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Why Today's Business Leaders Must Be Innovators: The Importance of Creativity and Innovation in Maintaining Your Company's Competitive Edge
Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Christensen, Clayton M.Capítulo de Libro HBS-8368BC-EIn today's global economy, corporations are under more pressure than ever to outperform competitors vying to take over their industries. How do some companies manage to trump the rest and seize the reins of an entire world market? The answer is actually quite simple-innovation. In this chapter, Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen team up with Clayton M. Christensen, author of the bestselling "The Innovator's Dilemma," to explain how innovation has become...Desde 8,20 €
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Mobius Motors: Building an African Car
Sorensen, J; Kennedy, M; Jorasch, GCaso SGSB-IDE01-EInnovación y cambioMobius Motors manufactures and sells low-cost cars in the Kenyan market. The company strives to make the cars such that they are affordable, yet still perform well on Africa’s generally poor road networks. The company has attracted a lot of attention from development and venture financiers, and has ambitious plans to expand throughout the African continent. However, Mobius’s fleet of vehicle is still currently very small, and the company faces...Desde 8,20 €
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EcoPost: Financing a Green Start-up in Africa
Sorensen, J; Kennedy, M; Jorasch, GCaso SGSB-IDE02-EInnovación y cambioBased in Nairobi, Kenya, EcoPost manufactures construction posts out of the thousands of tons of plastic waste produced daily by the city. The posts, which are manufactured using second-hand industrial equipment, are frequently used to build fences, park benches, and other objects. Because lumber is very scarce in Kenya, and subject to theft and termite damage, the posts sell very well, and the company has trouble keeping up with demand. The comp...Desde 8,20 €
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Mekelle Farms: Poultry Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia
Lee, H; Kennedy, M; Elist, JCaso SGSB-IDE05-EInnovación y cambioAfter deciding to transform a former government-owned poultry farm in Ethiopia, two American business partners encounter challenges related to input costs, inventory management, delivery, government relations, and other key challenges that are common to entrepreneurs operating in an emerging market context. The partners identify Ethiopia as a country in which to build their business because of its favorable investment climate, and they decide to ...Desde 8,20 €
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Discovery Skill #1: Associating-How Making Connections Across Seemingly Unrelated Fields and Disciplines Triggers Your Innovative Powers
Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Christensen, Clayton M.Capítulo de Libro HBS-8370BC-EConocimiento y comunicaciónWhen it comes to disruptive innovation, you don't have to start from scratch to create something new. Asking questions and fusing knowledge across disciplines and industries are the keys to improving your aptitude for association, a cognitive skill that lies at the core of innovation. In this chapter, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen teach you how to strengthen your capacity for associating by describing how companies suc...Desde 8,20 €
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Discovery Skill #4: Networking-How Interacting with People Outside Your Social and Professional Spheres Can Jump-Start Innovation
Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Christensen, Clayton M.Capítulo de Libro HBS-8377BC-EThinking outside the box is just one component of disruptive innovation. Venturing outside your social circle is equally important. Diversifying your personal and professional contacts will spark an inundation of new knowledge and fresh perspectives that can stimulate innovative ideas. In this chapter, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregerson, and Clayton Christensen elaborate on the benefits of networking with people and companies outside your area of e...Desde 8,20 €
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Discovery Skill #5: Experimenting-How Your Willingness to Try New Things, Take Something Apart, or Build a Prototype Boosts Your Power to Innovate
Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Christensen, Clayton M.Capítulo de Libro HBS-8378BC-EForget the lab coat, the Petri dish, and all those hazardous chemicals. Innovators can experiment everywhere, everyday, with whatever materials they have at hand. In this chapter, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregerson, and Clayton Christensen discuss the many forms experimenting can take, from hands-on tinkering to hypothetical musings, and narrow them down to three styles for approaching the process yourself. The best part of this discovery skill is ...Desde 8,20 €
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Discovery Skill #2: Questioning-How Inquisitive Thinking and Provocative Questions Spark Innovation
Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Christensen, Clayton M.Capítulo de Libro HBS-8371BC-EWe tell children that there is no such thing as a dumb question, but so often we keep our ideas and concerns to ourselves, afraid to come across as foolish or disagreeable. But when you stifle your creative imagination, you limit your opportunities for innovation. In this chapter, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen encourage you to channel your inner child and rediscover your spirit of curiosity. They explain how asking dif...Desde 8,20 €
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Discovery Skill #3: Observing-How Watching Your Customers, Other Companies, and the World Around You Can Lead to Game-Changing Innovation
Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Christensen, Clayton M.Capítulo de Libro HBS-8372BC-EConocimiento y comunicaciónDelivery-driven leaders often become so consumed by the pressures of running an organization that they never pause to take a look at what's going on around them. But disruptive innovators like Ratan Tata, creator of the Nano car, whose journey of discovery is described in this chapter, are constantly on the lookout for jobs people need to get done and workarounds, or partial solutions, that can be the answers to everyday problems. In this chapter...Desde 8,20 €
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Act Different, Think Different, Make a Difference: Why Innovation Is an Investment-in Yourself, in Your Company, and in the Greater World
Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Christensen, Clayton M.Capítulo de Libro HBS-8387BC-EExplosive productivity and expansive profit margins are just added bonuses. The allure of the search, the thrill of the challenge, and the prospect of making meaningful change-these are the reasons real innovators choose to innovate. In this chapter, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregerson, and Clayton Christensen sum up the insights they have learned in their eight years of research and offer an optimistic outlook on what innovation can do for our futu...Desde 8,20 €