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		<title>Kindle Fire locks and captures value as service in a walled ecosystem 331.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The launch of Kindle Fire yesterday proved my futurology skills right as to the appropriate response by the e-reader leader, Amazon, to avoid collateral damage from Apple&#8217;s iPad tablet. I wrote about this strategic response in the January 30, 2010 post Apple iPad Intrudes on Amazon Kindle e-Reader Space just four days after the Apple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adapting from Google Wallet e-Settlement for the Philippines market 312.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Wallet represents the latest innovative convergence of technologies to improve convenience in electronic settlement. Electronic settlement is one of three necessary legs to complete the chain of e-commerce. The other two are (a) the marketplace where the buy-and-sell transaction takes place and (b) fulfillment that takes care of the delivery leg of what was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Fights Back with Skype for Leading-edge Product Innovation 309.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 08:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Convergence of Technologies - Technology x Business Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Winblad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[personal data space]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sergei Brin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skype]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[venture capital]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://synthesistblog.com/?p=16873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A face from the past and a pioneer in software venture capital, Anne Winblad of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, gave a very insightful interview on Bloomberg yesterday after a big news headlines day in the digital world. All the big news are the result of the leading companies positioning for the product innovation battles of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manufacturing-Enterprise Resource Planning Enables Plant Productivity 304.0</title>
		<link>http://synthesistblog.com/manufacturing-enterprise-resource-planning-enables-plant-productivity/</link>
		<comments>http://synthesistblog.com/manufacturing-enterprise-resource-planning-enables-plant-productivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand and Product Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Convergence of Technologies - Technology x Business Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cantier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competitiveness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[enterprise resource planning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing execution systems]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Implementing the right factory software information systems (ICT) enables productivity for manufacturing firms. ICT is a general purpose technology that, when applied correctly, has been proven to improve productivity. ICT in manufacturing increases productivity in three ways, first by institutionalizing business processes, second by improving coordination among factory functions, and, finally, by hard-wiring empowerment for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Model Innovation to Adapt to Web Technology Is Synthesistic!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[business strategy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lock-in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SYNTHESiST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[value-adding potential]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://synthesistblog.com/?p=14783</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business model innovation to add a Web-based component to the business strategy, at the level of firms, is proof that SYNTHESiST&#8217;s appreciative theory of development works. Adapting the business model is co-evolution while the Web is comprised of general purpose technologies that, with the right organization structure, enable innovation. With continuous interaction between this two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appropriate Technology by Jim Ayala and HYBRID Empowers the Poor 292.0</title>
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		<comments>http://synthesistblog.com/appropriate-technology-by-hybrid-and-jim-ayala-empowers-the-poor-292-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[appropriate technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[clean water technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HYBRID Social Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scan-adapt-diffuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social enterprise]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://synthesistblog.com/?p=14461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bringing appropriate technology and empowering the poor is Jim Ayala&#8217;s passion. He set up HYBRID Social Solutions as a &#8220;for profit&#8221; social enterprise. It is the pioneer social distribution company in the Philippines, to empower the poor by giving access to appropriate technology. The innovative concept of social distribution builds on an insightful view of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Model Innovation Triggers Growth and Locks Value 281.0</title>
		<link>http://synthesistblog.com/business-model-innovation-triggers-growth-and-locks-value-280-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjacencies in Value Chains - Business Model x Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[endogenous technological change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general purpose technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increasing returns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Schumpeter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have the kernel of a growth framework that can work for firms. It looks like a general framework for emerging markets development that I have been working on in SYNTHESiST for the past two years. I realized this while preparing for a brief talk on innovation and strategy with a leading multinational firm. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Growth Derives from Planned Product Obsolescence 222.0</title>
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		<comments>http://synthesistblog.com/apple-growth-derives-from-planned-product-obsolescence-222-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[emerging markets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[innovative entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://synthesistblog.com/?p=9473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As shown again by the IPhone 4, Apple&#8217;s growth strategy is just planned product obsolescence with a twist. In the olden days of three-to-five year product development cycles, planned product obsolescence, and therefore consumer upgrades, was driven by annual style changes. In the much shorter product cycles of recent years, Apple is the champion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Gmail gets Social 173.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Information and Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mashups - Technology-enabled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Stories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Gmail gets the Buzz. The roll out is ongoing. Social media overtook email by volume of use within the past two years. Similarly, more and more people are asking their friends than searching on Google to learn about things that people ought know better. Two days ago, five out of the top twenty hottest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple iPad Intrudes on Amazon Kindle e-Reader Space 167.0</title>
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		<comments>http://synthesistblog.com/apple-ipad-intrudes-on-amazon-kindle-e-reader-space-167-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Innovation and Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clayton Christensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disruptive innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Schumpeter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market leader Amazon hits back with Free! Yesterday at 0947 GMT (5:47pm Friday Manila), Amazon sent me the email at left offering a free download of Kindle for PC. Quickly, Amazon shots back across Apple’s bow. I would have taken the offer. I do buy a lot of books (like two a week). At the [...]]]></description>
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