by Admin | Mar 28, 2017 | Garwood Blog
The experiences of Texas Instruments, Polaroid, and IBM illustrate the emergence of an important force affecting the external innovation environment: the growth of ‘intermediate markets’, referring to a market that emerges after the creation of a new technology,...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Garwood Blog
“…if you don’t license, chances are very good that someone else has a very good technology too. It’s rare that you’re the only game in town. So do you want to participate in the licensing revenues, or not?” — Steve Baggett, Director of External Business...
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by Admin | Mar 15, 2017 | Garwood Blog
Ideas “on the shelf” are no longer being actively pursued by the R&D organization, nor are they actually being used by the business unit. These ideas usually do not flow outside because 1) companies think that if they cannot find a profitable use for their...
by Admin | Mar 14, 2017 | PastRoundtables
Chief Guest: Hal Varian Chief Economist, Google Table Topic: Predicting the Present with Search Engine Data Date: October 28, 2016 Table Chair: Solomon Darwin, Executive Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation About Hal Varian: Hal R. Varian is...
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by Admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Garwood Blog
Unused ideas abound in many companies. When Procter & Gamble surveyed all of the patents it owned, it determined that about 10% of them were in active use in at least one P&G business, and that many of the remaining 90% of patents had no business value of any...
