Technology forecasting for predicting unfolding future
Not long ago, in 1992, Intel CEO Andy Grove shared a remark about the future of the smartphone, “The idea of a personal communicator in every pocket is a pipe…
Strategy
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Technology Adoption Lifecycle – from hype to reality
The technology adoption lifecycle is fraught with pervasive uncertainties. After the invention, the steam engine waited for more than 1700 years for getting into the adoption lifecycle. On the other…
Technology Lifecycle Management – leveraging creation and destruction dynamics
Technology lifecycle management is about inventing technologies, detecting latent potentials, predicting growth dynamics, leveraging opportunities, making the transition, and avoiding disruptive effects. It happens to be that technology potentials are…
Innovation Skills – turning ideas into wealth
It’s easy for rural farmers in Bangladesh to generate and deploy ideas in producing economic value. But why are thousands of Startups all over the world failing to turn their…
Types of Innovation – drawing a line
Innovation is about the application of novel ideas in Getting jobs done better. But why are there different types of innovation? Which factors determine types of innovation? Due to varying…
Technology innovation – advancing living standard
How does technology Innovation differ from other forms of innovation? Innovation is a general concept pertaining to value-added novelty in economic and social spheres. But technology innovation refers to the…
Innovators’ Dilemma to Switch to Next Wave
Why did great companies like Kodak, Nokia, DEC, PALM, or RCA suffer from destruction? Is it because they did not have great ideas, competent R&D teams, complementary facilities, client base,…
Technology Innovation Strategy – attaining price-setting capability
Technology Innovation is about ferreting our value from the market through satisfying customers out of technology ideas. Is not a great technology idea good enough to help customers get the…
Process Innovation – for higher quality and lower cost
Why do we care about Process innovation? Is it just for labor-saving? What is the secret recipe of TSMC in taking over Silicone edge from Silicon Valley? Besides, is not…
Reinventions Underpin Japan’s Industry
The uprising of Japan as a major industrial economy is a wonder indeed. From the high-resolution display, image sensors to the solid-state disk drive, Japan’s products, and components are at…
Reinvention Fuels Disruptive Innovation —making powerful firms and nations vulnerable
Made in China 2021 is a strategic plan for uplifting China from labor and natural resources to an idea economy. This strategy is around the Reinvention of existing products. But…
Indians do not innovate—what does it mean?
It’s hard to believe that Indians do not innovate. Despite having demonstrated creativity, Indians failed to scale up domestic innovations as global success stories due to a lack of a…