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Managing innovation

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 26 Oct 2005
By The OpenLearn team
Creativity can make or break an organisation. How do companies get the creative juices flowing? What drives innovation and what factors stop it in its...
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Lifecycle of the Car Industry

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 13 Oct 2005
By PY Gerbeau, Sir Clive Sinclair, Mat Hunter, Professor Mariana Mazzucato
PY Gerbeau discusses 'The Lifecycle of the Car Industry' in the BBC/Open University's Rules of the Game.
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10 things to consider

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 10 Jun 2005
By Dr Sheila Tyler, Professor Colin Gray
Take a look at our checklist for entrepreneurs.
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Have You Got a Good Idea?

Have You Got a Good Idea? Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 10 Jun 2005
By The OpenLearn team
What turns a good idea into a success, and where do good ideas come from?
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Are You An Entrepreneur?

Are You An Entrepreneur? Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 10 Jun 2005
By The OpenLearn team
We examine the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs.
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The 15% rule

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 20 Apr 2005
By Dr Joyce Fortune
You have to make time for innovation, says Joyce Fortune in response to the third of Lord Broer's Reith Lectures.
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Innovative innovation

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 20 Apr 2005
By Professor Nick Braithwaite
Lord Broers' suggestions offer a new way of managing inspiration, says Nick Braithwaite in response to the third Reith Lecture.
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The engineer as problem solver

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 13 Apr 2005
By Professor Nick Braithwaite
Can engineering solve the world's problems? Nick Braithwaite offers a response to Lord Broers' second Reith Lecture.
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What gets left behind by the cutting edge?

What gets left behind by the cutting edge? Copyrighted imageCredit: Tom Hewitt
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 13 Apr 2005
By Tom Hewitt
Tom Hewitt asks if a love of the new means other important technologies get left behind. This is a response to the second of Lord...
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When technology is spurned, there is no development

When technology is spurned, there is no development Copyrighted imageCredit: OU
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 05 Apr 2005
By Professor Nick Braithwaite
The UK needs to get reacquainted with the idea of technology, says Nick Braithwaite in response to Lord Broers' first Reith Lecture.
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