WoW.Imagination Technologies (IMG) dropped about 70% over the last day or so as Apple says that they will no use IMG’s graphics processing (GPU) technology much longer. The stock dropped from a high of about $300 US to a low of $76. It dropped $180 in today’s trading, stabilizing at about $90. You might have an issue when the largest company in the world says they don’t intent to buy your products much longer, especially…
The discussion on when pharma patents expire is often long and tortuous.The the ED world of Viagra and Cialis we discuss the 2017 patent cliff here.True, Cialis patent(s) expire in 2017, so it is reasonable to expect the influx of generics soon… Here’s a list of patents related to Cialis. Note that there are a lot of patents listed that go all the way to 2020. Here is a great discussion about the expiration of Phara…
Here at IAM-Media is an example of using patents to secure products in a global market.Its full strategic management of its 200 patents included creating barriers to entry and to transform the antenna industry. This approach does not take place overnight, more than a decade. The company began initially with patent protected product sales which was quite successful. Well into the market adoption, Fractus concluded that licensing for royalties was the best option for the future….
On a sister site, there is a discussion by DelphiMan about the state of scenario planning today, and some new research on ways to squeeze out the genius among laypeople crowds: Scenarios Now and the Genius (hidden) within Crowd,Check it out here on ScenarioPlans.com (or DelphiPlan.com).First, a McKinsey study showed that CEOs really wished that they had done more scenario planning after the great recession. Before, really. But, now with almost 10 years in the…
Look at the great innovations up in Canada in the CCS xGames. Checkout the blog at SustainZine related to this very cool competition: http://sustainzine.blogspot.com/2017/01/co2-xgame-winners-in-canada-losers-in.htmlHere’s some info on this big competition in Canada: CBC News discusses competition sponsored by Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance and U.S. company NRG. Normally you think of Carbon Capture & Sequester as a dead cost. Take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere (maybe at a smoke stack where it is highly concentrated, and pump…
A recent study shows how long-term focus pays off. This study concentrated on switching the CEO compensation to longer-term. From that point forward, what happened, on average to several things related to the performance over time. Great study was by Flammer and Bansal (2016) and summarized in the WSJ, CEOs should focus on the long term, a study says. Although the study is coming out soon in the Strategic Management Journal, you can find it…
