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Prohibition, disrupted networks, and innovation

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Eugene Ivanov

The best answer to the question “Do government regulations hurt innovation?” seems to be “It depends.” The suspicions against regulations are fueled by wide-spread belief that they damage economic growth, with which innovation is intimately connected. Yet, academic research on the … Continue reading →

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Want a Big Idea? Take a Shower and Sit Under the Apple Tree

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Eugene Ivanov

(This piece was originally posted to the HeroX blog) I’m really amused by how many people claim that their best creative ideas come to them in the shower. What is so special about the shower being a cradle of creative ideas? … Continue reading →

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Does the Term “Closed Innovation” Still Have Meaning?

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Eugene Ivanov

(This piece was originally posted to the HeroX blog) Remember the famed Bell Labs, once a powerful R&D center for the telecommunication equipment company Lucent Technologies (acquired by Nokia in 2016)? Bell Labs’ researchers are credited with the development of radio … Continue reading →

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Innovation and inequality

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Eugene Ivanov

High-tech innovation has been a powerful driver of the U.S. economy – and as such can take full credit for the country’s prosperity since World War II. Yet, as a recent report by the Brookings Institution suggests, it has also … Continue reading →

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Are We Heading For Crowdsourced VR Health Care?

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Eugene Ivanov

Every now and then you see a headline just like the one overhead, indicating that virtual reality is moving into some unexpected new industry or enterprise. It can all be a little bit dizzying, even if you’ve been following VR … Continue reading →

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Applying open innovation tools to business model innovation

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Eugene Ivanov

Recently, I proposed a “map” of existing open innovation tools based on the identity of open innovation partner(s) and the mode of interaction between them. Three large “baskets” were included: co-creation (known partners, two-way interaction), crowdsourcing (unknown partners, two-way interaction) … Continue reading →

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Voter Education

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Eugene Ivanov

Forbes published a list of the most and least educated states in the U.S. (based on the attainment of degrees and the quality of the education). When looking at the specific state names on the list, I felt that I … Continue reading →

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Don’t eliminate email. Charge for it.

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Eugene Ivanov

In a recent Harvard Business Review piece, Cal Newport proposes to eliminate email. Newport argues that email creates what he calls an “unstructured workflow” that reduces corporate planning and decision making to overcommunication. Newport further asserts that the unstructured flow … Continue reading →

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The Art of Killing (a Project)

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Eugene Ivanov

(This post first appeared on the Front End of Innovation Blog) As innovation becomes an increasingly popular topic in business literature, social media and public discussions, it also turns into a powerful magnet for clichés. One of the most used, if … Continue reading →

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Internal Innovation Networks as a Basis for Corporate Intrapreneurship

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Eugene Ivanov

(This post first appeared on the Front End of Innovation Blog) Intrapreneurship is a relatively new concept developed to help large companies create new businesses, a process often called transformational (or disruptive) innovation. Intrapreneurship aims at instilling the spirit of entrepreneurship–usually … Continue reading →

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