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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Activity: Innovation isn’t easy
innovation isn’t easy This is an activity designed to explore some of the difficulties in making innovation happen.
Michael Bartl
This is a video interview with Michael Bartl of Hyve, a German consultancy which specialises in innovation management. It explores the use of new approaches to ‘crowdsource’ ideas and identify user needs. There is a transcript of this interview here.
When innovators leave
This is another in the series of innovation cases which illustrate the learning possibilities from apparent failure. Washington_Case2 It forms part of research for the Peter Pribilla Foundation.
Virtual failure in government technology projects
This is another in the series of innovation cases which illustrate the learning possibilities from apparent failure. Washington_Case1 It forms part of research for the Peter Pribilla Foundation.
Failure to learn from failure
This is another in the series of innovation cases which illustrate the learning possibilities from apparent failure. Salge_Case1 It forms part of research for the Peter Pribilla Foundation.
Mired in projects
This is another in the series of innovation cases which illustrate the learning possibilities from apparent failure. Kunert_Case2 It forms part of research for the Peter Pribilla Foundation.
Waste(d) idea management
This is another in the series of innovation cases which illustrate the learning possibilities from apparent failure. Kunert_Case1 It forms part of research for the Peter Pribilla Foundation.
Wakes of innovation
This is another in the series of innovation cases which illustrate the learning possibilities from apparent failure. Berthod_Case2 It forms part of research for the Peter Pribilla Foundation.
Inventing collaboration in urgency
This is another in the series of innovation cases which illustrate the learning possibilities from apparent failure. Berthod_Case1 It forms part of research for the Peter Pribilla Foundation.

Activities
- Using the 4Ps approach to explore innovation space
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- Uses for …
- TRIZ
- The Way We Do Things Around Here
- Success and Failure in Innovation
- Strategic planning for implementation
- Strategic advantage through knowledge
- Strategic advantage through innovation
- SPOTS – an audit framework for new product or service development

Cases

Deeper Dives
