Crisis or Opportunity: US & Chinese Business Innovation Models with Upside in the Downturn
May 14, 2009, IESE Barcelona
The Chinese word for “crisis” combines the symbols for risk and opportunity. CEIBS Professor Shuen recently organized a special EMBA seminar on “Strategy and Innovation in Crisis Times”. Compared to their counterparts in the US and Europe, Chinese companies in most industry sectors have been surprisingly robust along with Chinese consumer confidence and trust in a quick rebound more than double that English-speaking consumers.
Professor Shuen presentation  (PDF, 1175 Kb)

Global Research Study: The Impact of Social Media on Collaborative Innovation
When asked to predict major technology trends in 2009, most analysts agree that Cloud Computing is closely followed by the rise of social networking and Web 2.0 tools in the enterprise sphere as the most dominant themes. This feedback strongly supports IESE's belief that online collaboration is starting to play a key role in driving business model innovation and, with it, an organization's competitive advantage. To gain a better understanding of this trend, Prof. Sandra Sieber and Prof. Evgeny Káganer are spearheading a global research study that will explore how firms use social media tools to foster collaboration across organizational boundaries. To learn more about the study and to sign up for participation please visit the project’s website.

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The Crisis Presents New Challenges To CIOs
By Calleja, C.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Limiting oneself to reducing investment in technology does not guarantee that information technologies will continue adding value and ensure a company’s sustainability in the medium and long term.

Google Wave Revolutionizes the Net’s Collaboration Scene
By Sieber, S.
If the existence of imaginative and brilliant competition is the best stimulus for innovation, Microsoft should not complain: Google is at full throttle in the online technology race, this time pushing the possibilities for online collaboration to the limit.