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October 2008 Archive
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N=1 Is Part of One Company's Jeans
Posted by M.S. Krishnan | October 9, 2008
The concept of N=1 is now undergoing a rebirth in the apparel industry. Some of you may recall that at the height of the dot-com era, some major companies started experimenting with using the Web to customize jeans for each individual customer. We haven't heard much from those companies lately, but one successful and growing firm, at makeyourownjeans.com, got my attention. (Read background on the company.)
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New Age Roadshows Highlight Transparency
Posted by Bob Evans | October 7, 2008
Could greater visibility and transparency into risk exposure have prevented the current financial-services meltdown? And what lessons can other companies and industries learn from the free-fall that many financial-services companies are in, specifically in the areas of visibility and transparency? Our New Age of Innovation road-show events next week in New York City and Boston will dig into these possibilities, and we hope you can join us to be part of the discussions.
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Does the chief information officer in your organization contribute to the innovation, flexibility, and speed needed to create value in rapidly evolving markets?
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Yes, the CIO is a great partner in helping to create and support new business initiatives and market approaches.
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No, the CIO is too bogged down in issues related to legacy infrastructure and internal efficiency to move quickly and support new initiatives.
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Not that easy. The CIO in our organization helps with new business initiatives when able to, but it isn't what's generally expected of the CIO.
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E-CHOUPAL: A RURAL E-MARKETPLACE
ITC, a $3.5 billion Indian conglomerate, created an electronic marketplace for rural Indian farmers, giving them access to real-time market-demand information and customized farming knowledge. Read Case Study »
This is a detailed explanation of the case history referenced in chapter four of The New Age Of Innovation. For more information, go here.
Case Study Contest: Submit a business innovation case study and win a lunch date with the authors of The New Age Of Innovation, C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan. Contact John Soat
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Join authors Krishnan and Prahalad, and moderator Bob Evans, in a discussion of the concepts and examples presented in of The New Age Of Innovation, at select cities across the country.
Upcoming Dates:
June 25th - Chicago, IL
August 14th - San Francisco, CA
September 25th - Irving, TX
To Be Announced - New York, NY
To Be Announced - Boston, MA
New Age Of Innovation Webcast
Executive Editor John Soat leads a discussion with authors Prahalad and Krishnan on the specifics of their new paradigm, their formulas for innovation, the meaning for old-line companies as well as entrepreneurial startups, and how these developments will affect the use of information technology in the future.
Register for the Webcast here.
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Second in a series: The authors discuss the dynamic between efficiency and flexibility, and how they work together in The New Age of Innovation.
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