Markus Anding
Feb 22, 2019
Platform economy meets B2B reality
In B2B, additional quality & reliability requirements need to be addressed and the potential moves of industry competitors need to clearly inform your strategy.
Jan 15, 2019
Overcoming Corporate Innovation Barriers and Saving on costly Startup Investments – with Excubation
Summary Nine main barriers seem to hinder Corporate Innovation, all are self-inflicted Traditional corporate innovation approaches (incubation and acceleration) fail to fully address them…
Jan 06, 2018
Excubate® Corporate Startup Campus
The effective way of business building Over the past years, every corporate decision maker witnessed technological change based on a single mega trend: Digitalization. While…
Dec 14, 2017
Startup Due Diligence: Nailing a moving target
Key takeaways: Traditional M&A DD approaches are too analysis-focused and stiff Outcome options are much broader (acquisition, cooperation, partnering) Decisions need a combination of data-driven…
Jun 15, 2017
Startup Cooperations: The way corporates enter the right partnerships and waste less time on legal paperwork
Startup cooperation is the new oil (for corporate innovation) In the past, corporates tried to diversify their portfolio by investing into or outright acquiring startups…
May 06, 2017
The digital operating model: How corporates can make digitalization happen (1/4)
The need for a digital operating model Digitalization is not a strategy, because strategy involves a choice. And, thus, the choice around digitalization is rather…
May 05, 2017
The digital operating model: How corporates can make digitalization happen (2/4)
The need for a digital operating model The operating model needs to be put into the overall strategic context of the firm. Starting with a…
May 04, 2017
The digital operating model: How corporates can make digitalization happen (3/4)
Elements of the digital operating model: DIPOC The digital operating model consist of five elements that logically build upon one another: Processes, decisions, capabilities, incentives…
May 03, 2017
The digital operating model: How corporates can make digitalization happen (4/4)
Implementation – The DIPOC action plan After outlining how the DIPOC elements should be designed to build a functioning digital operating model, we will now…
Oct 12, 2016
Corporate innovation needs a major makeover
The 7 rules of excubation For years, corporations have been going after the holy grail of innovation. The challenge of finding the right approach has…
