Windows Phones Launch Event Netherlands – Event Impressions

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October 6th is an important day for Microsoft and Windows Mobile in particular due to the launch of the new brand Windows Phones, the new mobile operating system Windows Mobile 6.5 and two services Microsoft MyPhone and Windows Marketplace for Mobile. I was fortunate to be invited by the Windows Mobile Team in the Netherlands to attend the local launch event at the Lute Suites in Amstelveen (near Amsterdam). In his article I would like to share some thoughts on- and impressions of this … [Read more...]

European Masterclass on Corporate Entrepeneurship & Open Innovation with Henry Chesbrough & Kenneth Morse

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A little more than a week ago, from November 24th - November 28th, I attended the much anticipated fifth European Masterclass on Corporate Entrepeneurship and Open Innovation organized by  Ronald Wolf (Philips) and Wim Vanhaverbeke (Hasselt University). The beautiful main location was the Conference Hotel Willibrordhaeghe in Deurne (Netherlands), while some sessions took place at the Philips High Tech Campus (Eindhoven). The two worldclass experts and keynote speakers of the fifth … [Read more...]

OPEN DISCUSSION: IEEE Event on Open Innovation (Veldhoven)

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"On Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October 2008 the IEEE Technology Management Councils of the IEEE Benelux and Germany Sections, the IEEE Benelux and Germany GOLD Affinity Groups and the IEEE Student Branch Eindhoven will organize an event on Open Innovation in the NH Conference Centre Koningshof in Veldhoven" [ref01] My attention to this event was drawn by a mailing of Engineering Assosiation KIVI NIRIA, and although IEEE is originally an Electrical Engineering Assisiation, the topic Open … [Read more...]

Open Innovation Masterclass with Professor Frank Piller @ Webster University (Amsterdam)

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On 23rd of October 2008, the company called Dutch organized a masterclass on the topic of Open Innovation. Based on the resume and some smart and innovative questions, 25 students were selected to join the masterclass from professor Piller. Luckily I survived the selection process, and I was really excited to see if the professor Piller looked from a different perspective at open innovation theory, since his other specialties are mass customization and customer co-creation. I hoped for a … [Read more...]

HOLIDAYS: Sued Tirol and its beautiful nature

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  Perhaps you have noticed that the activity on my website was low the last weeks. The reason was our holidays in the beautiful Sued Tirol (Northern Italy). I wont bore you readers with all the details, but I want to share some interesting things to see in the region. Sued Tirol with its beautiful nature is the ideal place for walking, cycling and mountain biking as well as enjoying the nature or simply relaxing. We stayed in the village of Tscherms, just a few kilometers of Merano. Merano is … [Read more...]