Slides from the course “Growth by business model innovation”
The slides are from my last lecture I gave at the Leuphana University in Lüneburg in Germany.
The slides are from my last lecture I gave at the Leuphana University in Lüneburg in Germany.
“We have to pay so high salaries otherwise we don’t get the right people” is often heard from firms even in the crisis. Particularly the failed banking industry was very good in this salary death spiral. Salary was seen in this market as the only differentiators with great results. I always wondered why the so highly paid managers could not…
I was asked lately, when it is time for a disruptive innovation or a business model innovation? When should a company try to steer away from sustaining innovations toward a blue ocean of less competition. Well, I would like to open this question to all of you. Please, tell me when you think it is time for change. Do we…
Diversity in teams helps to overcome mental models that frame and impedes fresh thinking. The solving of a case study gives an interesting example who diversity helps. I gave recently a lecture on business model innovation for managers of a large German corporation. During the session they had to prepare a case study on Bosch Power Tools. Bosch Power Tools…
Amazon recently introduced the new Kindle 2, a wireless reading device for books or an e-reader. While the German publishing industry at best sees the Kindle as a new distribution channel [update: link no longer available] for its current content and some even complain about the high cost of ebooks the Americans start thinking about what new things you can do…