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Corporate Effectuation Book Review (Thomas Blekman)

November 28, 2011 By Remo Knops Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago I was reviewing the contents of the Venturelab workshop Effectuation by professor Saras Sarasvathy, to see if I could apply the effectual principles for personal development. In this process I got connected via Twitter with Thomas Blekman, a part-time lecturer in Corporate Effectuation and Strategy at Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University Rotterdam, who recently published the book Corporate Effectuation.In the article below I will write down my thoughts and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ENTREPRENEURSHIP Tagged With: Business Model, Effectuation, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Granularity, Innovation, Reframing

Microsoft Docs – Microsoft Office 2010 Web Apps + Facebook > Google Docs ?

April 27, 2010 By Remo Knops 2 Comments

Last week Facebook announced the release of Microsoft Docs -a collaborative project of Microsoft and Facebook- during the Facebook F8 conference. In addition to the Microsoft Docs introduction of Lili Cheng, General Manager of FUSE Labs, you can read the following description of Microsoft Docs on the Fuse Labs website: "Discover. Create. Share. Now you can discover, create, and share Microsoft Office documents with your Facebook friends. Built using Microsoft Office 2010 – Docs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, OPEN INNOVATION, WINDOWS Tagged With: Facebook, Google Docs, Microsoft Docs, Microsoft Office 2010, Office 2010 Web Apps

Android Experience 2010 – Layar Business Models and the Android Ecosystem

March 26, 2010 By Remo Knops 1 Comment

I was fortunate being invited to attend the highly succesful first edition of the Android Experience, an event that adresses the Android ecosystem from different perspectives. In this article I will briefly summarize some of the highlights of Android Experience 2010 @ the Amsterdam Convention Factory.On the MobilityMinded website I have written an extensive event report, inline with the following structure:The importance of openness for innovation - Vincent Everts, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EVENTS, FEATURED, GOOGLE ANDROID, OPEN INNOVATION Tagged With: Android Experience, Business Model, Creativity, Innovation

Vision on the Future – A Symposium @ University of Twente

November 1, 2009 By Remo Knops 2 Comments

On October 21st 2009 student association Stress, from the faculty School of Management and Governance, organized a symposium with the central theme "Vision on the Future". According to the symposium leaflet the goal is "to give you as a student an impression fo what the market will look like in five years. [...] most students will be looking for a job by that time [...]" In the concluding section Iwill evaluate if this goal has been met for me personally. Let's kick-off quickly with the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EVENTS, FEATURED Tagged With: architecture modelling, e-serveces trends, gross hazard analysis, hype cycle, industry value chain, international risk management, legacy architecture transformation, Triangle of value creation, value creation, value stack analysis, Vision on the future

iPhone Application porting to Windows Mobile – Discussing an interesting case study !

August 12, 2009 By Remo Knops 3 Comments

Constanze Roman -a Community PM with the Windows Mobile Community Team- has published an interesting article on the Windows Mobile Team blog with the title: "Ready to Port your iPhone App to Windows Mobile?" Although I'm not a developer, nor having a formal Information Technology & Computer Science education, I would like to have a detailed look at this cool case study from a business administration- and entrepreneurial perspective. It might be a good starting point for discussion, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: APPLE IPHONE, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FEATURED, WINDOWS PHONE Tagged With: Amplitude, Android Market, Appstore, Case Study, Iphone Application, Windows Marketplace, WINDOWS PHONE

VentureLab Twente for high-ambition techno starters !

December 9, 2008 By Remo Knops 2 Comments

If you want to start your own high-tech, high-growth business, than VentureLab Twente might be a good way to realize your ambitions as entrepreneur. VentureLab Twente is a combined project of: (1) University of Twente; (2) Nikos, Dutch Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship; (3) Saxion Hogescholen; (4) Kennispark (“Knowledge Park”) Twente. Yesterday VentureLab Twente organized a meeting on the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, to present the concept, the model and underlying … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ENTREPRENEURSHIP Tagged With: aard groen, constantinidus, nikos, saxion, twente, University of Twente, venturelab, venturing

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

December 2, 2008 By Remo Knops 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EVENTS, OPEN INNOVATION Tagged With: Corporate Entrepreneurship, Henry Chesbrough, Kenneth Morse, OPEN INNOVATION