If we can bring this together perhaps some day the Academy adds an accolade for Innovation in Distribution.
LOVEFiLM has a proven track record of success and innovation in film distribution and is a very welcome addition.
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Two companies long known for weak product innovation, success driven by market domination and distribution control tactics, are partnering to take on the two most innovative companies in digital technology as they create entirely new markets with new technologies.
In his new role, Pagano will lead all of ESPN's core technical functions and operations including distribution, transmission, engineering, IT, software development, technology innovation and strategic technology forecasting across all areas of the company.
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Heineken will be able to provide product innovation, and it'll use Femsa's distribution channels to sell its global premium brands like Heineken Pilsener beer, Tiger and Star, and its know-how on segmenting a market into different target niches.
Under his leadership, the Ultrasound division has delivered a continuous stream of innovation, expanded into new clinical applications and dramatically broadened global distribution to achieve an annual double-digit growth rate since 1995.
While other business processes like distribution have improved by leaps and bounds thanks to supply-chain technology innovation and that old stalwart, Six Sigma, the revenue process is still one of the most inefficient areas of enterprise today.
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But incentives for innovation abound in a swathe of areas: product design and manufacture, distribution, retailing, marketing, finance, systems, wholesaling, affinity, marketing communications, technology, (have we missed anything?).
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"As innovation in home electrical technology advances, so does the need for safe, reliable and efficient power distribution, " says Joanne Edwards, vice president and general manager, Residential Division, Eaton.
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