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Perspectives on driving growth through innovation

Posts tagged with “capabilities”

April 02, 2018 By Avik Banerjee

A Fair Cut of the Cake: Deciding When to Compete With Customers

Building Strategy

Picture this: your family is celebrating your grandmother’s birthday. The festivities have taken place, and now it’s time to cut the cake – a cake that you personally baked the day before. Your grandparents split a slice between them; your parents take a sliver each; you grab a piece for…

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February 28, 2018 By Ellen Young

Starting Off on the Right Foot: Defining Strategic Domains

Building Strategy

In innovation, as in ballroom dance, starting on the right foot is key. There are many other elements of a good dance, of course – grace, flexibility, rhythm, etc. – just as there are many other factors that play into successful innovation; however, many of the stumbles, slip-ups, and collisions…

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January 17, 2018 By Bryn Adams

Under Siege: The Role of Technology Moats Today

Building Strategy

Many large materials companies have spent the last century pouring money into their R&D organizations, hoping that they’ll be able to build deep enough “moats” with their technology to keep competitors at bay. But as unexpected new entrants and Silicon Valley startups disrupt the market with increasing frequency, corporations have…

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September 25, 2017 By Katherine O'Malley

Stick to Your Core

Evaluating Options

Warren Buffett is widely admired in the world of investing, and for good reason: since he became the majority shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway in 1964, the firm has outperformed the S&P 500 practically every year. This uncanny ability to pick stocks earned Buffett the nickname, “Oracle of Omaha.” 

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July 17, 2017 By Torrey Babson

So You Want To Make a Connected Product

Building Strategy

In his influential book The Tipping Point, Malcom Gladwell describes how, when, and why shoe brands, movements, and even diseases can “tip” into sudden, widespread acceptance. This concept has gotten a lot of traction in our innovation ecosystem, and the “smart home” and the Internet of Things are no exception…

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May 22, 2017 By Mark McClusky

Jumping Ship

Building Strategy

Despite the huge amount of airtime (and blog-iation) devoted to “blue oceans,” “white space,” and “3rd horizons,” we at Newry are conservative in counseling our clients about reaching beyond their core. In our experience, grass-is-greener thinking is often just an excuse for failing to exploit markets where you already are…

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