14 Growing the enterprise

James Dyson

Posted on March 17th, 2015 by John Bessant

This is a case study highlighting some of the challenges in developing and then growing an entrepreneurial business. Dyson Case Study

Better Place

Posted on January 19th, 2015 by John Bessant

This is a case study of an ambitious innovation project in the field of electric vehicles.  It demonstrates the challenges of adoption and diffusion and some of the issues in managing a large-scale start-up venture. Better place   An excellent review of business models for electric vehicles is available from the Cambridge Service Alliance   2015

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Self-test quizzes

Posted on December 7th, 2014 by John Bessant

These are some quick interactive self-test quizzes covering various themes. Introduction to innovation Social innovation and entrepreneurship Globalization Building innovative organizations Sources of innovation Discontinuous innovation Searching for opportunities Innovation networks Developing new products and services Starting new ventures Knowledge and intellectual property Creating value and growing ventures Learning to manage innovation      

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NEKA – a case study in social entrepreneurship

Posted on September 1st, 2014 by John Bessant

This is a talk by Jeff Church, founder of NEKA, a social enterprise which supports clean water projects in impoverished countries. It highlights his own motivations as well as describing some of the challenges in creating social ventures.

Gunfire at Sea

Posted on June 23rd, 2014 by Sarah Booth

This is a famous case study which highlights the challenges of introducing radical ideas into established organizations. Click to view: http://cs.gmu.edu/cne/pjd/TT/Sims/Sims.pdf  

Carmel McConnel

Posted on June 17th, 2013 by wiley-admin

Audio: Carmel Connel

Joint Solutions

Posted on June 17th, 2013 by wiley-admin

Click to view case study: Joint Solutions Ltd

Xerox

Posted on June 10th, 2013 by wiley-admin

Minimonos – Melissa Clark-Reynolds

Posted on June 10th, 2013 by wiley-admin

‘Minimonos’ is an online game aimed at children which currently has around 250,000 players and is growing fast. (www.minimonos.com) It has a particular focus on sustainability and is a great illustration of the innovation space opening up in this area. In this video interview the company’s founder (and Alpha-Monkey!) Melissa Clark-Reynolds gives some great insights

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Helle-Vibeke Carstensen

Posted on June 6th, 2013 by wiley-admin

Helle-Vibeke Carstensen is responsible for innovation within the Danish Ministry of Taxation and in this video talks about some of the challenges of enabling innovation in the public sector. More details can be found at: http://www.skm.dk/foreign/ She is also involved with Mindlab, an innovation support agency which develops new approaches and builds innovation management capacity

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