In future columns I'll talk about other forms of innovation beyond products, including innovations in cost, speed, logistics, social network platforms, deep analytics and purpose.
It's a strategy in which Asian and Pacific markets are open to our exports -- and one in which prosperity around the world is no longer as dependent on American consumption and borrowing, but rather more on American innovation and products.
"We are in one of the most prolific periods of innovation and new products in Apple's history, " Mr Cook said.
Officials ignore the potential for innovation in consumer products or services and get seduced by the hype of voguish high-tech sectors.
Steve Jobs was the visionary who revived Apple and managed a breathtaking serial innovation of blockbuster products that turned Apple Inc. into the world's most valuable company.
ENGADGET: Editorial: Turning point for the tortoise and the hare
However, if the goal is to promote innovation through new products and services, or even job creation, increasing the number of small businesses is not the most direct route.
WSJ: Do Small Businesses Deserve Their Reputation as Job Creators?
It says nothing about how these rates are ultimately going to be established, and whether the prices that the government assigns will reflect the value and innovation that these products offer.
"We agree that the Toxic Substances Control Act needs to be modernized to further ensure the safe use of chemicals and the innovation of new products, " Scott Jensen of the American Chemical Council wrote in a statement to CNN.
Hopefully, as the FTC and DOJ hold more workshops, they will follow this example, abandoning rhetoric and instead calmly investigating how the patent system produces dynamic innovation, not just in products and services, but also in the many new business models that arise from this patented innovation itself.
FORBES: Policy Debates On Patents Should Focus On Facts, Not Rhetoric
But hedge funds don't create much, whereas venture capital creates jobs, products and innovation.
Nike has an established global presence and has consistently maintained strong demand for its products through innovation and effective marketing.
We must unleash the innovation that allows new products to roll off our assembly lines, and nurture the ideas that spring from our entrepreneurs.
Jobs and Gates, while showing in stark detail the pickle of modern-day management: Can a chief executive be successful, drive innovation and create elegant products?
Other speakers, like Diane Bisgeier of Mozilla, have long histories of blending the ideas of people from diverse backgrounds into products of innovation and change.
FORBES: TEDx Mixes Local Business And Ideas In San Luis Obispo
Experts from UNWTO, tour operators and the private sector will present their experiences and latest techniques on topics such as tourism trends, innovation, experiences and products.
By sparking innovation and spurring new products and technologies, America will unleash the talent and ingenuity of American workers and businesses, which will lead to new, good jobs.
In those earlier versions, Pharma was heavily (if not exclusively) focused on products and product innovation.
FORBES: Ernst & Young Outline New Vision of Patient-Centric Healthcare
The second ingredient is innovation: firms need new products and processes that generate buzz.
But this statement assumes that innovation is exclusively about new products, services, or technology which is problematic.
The answer will test Gillette's unusual approach to innovation in the consumer-products business.
Yahoo desperately needs to get back to basics like Friday morning product smack-downs, engineering-led innovation and using their own products with pride.
This will help to improve the design of products and democratize innovation.
FORBES: Windowfarms R&D-I-Y: Lessons for Crowdsourcing Innovation & Incentivizing Engagement
The logic is large corporations want to locate in areas where there is a vibrant attitude to innovation and an awareness of products.
FORBES: Europe in Crisis Without Systemic and Citizen Innovation
But for many corporations, there is a need for greater responsiveness to a rapidly changing external environment, and a big need for great innovation, not just in products but across the organization.
Samsung Open Innovation Center, located in Palo Alto, will be a core entity to discover innovative startups in Silicon Valley, provide space, funds and effectively leverage them for innovation of Samsung's products through equity investments, acquisition and strategic partnership.
ENGADGET: Samsung expands Silicon Valley crib with 1.1 million square foot R&D center
The first is that, although big companies often excel at incremental innovation (ie, adding more bells and whistles to existing products), they are less comfortable with disruptive innovation the kind that changes the rules of the game.
ECONOMIST: Why large firms are often more inventive than small ones
With office products there is little innovation or brand equity, and companies are forced to compete on price.
Together, these costly regulatory initiatives spell lower rates of innovation and slower dissemination of newer products.
FORBES: Causing More Harm than Good: Conflict-of-Interest Rules Thwart Medical Progress
For decades the makers of telecom equipment put reliability above innovation, introducing new-generation products only once every few years.
应用推荐