A glance at Johnson & Johnson's open-innovation strategy in healthcare in Asia-Pacific
To kick off a busy innovation week in Singapore as the SWITCH festival starts today, I joined “Ecosystem Day”, and got an overview of Johnson & Johnson Innovation’s rather advanced innovation strategy in APAC. I knew Johnson & Johnson on their customer-facing side, but did not really know much about their product-building innovation engine. […]
Why is "live shopping" a hit in China?
« Live shopping », a new generation of tele-shopping, has found spectacular success in China for almost a year. As Chinese consumers grow ever fonder of live streaming, brands and retailers have quickly understood the potential of this new communication channel. E-commerce is steadily invading these videos, regardless of whether it is via a fashion show or […]
Payment is the heart of the growth strategy for Asian tech giants
Most Asian unicorns, whether they are messaging apps, e-commerce platforms, gaming platforms or transport apps, are entering Fintech by tackling the lucrative mobile payment market, hoping to benefit from a major advantage: a large base of loyal users. Asian unicorns, often backed by venture capital, know that the integration of a payment system is the […]
From General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt: 3 Key Takeaways from GE Digital Day Singapore
A year ago, I attended InnovFest Unbound, one of Singapore’s most attended tech conferences. InnovFest Unbound was founded by Yossi Vardi – the godfather of the Israel startup scene – in collaboration with NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The panel on corporate innovation included several companies – namely […]
Industry 4.0 : Asia as the Factory of the Future
Asia is recognized as the manufacturing hub of the world. Many Western corporations have migrated their manufacturing activities to China and other Asian countries to lower their labor cost. Asia could therefore be a strong driving force for the Industrial IoT market (IIoT) which some are calling the Industry 4.0 revolution. Countries such as Singapore and China are embracing […]
Asia-Pacific is paving the way for Smart Cities
Imagine driving in a clean city, free from pollution, where you are never stuck in traffic jams, where you are confident to arrive on time. All this and much more is what promises the Internet of Things (IoT) to transform our cities into Smart Cities. Those cities of tomorrow aim at achieving 3 things; sustainability, efficiency, and livability. By […]
How to Leverage on the Huge Pool of Software Talents in India?
The software products industry has grown significantly in India over the last decade. This was due to the increase in availability of mobile phones, the ease of adoption of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and the increased collaboration fostered by social media. Still, India has not produced a global tech powerhouse yet. Japan had electronics giant Sony twenty […]
The Government Is The New Startup In India
One seldom associates the terms ‘innovation’ and ‘disruption’ with the government of a country. However, the government has taken on the role of a startup in India. The platform responsible for the greatest degree of market disruption is a project backed by the Indian government named the India Stack. The Government as a Startup in […]
How to Organize a Learning Expedition in Asia That Will Inspire Your Teams?
Silicon Valley no longer has the monopoly on tech innovation: new startups in Asia are emerging with new ideas and technologies, diversifying innovative power to various ecosystems worldwide. Asia in particular is boiling hot and setting new trends. Just think of those two figures from 2016: China’s giant messaging app WeChat processed twice as much transactions […]
Corporate Innovation: No One Size Fits All
Companies are not waiting to be disrupted by startups, leading to the push of corporate innovation. 68 of the world’s largest companies on the Forbes Global 500 List have interacted with startups with in the form of hackathons, accelerators, partnerships and venture funds. Our analysis of a dozen recent initiatives, including The Coca-Cola Founders accelerator, […]
