“Rotman DesignWorks (web) is the Business Design Studio at the Rotman School of Management. They teach students how to tackle complex business challenges using Business Design, a human-centred, creative problem solving methodology … (more)

Over 300 delegates from around the world were attending a major international conference Open Innovation 2.0: Sustainable Economy & Society in Dublin Castle on May 20th and 21st. Co-organised by Trinity College Dublin, (more)

We propose a new approach and related indicators for globally distributed software support and development based on a three year process improvement project in a globally distributed engineering company. The company develops, delivers and supports a complex software system with tailored hardware components and unique end-customer installations. By applying the domain knowledge from operations management on lead time reduction and its multiple benefits to process performance, the workflows of globally distributed software development and multi-tier support processes were measured and monitored throughout the company. The results show that the global end-to-end process visibility and centrally managed reporting at all levels of the organization catalysed a change process towards significantly better performance. Due to the new performance indicators based on lead times and their variation with fixed control procedures the case company was able to report faster bug fixing cycle times, improved response times and generally better customer satisfaction in its global operations. In all, lead times to implement new features and to respond to customer issues and requests were reduced by 50%.

La mission du Business Science Institute est de favoriser le développement professionnel et personnel des managers et des entreprises grâce à la mobilisation de ressources académiques internationales de qualité. (more)

The business model canvas — as opposed to the traditional, intricate business plan — helps organizations conduct structured, tangible, and strategic conversations around new businesses or existing ones … (more)

PME Université constitue une interface entre les milieux académiques et les Petites et Moyennes Entreprises de Suisse Romande, … (more)

Les objectifs de ce mini-atelier sont de (a) découvrir un langage visuel pour décrire, remettre en question et esquisser des Business Models, (b) mieux comprendre certains exemples marquants d’innovation par les business models, tels que Nespresso, SunEdison, Cirque du Soleil et d’autres, (c) explorer le paradigme “Managing as designing” et caractériser le “design thinking”.

Deux entreprises romandes seront utilisées comme illustration: Menegalli (web) et Duvoisin-Groux (web).

Cette présentation a pour objectif de présenter à des jeunes en formation BMGEN pour concevoir, remettre en question et évaluer des business models.

with the participation of Samuel Mueller, CEO and co-founder at Scandit (web).

The MoT students had already discovered the BM canvas since Pat van der Pijl (CEO, Business Models Inc., Producer Business Model Generation) gave them, in last December, a lecture on New Venture Strategy and Business Models (web) …

The VPC is a plug-in canvas that complement the Business Model Canvas (see previous post here). The tool has now been presented, experienced and tested many times during lectures and workshops. Last time, during the Business Design Summit (BDSummit) in Berlin