The researchers looked at 197 product innovations, of which 111 were successes and 86 failures.
Though not always as simple or sexy as product innovations, systems innovations are critical for our planet.
And Facebook has recently rolled out product innovations that should allow it to capture still more personal information.
Increasingly, the global economy demands market and product innovations that require manufacturers to look at clients in new way to stay competitive.
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It might be easy to dismiss notions of Internet cemeteries and smart pants, except that Dychtwald has a long track record of successfully recommending product innovations.
This market-share surge in a business known for glacial progress owes mainly to product innovations like colored ketchups (purple, pink, blue) and plastic squeeze bottles (see box, p. 128).
Other consumer trends have included a demand for recyclable packaging, flavor variety, and more ready to drink options that have subsequently led to more product innovations in the beverage space.
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What matters is how quickly and cost-effectively you can scale the process and product innovations you create with these technologies that guarantees you the chance to stay relevant with your customers.
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While we used to think CES was the be-all and end-all for major product innovations and announcements, 2013's show is shaping up to be somewhat of a sleeper on the tablet front.
We believe the stock will be driven forward by solid demand, strategic partnerships like that with Kraft Foods Group ( KRFT), enhanced marketing techniques, product innovations, accretive acquisitions and successful strategic investments.
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Unlike product innovations, systems innovations are nearly impossible to protect with patents and are rarely backed by tangible assets, making them much less attractive to investors and therefore much harder to launch and develop.
Then again, it is also said that necessity is the mother of all invention (and desperation its father?), so perhaps current-account-deficit nations will find the product innovations or the labor productivity gains that can lead to growing the market for their tradable products.
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Nature is also an important source of inspiration in many industries, providing prototypes for all kinds of product or process innovations.
He found that the common thread during the periods of their most successful product and process innovations was the systems they put in place to encourage employees to conduct frugal experiments.
Operating in these situations exposes corporate staff to new sets of customer challenges, which can often deliver innovations in product design or services into the business.
Jobs was a product guy, his love of the product led to great innovations, but his actions were ultimately governed by a profit and loss mechanism that redounded in amazing ways to his myriad worshippers.
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Companies are keen to follow the trail blazed by Internet sites like Facebook and Wikipedia, where hierarchy and protectionism have been pushed aside as the sites' owners hand over power to their customers, drafting in users to create innovations on the product.
Lots of need to move innovations through design, product development, marketing, derivative designs, prototype production, design for manufacturing, short-run specialty items and even prolific variation creation.
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At the advent of Industrial Revolution, technological innovations aimed at diversifying product design and cheapening the production cost for meeting the needs of rapidly expanding consumer market.
Social innovation brings to the surface thousands of small but important product improvements as well as disruptive innovations that can bring meaningful change the business or an entire industry.
Second, disruptive new business models are overwhelmingly likely to be hybrids that bring together at least two different innovations in areas that include product design, supply chain organization, retailing models, materials science research, manufacturing and organizational effectiveness.
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"We are tremendously excited to introduce the revolutionary Nectar product, and are honored to win the CES Innovations Award, " said Lilliputian CEO Ken Lazarus.
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Rather, these innovations have taken place at the heart of the product or shopping experience, and, as a result, have transformed that experience into a genuinely useful one.
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In many more cases, a great idea evolved progressively, often through a succession of more modest innovations or improvements, so that while the final product may be overtly better, its evolution was more gradual than punctuated.
As we enter 2013, our strong product pipeline has us well positioned to bring a new wave of Intel innovations across the spectrum of computing.
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They discovered innovations were handed off to traditional market category teams and included in existing product lines.
While JetBlue is known for product innovation, like stylish in-flight TV and extended leg room, these innovations can be copied quickly by competitors.
The new product's centerpiece is TV Guide's Watchlist, its groundbreaking platform featuring dozens of innovations based on user research and feedback.
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