information and Software Technology (IST) firms. These IST firms have aggressively adopted outward...
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Evaluation Method Of The Innovation Project Global Efficiency
Jan 2009
A complete system of indexes to evaluate the global efficiency of a new product development project must approach at least the following perspectives: the financial performances of the project;...
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Obstacles To Innovation : Evidence From Malaysian Manufacturing Firms
Oct 2009
This paper investigates the obstacles to innovation faced by Malaysian manufacturing firms during the process of innovation. The data are from the National Survey of Innovation 2000-2001 (NSI-3)....
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The Effectiveness Of The Finnish Pre-Seed And Seed Policy Schemes To Promote Innovative High-Growth Entrepreneurial Ventures
Sep 2010
This paper assesses the effectiveness of the supply and demand side policy initiatives in Finland targeted at pre-seed and seed stage businesses, particularly from the viewpoint of high-growth...
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The Role Of Product Innovation On The Diffusion Of Mobile Telephony
Oct 2009
Most existing empirical work on technology diffusion assumes technologies to remain constant throughout the diffusion process. However, many consumer technologies improve significantly over time....
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The Finnish Paradox: The Curious Absence Of High-Growth Entrepreneurship In Finland
Oct 2009
This paper looks at how well Finland performs in high growth entrepreneurship and uses data from the Global Entrepreneurship monitor to benchmark Finland against other European countries. It is...
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Towards Demand Based Innovation Policy?
Mar 2009
This paper aims to provide an overview of the recently introduced demand based innovation policy instrument in Finland - the Strategic Centers for Science, Technology and Innovation (in Finnish -...
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Organizing High-Tech R&D - Secrets Of Successful Innovation Alliances
Jan 2009
The authors use the data compiled from the USPTO patent and patent citations concerning the patented knowledge intensive technologies in three areas: cryptography, image analysis and data...
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The Impact Of Technological And Nontechnological Innovations On Firm Growth
Nov 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. The authors find that in terms of turnover and...
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Innovation And Export Of Vietnam's SME Sector
Nov 2007
Innovation has long been considered an important factor for creating and maintaining the competitiveness of nations and firms. The relationship between innovation and exporting has been...
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New Pecking Order Financing For Innovative Firms: An Overview
Nov 2007
Ever since the Modigliani-Miller theorem (1958) came to prevail in finance literature arguing the total irrelevance of the financial structure for real decisions, economists have progressively...
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Human Capital, Innovation, And Productivity Growth: Tales From Latin America And Caribbean
Nov 2007
Why have Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC countries) not replicated Western economic success? The authors investigate the reasons behind the economic stagnation of LAC countries for the...
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Knowledge Assisted Innovation
Nov 2007
The creation of products and/or services passes by a true partnership connecting the creativity of the manufacturer or service provider with the customer requirements rising from the practice from...
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Prospects On Innovating Organizations
Nov 2007
The creation of products and/or services passes by a true partnership connecting the creativity of the manufacturer or service provider with the customer requirements rising from the practice from...
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Technological Innovation Activities In Firms And Propensity Of Individuals Starting New Businesses
Nov 2007
Prior studies have found that knowledge gained from work experience is a way to gather insights for business opportunity recognition. However, little is known about the specific types of knowledge...
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Renaissance Of Entrepreneurship? Some Remarks And Empirical Evidence For Germany
Nov 2007
The paper deals with margins of entrepreneurship where small business owners are almost working on their own having no or just a few employees and where one can find also people working with low...
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What Determines The Entrepreneurial Innovative Capability Of Portuguese Industrial Firms?
Nov 2007
In the context of globalisation, innovation is considered as a key factor for enhancing the competitiveness of firms. Nowadays, it is widely accepted that Portuguese firms face an increasing...
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Software Patent And Its Impact On Software Innovation In Japan
Aug 2009
In Japan, the software patent system has been reformed and now software has become a patentable subject matter. In this paper, this pro-patent shift on software is surveyed and its impact on...
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Mergers, Innovation, And Productivity: Evidence From Japanese Manufacturing Firms
Apr 2009
The authors investigate the impact of merger on innovation and efficiency using a micro dataset of Japanese manufacturing firms including unlisted firms during the period of 1995-1999. They find...
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Do Competitive Markets Stimulate Innovation? - An Empirical Analysis Based On Japanese Manufacturing Industry Data -
Mar 2008
Going all the way back to Schumpeter (1934), economists have long discussed whether market competition stimulates innovation. To reconcile conflicting earlier empirical evidence, Aghion and...
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Acquisitions, Entry And Innovation In Network Industries
Apr 2011
Why do so many high-priced acquisitions of entrepreneurial firms take place in network industries? The authors develop a theory of commercialization (entry or sale) in network industries showing...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
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The Organization Of The Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists And Oligopolists
Dec 2008
The authors construct a model where incumbents can either acquire basic innovations from entrepreneurs, or wait and acquire developed innovations from entrepreneurial firms supported by venture...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
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Productive And Destructive Entrepreneurship In A Political Economy Framework
Oct 2008
Recent research has highlighted the role of institutions in channeling entrepreneurs into activities with positive or negative effects on overall productivity. Embedding central elements from...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
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Network Neutrality Or Internet Innovation?
Apr 2011
Network neutrality has received sustained attention from both policymakers and academic commentators for the past several years, and it shows no signs of retreating from the forefront of the...
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Glimmers And Signs Of Innovative Health In The Commercial Internet
May 2010
What are the signs of healthy behavior in an innovative industry? This seemingly simple question isn't so simple to answer in a quickly evolving industry such as the Internet. Commercial behavior...
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Nurturing The Accumulation Of Innovations: Lessons From The Internet
Apr 2010
The innovations that became the foundation for the Internet originate from two eras that illustrate two distinct models for accumulating innovations over the long haul. The pre-commercial era...
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The Art of Pitching Ideas
Apr 2010
One of the first things the author teach to the MBA students studying entrepreneurial business in his class called Creativity & Innovation in Organizations at Pepperdine University's Graduate...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Make A Date To Innovate
Mar 2010
Turning ideas into transformative products, services, environments and experiences cannot happen without lots of listening, focus, discipline and a little luck. But why some ideas survive and...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Five Things That Entrepreneurs Should Do In The Current Economic Climate
Nov 2008
Take advantage of decreasing costs. If you run a business, you don't just have customers; you have suppliers too. If demand is decreasing for your product, chances are that your suppliers are...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The 5 Most Innovative New Online Business Models In 2010
Jan 2010
As time goes on, one of the more interesting trends that continues to happen with surprising regularity is how frequently new business models and ways of doing business are emerging through social...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Seven-Second Advantage
Mar 2008
In business interactions, first impressions are critical. Once someone mentally labels you as "Likeable" or "Unlikeable," everything else you do will be viewed through that filter. If someone...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Blinded By The Halo Effect
Jun 2007
The halo effect is "The general human tendency to let an overall impression shape specific judgments," says Phil Rosenzweig, author of The Halo Effect?and the Eight Other Business Delusions that...
Provided by American Management Association
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How To Become So Creative That People Assume You're Either Related To Einstein Or Completely Insane
Nov 2009
Creativity is the residue of ridiculousness. Don't just HAVE crazy ideas. Give yourself permission to follow them around and see where they lead you. Think about it: Every creative business idea...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Think Big
Jun 2009
The key is figuring out something you can do differently or better than everyone else out there. Or finding something that's never been done. Note that innovation, by itself, is only the...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Training Often Forgotten Imperative To Create Sustainable Innovation
Jan 2010
Continuous Training and Coaching is Essential to Innovation In order for any company to meet its goals and to achieve sustainable Innovation, proper training and coaching is an essential though...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Innovation And The Essential "I" In Team
Jan 2010
Innovation counselors and organizational consultants alike extol teamwork as the key to shared success. For projects or new initiatives to succeed, it's said all involved have to be "on the same...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Innovation Gone Too Far?
Mar 2010
Once upon a time, to start your Toyota Camry, you placed a key in the ignition and turned until the electrical connection was made and engine started. To accelerate, you pressed the gas pedal,...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
A New Form Of Innovation
Jul 2010
There are only three kinds of resources they have to devote to every kind of work to be done: Time, Talent (people) and Money. The normal businesses devote far too much of these scarce resources...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Innovator's Paradox
Jun 2010
Are you the most innovative person in your company? If so, you could be jeopardizing the future of your business. When you go to sell your company, you're going to have to convince a buyer that...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Power Of Collective Innovation
Jun 2010
Most companies have Marketing, Research & Development (R. & D.) and/or New Product Development (NPD) functions staffed with professionals and managers who are responsible for innovation. The vast...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Innovation Must Overcome The Corporate Immune System
May 2010
An old friend used to write on his easel the words "Innovate, Emigrate or Evaporate." It was his shorthand way of saying that to compete in a globalized market, innovation was essential. The other...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Proliferation Is Not Innovation
Apr 2010
Too many people confuse wasteful proliferation with innovation. Simply selling more varieties of the same product or service to more places, in more configurations adds complexity and many hidden...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
4 Tips To Spark Innovation In Your Small Business
Apr 2010
Small businesses are the major driver in both job growth and innovation in the United States. But when you are actually running a small business, finding the time to foster innovation can be...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
A Hazard Of Innovation: "Falling In Love With Your Own Ideas"
Mar 2010
There seems to be widespread agreement that innovation is the path to profitable growth and competitive advantage. If that is true (I think it is true), then why aren't more people doing it? And...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Dollars & Sense: Creating A Virtual Office
Jul 2010
Technology is enabling entrepreneurs to run their businesses remotely. Rieva Lesonsky, CEO of GrowBiz Media, a company that helps entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses, provides tips on...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
American Business: Big Easy Entrepreneurs
May 2010
The city of New Orleans is resilient and always finds a way of rebounding from a crisis. Whether it's the recession or Hurricane Katrina, there's a spirit of survival. These days, there's a group...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Turning An Idea Into A Business
Jun 2010
Groupon is a website that features a unique coupon every day. However, the deal becomes valid only if a minimum number of people purchase the "Groupon." Andrew Mason, founder & CEO of Groupon,...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
"Stay On The Curve, Die On The Curve"
Feb 2010
Guy Kawasaki, founder of alltop.com, discusses how too many companies define themselves by what they do, thus remaining on the same "Curve," and stifling innovation. In this webcast, he uses real...
Provided by American Express
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"Stop Making Mission Statements"
Jan 2010
Guy Kawasaki, founder of alltop.com, contrasts traditional mission statements with 2-3 word mantras that embody the products and culture of a business. He explains that while mission statements...
Provided by American Express
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Branson On Business: Advice To Entrepreneurs
Apr 2009
Richard Branson offers advice to entrepreneurs on getting through troubled times - and it's the same advice for getting through good times.
Provided by American Express
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Branson On Business: Is The Virgin Way The Way?
Apr 2009
From flying across the Atlantic in a hot air balloon, to taking on Coca-Cola, some of Richard Branson's decisions might come across as "Counter-intuitive," says Seth Godin. Richard Branson responds.
Provided by American Express
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Branson On Business: Protecting Your Ideas
Apr 2009
Richard Branson offers a key piece of advice for how to protect your ideas and make money "In a world where everything spreads."
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Learning From The Pros: Steven Tanger
Aug 2010
The name "Tanger" has become synonymous with outlet shopping since the company opened its first center in 1981. CEO Steven Tanger has kept his family's entrepreneurial spirit alive and well almost...
Provided by American Express
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Listen And Learn
Apr 2010
"The best work is when you don't have a clue" says Barry Diller, CEO of IAC. Barry talks with Seth Godin about how trial and error in business can lead to the freshest work. According to Barry,...
Provided by American Express
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DvF's Recipe For Success
Apr 2010
It's always about the product" says Barry Diller, CEO of IAC. Sitting with his wife Diane von Furstenberg, Founder of DVF Studio LP, Barry discusses the fusion of a great person with a great...
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Better Your Business: Phil Town & Jerry?
May 2010
Phil Town, investment advisor and author of "Payback Time: Making Big Money Is the Best Revenge!" and Jerry Silberman, founder and CEO of Corporate Turnaround, provide some tips to help you better...
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Men & Women In Business
May 2010
Mike Michalowicz, founder of Obsidian Launch and author of "The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur," discusses some lessons male entrepreneurs can learn from their female counterparts.
Provided by American Express
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Coming Up With A Business Idea
Jul 2010
Go Try It On is a website where people get advice on their outfits after uploading a picture for others on the site to see. Founder & CEO Marissa Evans says she got the idea for her business from...
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Pitch Passion
Apr 2010
The selling of ideas can sometimes be as simple as getting someone to believe in your intangible concept and invest in it says Barry Diller, CEO of IAC. He feels that business owners who might not...
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Stories From CES: H20 Audio
Jun 2009
Kristian Rauhala has a passion for music - and for water. By combining the two into a business, he's now doing what he loves to do. For him, it's not only about the right idea, but also the right...
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Network To Innovate
Jun 2009
Brand Management consultant Isha Edwards believes that business owners need to get over their fear of networking in order to fully succeed.
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5 Famous Innovation Oversights - And What We Can Learn From Them
Jun 2010
In the never-ending quest for innovation, companies of all sizes focus their combined knowledge and experience on generating big ideas that could translate into competitive advantage....
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The Three Types Of Business Owners - Which Type Are You?
Feb 2010
People who understand that there are no "three easy steps" to anything big - the same ones who know that what gives you a name in the world or puts you at the head of your class is true mastery...
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Are You A Serial Entrepreneur Or Mission-Driven?
Dec 2009
Some people just love coming up with a new idea and pursuing it from scratch. As one knows the type. These classic entrepreneurs love to sit back and recall their "many companies." Failed attempts...
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Broadcast Your Ideas Broadly!
Feb 2008
The philosophy to "Share ideas liberally" defies the age-old instinct to keep ideas secret. However, emerging businesses are likely to benefit more from sharing ideas than from withholding them....
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Hybrids - A New Form Of Innovation
Aug 2010
More and more variety is available in products and services these days. How does anyone come up with something really new? Once in a while a totally new idea shows up. The Apple iPhone with its...
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