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• Try to develop a
functional perspective, or
to watch how to meet the
needs of others!
Methods &Techniques…
to stimulate K:
• Brainstorming;
Vertical Thinking
4 CATEGORIES:
– Innovation leaders: Denmark; Finland; Luxembourg; Netherlands
Sweden (EU leader); UK;
• Fast Follower: Adept at
improving existing technologies
through incremental innovation in
both product and process
technologies (Korean car
companies and Chinese computer
manufacturers);
• Opportunistic: Makes some
investment in substantial
innovation but uses also innovation
sources from third parties and
invests in adapting these for its
identified markets (digital camera
and MP3 technology into mobile
phones).
The World’s most innovative companies
(2016)
https://www.forbes.com/innovative-companies/#1ebe8de41d65
“Life Sciences Industry/ Sector/ Highly
Innovative Companies”
= companies whose business targets are one or more
of the following areas: biotechnology; pharmacy;
biomedical technology; technologies for life
systems; nanotechnology; Nutraceuticals
(Nutraceuticals), or pharmaceuticals with a role in
nutrition; "cosmeceuticals", etc. More briefly,
companies with concerns about organisms
(humans, animals, plants).
(http://www.biospace.com/News/the-5-best-life-science-companies-with-great-perks/414706)