Choosing innovation projects bug labs and the long tail book

This robot flies, lands and crawls up walls like a bug. What are the advantages and disadvantages of discounted case flow methods such as npv and irr. Infoq homepage news coping with bugs on an agilescrum project. Methods of choosing innovation projects range from informal to highly structured, and from entirely qualitative to strictly quantitative. Expand and maintain raspbian for a longlasting raspberry pi experience. The founders of bug labs believed there might be opportunities to serve the long tail for electronic devices by creating a modular electronic.

After years of trials and research, stanford university has made a robot thats agile as a cockroach. An overview of bug, by bug labs, discussing the bug product architecture and usage scenarios, in addition to some pretty charts and graphs that prove the immen slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Our commitment to openness places bug labs clients at the forefront of technological innovation and in the middle of a rich community of software and hardware innovators around the world. The long tail refers to the strategy of selling a large number of unique items to penetrate market niches. The other four bugmodules include bugsound, bug3g gsm, bugwifi and bugbee. Choosing innovation projects technological innovation rong zhao, phd, mba.

How are bug labs project selection choices influenced by its strategy of focusing on the long tail. A very, very few are breakthroughs, as illustrated by the farright outliers, which are referred to as the long tail of innovation. Use bug as a portable music player, speakerphone, audio processor or. This robot flies, lands and crawls up walls like a bug cnet. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what youre looking for. High can create devices in house or easily contract a large electronics supplier bug labs relies on these companies for its sales which gives the large companies a higher bargaining power tech savvy consumers. The outline of the book is designed to mirror the strategic management. Qualitative reasoning questions why did they choose this project.

Pdf strategic management of technological innovation sergio. Instead of developing a few devices for millions of consumers, the business. Bug labs products and services are grounded in the philosophy and ethos of the open source software and hardware movements. Pdf organizational transformation in the digital economy. Chapter 7 teaching case chapter 7 schilling book 20, 4th edition. A new biopesticide developed by penn state scientists has the potential to turn the bedbug control market on its ear, thanks to a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem. Almost all inventions are useless, as indicated by the large amount of mass on the far left.

Insects inspire inventors miniaturizing technology is really hard gears, rotors, belts and pistons that work perfectly at human size just dont work very well at the. Browse over 370 educational resources created by atbot the book bug in the official teachers pay teachers store. Search the worlds information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Why is it difficult for bug labs to use npv or irr in. Swot analysis weaknesses mediumhigh large companies. A few are of moderate value, as indicated by the much smaller bars in the middle of the histogram. Another, simpler example is the bug scope project, which gives k12 students access to a scanning electron microscope located at the beckman institute for ad.

Bug labs now has one and theyre calling it the bugprojector. In early 2008 bug labs introduced what they called the lego of. Raspberry pi project book has something to inspire, help, and. Chapter 7 case analysis by graciela aguilarleon on prezi. Unlocking the potential of new technologies for innovation. This book is licensed under a creative commons attribution 3. Labs, a healthcare company, gathers desired knowledge by interviewing. Lowes innovation labs, by contrast, is really thinking about the future of retail and how their customers are going to think about home. Using a modular, open source approach, bug labs is focused on bringing the long tail of gadgets to everyday consumers. Q1 why is it difficult for bug labs to use npv or irr in its development project decisions. Chapter seven choosing innovation projects bug labs and the long taila in a. New opensource hardware includes a tiny projector, audio equipment, and wireless radios.