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Original article in English: Tatjana Samsonowa, 6.12.2017, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-experience-business-model-canvas-tatjana-samsonowa/ In today’s world, the speed of innovation has increased dramatically, and business planning requires an agile tool that allows to easily think and model the complexity of a business. More popular than any other tool for this task is the business model canvas (BMC) by Alexander [...]
Managing innovation is a complex task. Many things need to go right before an idea born in a research lab finds market success. On this way there are many open questions for the ambitious innovation manager: How to measure performance and ensure the return of investments in research and development? Which input is producing [...]
