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Cities Outlook 2012. UK cities under review
If the other day I dedicated some notes to the new report Global Metro Monitor from Brookings, which comparatively analyzes the impact of the crisis on the large global metropolises, on this occasion I am going to mention another work analysis of urban economy. This is the Cities Outlook 2012 by Centre for Cities, a…
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The difficult decision to pivot
Surely it is one of the most delicate and risky strategic decisions that can be made in a company: do we continue with the same business model, introducing incremental innovations and product improvements or do we pivot and vary our business model in some way?< /strong> Pivoting means carrying out a reorientation of our product,…
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Global Metro Monitor. Large urban economies in times of crisis
Brookings has recently published an updated and expanded studyGlobal Metro Monitor (PDF) for 2011, which I already commented on a while ago on the blog (Studies on the impact of the crisis on cities worldwide) in its previous edition. It is an effective work that helps to understand some clues about how the current situation…
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How much CO2 does your burger emit?
Max Burger, the main fast food chain in Sweden, has spent more than two years estimating the CO2 emissions generated by its activity; in fact on their website they offer detailed information on the tons of CO2 whose emission is associated with each menu item, including beverages and sides. Like calories or ingredients, this information…
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What is your minimum viable product?
When a company wants to launch a innovative product you have two alternatives. First, develop the product completely, as it has been conceived by the development, marketing and management team of the company and put it on the market once its development has been completed. Or, alternatively, develop a MVP, Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to…
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The way is not that way
Since 2008 GDP in real terms of the European economy , EU 15, has fallen by 2.5%. For three “miserable” points out of a total of 100 that we had, we are sunk in a serious economic crisis that is accompanied by a great social and political crisis. which is really relevant. It occurs to…
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Domestic eco-innovation: the kitchen proposed by Philips
Via Design Probes, Phillips imagines what the future of cooking and our diet.Expanding the concept of eco-innovation, beyond life cycle analysis, home automation or environmental technologies, It investigates how a symbiotic home could be set up in which waste is reused as a source of energy and fertilizer or how to create a domestic environment…
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Deforestation in Indonesia: Karmele Llano tells us in Naider
Recently Karmele Llano (Naider Action and Commitment Award 2007) in Naider to tell us first-hand about the problem of deforestation in Indonesia. And it is not a minor problem: currently some 2 million hectares a year are deforested; and in the last 50 years some 74 million hectares of forests have been destroyed (surface area…
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Innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability. Three recommended readings
To end 2011, I would like to recommend through this blog three of the books that I have had the pleasure of reading this year and whose reading I recommend to all lovers of innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability. For each of these themes, lines that guide the Ateneo Naider blog, I have chosen the reading…
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We won! First prize for Telefónica-UAM innovation
This week we have received great news here, and is that one of our ideashas been awarded the first prize for innovation from Telefónica Chair of Innovation and the Autonomous University of Madrid, to whom we greatly appreciate their trust and with whom we share our joy. This little push will help us turn our…