Author Archives: Gianluigi Cuccureddu

Social Media Hardly Utilized For Insights: Competitive Advantages Diminish

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Gianluigi Cuccureddu

The figures are clear, Emailvision’s survey shows that just 6,2% of the marketers are using social media to gain insights into customer preferences. According to a study by the Chartered Institute of Marketing only 20% of marketers use Facebook for m… Continue reading →

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DSM’s Innovative Power: Adapting To The Future Through Co-innovation

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Gianluigi Cuccureddu

DSM has recently been in the news twice. One occassion due the launch of an open innovation contest that challenges designers and creative thinkers to develop high-quality sports equipment using the company’s own Arnitel® Eco material. The other occ… Continue reading →

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Enterprise Social Media Usage Pays Off In Innovation And Knowledge Sharing

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Gianluigi Cuccureddu

This concludes the survey by the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), the global community of information professionals, authored by Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan Center for Digital Business and the … Continue reading →

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Get Inspired By Silicon Valley Executives And Learn About Digital Trends And Their Organizational Impact

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Gianluigi Cuccureddu

I encountered this interesting (Dutch) initiative “Emerce Business Course” that offers best of both worlds, creating an immersive experience. It’s an MBA-level course on online strategy at the heart of the Internet’s industry: Silicon Valley. This enables participants to have … Continue reading →

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Social Technologies Spur User Participation And Speed Up Product Innovation

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Gianluigi Cuccureddu

Recently McKinsey published two articles on open innovation. One of them focuses on the business risks, the other on the usage of social technologies for open innovation. With regard to the latter, McKinsey found that “nearly two-thirds of the compan… Continue reading →

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University of Cambridge Joins Eli Lilly’s “Open Innovation Drug Discovery Platform”

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Gianluigi Cuccureddu

The University of Cambridge has partnered up with global pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company in an active collaboration programme helping to find and develop potential new medicines, particularly in the areas of greatest need. Gianluigi Cuccur… Continue reading →

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Unilever at the CES: Watching the on-demand world of content and what it means for the billions it spends on TV advertising worldwide

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Gianluigi Cuccureddu

According to the global CMO of Unilever, mr. Keith Weed it’s a megatrend which Unilever is watching closely. the world’s second-largest advertiser, brought more than 30 marketing executives the event to immerse themselves in the technologies shaping the way people … Continue reading →

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Justin Timberlake’s Myspace TV: Social TV’s new kid on the block?

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Gianluigi Cuccureddu

The pop culture icon and part owner of MySpace has thrown his weight behind MySpace TV, a new social platform for watching TV together with friends in real time, according to DigitalTrends. At the CES 2012, Justin Timberlake popped up … Continue reading →

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Diensten innovatie om de retailers 17 miljard kostende retourzendingen te verlagen

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Gianluigi Cuccureddu

Een nieuw rapport van Accenture wijst uit dat de kosten, die zijn verbonden aan het retourneren van elektronische apparaten, afgelopen jaar de Amerikaanse elektronica-retailers en fabrikanten ongeveer $ 17 miljard gekost heeft.  Dit is een stijgin… Continue reading →

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Service Innovation Needed to Reduce the $17 Billion Product Returns

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Gianluigi Cuccureddu

A new research by Accenture finds that customers returning electronic devices will cost U.S. electronics retailers and manufacturers about $17 billion this year, an increase of about 21% from 2007. These costs include receiving, assessing, repairing, r… Continue reading →

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