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One of the interesting fields of innovation today is business model innovation. Although technological innovations raise most interest and have the highest impact, business model innovation is the lever to business success in most cases. Examples like Google, Easyjet and IKEA prove that innovative business models can generate sustainable business success. In the module on Innovation & Entrepreneurship that I conduct for TSM Business School I… Continue reading
Google’s announcement that it will produce a new operating system for the PC is probably the opening salvo in what could become a monumental battle between Google and Microsoft. But both companies have incredibly deep pockets and are certain to survive the conflict. The Economist predicts that the rivalry will accelerate rate the pace of technological innovation, the sort of thing that could help the IT industry do its part… Continue reading
BusinessWeek has posted its list of The 50 Most Innovative Companies and Apple tops the list. According to the survey taken by “senior executives around the world,” Apple ranks number one with the reason given by 47% of respondents is its products.
While the 2009 list includes some stalwarts in their usual top positions—namely Apple and Google—15 newcomers have joined the lineup…These include more companies headquartered outside the… Continue reading
Rivals Google and Microsoft have premiered ‘game changing’ products within hours of each other as they fight for supremacy in online innovation.
Google is uniting instant messaging, e-mail and document collaboration into a new service with the audacious goal of changing how people communicate online.
The service, called Wave, will erode the distinction between the various ways people keep in touch on the Web and eliminate the need to use multiple tools to… Continue reading
Just over a decade ago, Douglas Bowman launched an interactive consultancy called Stopdesign. His work for clients such as Capgemini quickly made him one of the most respected creative directors in web design.
In 2006 Bowman made a big announcement on his Stopdesign blog: he was off to Google to become its head of visual design. Bowman signed off the post: ‘Here’s to hoping and wishing for a successful adventure
By James Dacey
Ludwig Wittgenstein, the mathematician, philosopher and infamous black swan of 20th century academia, argued that words - in themselves - are meaningless. Words, according to Wittgenstein, only pick up significance from their use in “language games” - the rules of which are governed by culture.
Fast-forward to 2009 and the way language is used is changing at an ever-increasing pace. Undoubtedly, one of the key drivers of this… Continue reading
Google unveiled the latest innovations from its labs this week, including Similar Images, which lets you find pictures that look like others, and News Timeline, which lists stories chronologically. While these products may not be exactly vital to the workplace, as Rob Hof notes, Google’s big splash suggests that it is aiming to get new products into the marketplace faster. Remember, there was a day when e-mail wasn’t a business… Continue reading
In today’s hyper-connected, ludicrously-fast-moving global marketplace, businesses are racing to grow big—and fast. Wall Street and private investors alike demand double-digit growth year after year and track it month after month.
Many business owners and executives fail to realize growth results when they set up the right conditions. Profitability and customer loyalty are consequences of a business’s commitment to evolve, innovate and exceed their customers’ expectations.
Ironically, a focus on obsessive growth… Continue reading
Google has launched Google Ventures, a new venture capital fund that will invest in innovative startup companies, including health care, IT, consumer Internet products and biotechnology firms, Healthcare IT News reports.
Rich Miner — co-founder of Android, a mobile platforms company acquired by Google in 2005 — and Bill Maris, who founded Web hosting pioneer Burlee.com, will serve as Google Ventures’ managing partners.
Miner and Maris, wrote on the Google Blog… Continue reading
Yahoo will be broken into separate units and sold off. Google will offer DART Search as a freebie. Omniture will swoop up Covario. These are some of the 10 predictions Aaron Goldman makes for search marketing in 2009. They span the gamut, from well-known companies buying selling or merging assets, to sweeping changes in privacy policies and services offerings.
Goldman predicts “Google will have a major privacy slip-up and experience
