Think inside the box!
The following text was also published under the vignette “Esbrinytt” in Entré No 2, 2017: Thinking outside the box and looking for new, exciting solutions that do not exist within your own organization has become one of the great virtues of our time. But at Estrad on May 9, speakers Åsa Öberg and Roberto Verganti […]
“I love writing, that’s why I became a researcher”
The following text was also published under the vignette “The Portrait” in Entré No 1, 2017: Candida Brush, a professor who champions a passion for entrepreneurship: She lectures around the world on women’s entrepreneurship, major media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal cover her research, and her entire family is involved in a coconut […]
“Beat up Jante – fail more”
The following text was also published under the vignette “Åsikten” in Entré No 4, 2015: Researchers Greg Stephens and James Burley have calculated that out of 3 000 ideas for new products in the manufacturing industry, around 300 are usually selected for closer examination. Of these, 125 receive funding for early development. If you thought […]
Freelancers get more ideas
The following text was also published in Entré No 4, 2013: A good manager encourages risk-taking and initiative, which leads to innovative staff and more exciting ideas. If there is also a supportive organization to lean on, things get even better. This is according to Leif Denti, who researches the innovative capacity of development and […]
The art of developing an innovation
The following text was also published in Entré No 3, 2010: An innovation must be complex and important. At least if a subsidiary wants to charm its parent company into routing the innovation through the whole group. The same principle applies to small businesses that want to attract a larger company. A company that is […]