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Consumer goods organizations are facing an increasingly challenging business environment. Today’s reality includes managing ever-changing consumer needs, increasing competition and high material costs, resulting in constant pressure as business leaders try to deliver on growth goals. Sopheon recently presented a webinar, ”Innovating on Innovation: New Leading Practices in Food, Beverage and CPG Innovation for 2013”, in partnership with World Trade Group. The eight leading practices presented during the webinar play a central role in leveraging innovation performance to respond to the business challenges consumer goods business leaders face. During the webinar, we asked attendees to tell us a little bit about how they approach innovation in their organization. The following infographic provides a glimpse into how your peers are approaching innovation, and some of the steps consumer firms can take to overcome the challenges to improve innovation performance and respond to business pressure.
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India is well positioned in many respects for a new era of growth. But such opportunities will count for little if they do not ultimately translate into new sources of revenue for Indian companies and more sustainable growth for India at large. With its increasing integration into the world economy, India must build the structures and capabilities that will help it withstand economic shocks and sustain high growth rates far into the future.
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The 3 ingredients of innovation
SUMMARY: To drive lasting innovation, you'll need the appropriate mindset, skills and tools, Jonathan Vehar writes. You might be able to make some progress if you have only two of these three attributes, but problems will likely arise, he writes. For example, if you have the right mindset and tools but lack the proper skills, then your innovation efforts will lack focus, he writes.
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Economist on innovation for growth. Harnessing innovation is critical for businesses seeking growth opportunities
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Harnessing innovation is critical for businesses seeking growth opportunities. And so, over the next two months Ernst & Young invite you to participate in their online debate on business innovation trends. You can do this via LinkedIn and Twitter, where each week they will be highlighting key topics for discussion. Read on to discover and comment on a variety of insights from Ernst & Young, The Economist (and Economist Intelligence Unit) and your peers.
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Academic Technologies at the George Washington University hosted Adrian Sannier, Senior Vice President for Product at Pearson, for a discussion on the direction of higher education within the context of emerging technologies and innovations. http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc
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