Editor’s note: The following article is adapted from the March-April 2016 issue of Innovation Management Report, the newsletter of CIMS. Its authors are Paul Mugge, CIMS executive director, and Richard Kouri, CIMS’ “chief evangelist” and former executive director of the … Read More
By Paul Mugge CIMS is a nationally-based organization, with an international reach thanks to most of our corporate sponsors, fellows and researchers. With such a broad focus, we haven’t lost sight of what is important in our own backyard of … Read More
When it comes to developing and sustaining innovation, keeping a close eye on intellectual property—both your company’s and that of potential competitors and collaborators—is critical. As part of our Big Data for business analytics work, CIMS is continually stressing the … Read More
By Michelle Grainger CIMS Executive Director Paul Mugge is among the co-authors of a chapter in a new book on using strategic alliances for more effective open innovation. The chapter focuses on one of our key strengths–Big Data analytics for … Read More
Now that Big Data Analytics has become a hot topic, Big Data expert Prof. Mariann Jelinek observes, “the ‘hype cycle’ has advanced to include both puff and backlash.” Big Data enthusiasts often write about such operational advantages as shorter customer … Read More
“Is big data really all it’s cracked up to be?” a New York Times writer asks. And the Financial Times wondered in March whether we are making a big mistake with big data. Such queries reflect a growing worry that … Read More
big data @ work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities; Thomas H. Davenport, Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, MA; 2014, 225 pp. Admittedly skeptical about big data and its surrounding hype until he began researching it in 201l, Prof. Davenport … Read More
Shanghai’s first Startup Weekend arrived in July 2011, drawing a few hundred eager participants to what would soon be headlined “Startup Hub on the Rise.” It was the growing startup activity in this booming metropolis of 25 million people that … Read More
Much of the publicity around Big Data has boomed its power to capture large amounts of data and aggregate the results to make operational decisions. Admittedly there is value in this and many organizations are already realizing that value. However, … Read More