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Posted by m beduya on January 30, 2010 · 2 Comments
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 [...]
Filed under Brand and Product Development, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization, Convergence of Technologies - Technology x Business Model, Information and Communication, Innovation and Entrepreneurship · Tagged with Apple, Clayton Christensen, disruptive innovation, iPad, Joseph Schumpeter, Kindle, Steve Jobs
Posted by m beduya on January 11, 2010 · 1 Comment
Let us stop flagellating ourselves with negative news From 2005, Goldman Sachs identified the Philippines as one of eleven countries “that could potentially have a BRIC-like impact in rivalling the G7.” More recently, in September 2009, the FTSE Global Equity Index Series classified the Philippines as one of seventeen secondary emerging countries with regards to [...]
Filed under Basic and Adaptive Research for STI-Learning, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization, Competence-Building from DUI-Learning, Discovering economic locomotives and attaining competitiveness through modern industrial policy, Food Life Sciences and Agribusiness, Health and Medical Care, Information and Communication, National Innovation Systems, Social Innovation, Supply Chain Logistics and Transport · Tagged with adaptive research, Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Clayton Christensen, DUI-Learning, emerging markets, increasing returns, innovation, Joseph Schumpeter, National Innovation Systems, Philippines, Social Innovation, STI-Learning
Posted by m beduya on April 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Another insight to brew into the mix comes from marketing view of the product-life cycle. In this view, the first half is also a fight about product attributes. The classic example is Betamax vs. VHS. The second half is about consumer needs like convenience, price, brand, status and experience. (Start of Part 2 of 2) [...]
Filed under Adjacencies in Value Chains - Business Model x Technology, Books and Journals, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization · Tagged with adjacency, Clayton Christensen, commercialization, disruptive innovation, dominant design, invention, opportunity-seeking, product-life-cycle
Posted by m beduya on April 19, 2009 · 3 Comments
Professor Christensen’s disruptive innovation was one of the most important research insights in the late 1990’s. As the book’s sub-title suggests, it seeks to explain why large, great firms with the best management still fail. This post fulfills my promise in Utterback (Post #5 here) to feature Professor Christensen when the chance arises. In the [...]
Filed under Adjacencies in Value Chains - Business Model x Technology, Books and Journals, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization · Tagged with adjacency, change management, Clayton Christensen, disruptive innovation, dominant design, economies of scale, James Utterback, product-life-cycle
Posted by m beduya on April 17, 2009 · 1 Comment
From my experience there are four facilitating conditions that allow entrepreneurs to identify and take advantage of these opportunities. (Beginning of Part 2 of 2) Firstly, the Philippines is typically a technology follower. Thus, the competing ingredient companies tend to source active ingredient from foreign suppliers. A total ban means a total reset of industry [...]
Posted by m beduya on March 1, 2009 · 3 Comments
“A model with explanatory power for the scholar, and action ideas for the manager” – that’s what Professor James M. Utterback says of his model of dynamic industrial innovation. I agree 100% that is why this book has pride of place in this blog as being the first posted.
