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An overview of news, trends and research in Innovation consulting in the UK:

Cambridge Consultants designs smart injection pen Cambridge Consultants has designed a smart injection pen that will help diabetes patients to better manage their insulin delivery and hence their disease, by capturing the exact moment and dose of the insulin at the moment of injection. The so-call
10 October 2014
BearingPoint nominated for Financial Innovation Awards On 27 November 2014, the 17th edition of the Financial World Innovation Awards are organised in London, UK. Among this year’s finalists is consulting firm BearingPoint, nominated in the 'Innovation in marketing and communications' category./
16 September 2014
PA launches Raspberry Pi challenge for pupils & students For the third year in a row PA Consulting Group is organising its so-called ‘Raspberry Pi programming’ competition, a programming challenge for pupils and students. This year, PA is tasking entrants to ‘revolutionise people’
26 August 2014
PA Consulting: Innovation outsourcing requires teamwork Innovation is no longer optional, it is a necessity. Market trends are more fluid and challenging at every level, and businesses need to respond by re-inventing and transforming themselves.
19 August 2014
Philips and Accenture innovation helps ALS patients Accenture and Philips have developed a prototype application that allows ALS patients to control their devices through mind control and by using voice and eye commands.
07 August 2014
PA Consulting: Businesses should explore wearables From digital wrist bands and smart watches to intelligent skin patches and head-mounted displays, this is the year of wearable technology.
07 August 2014
Innopay: Cryptocurrencies potential market disruptor Despite the current skepticism that surrounds cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin, the technology and ideas behind virtual currencies have a bright future and even have the potential to disrup
05 August 2014
PA Consulting wins International Space Apps Challenge A team from PA Consulting Group has been won 'The International Space Apps Challenge', an incubator innovation program organized by the NASA.
27 June 2014
Accenture opens Financial Services innovation center Accenture has opened an Innovation Center for Financial Services in Jakarta. The new center is after Beijing, Bangalore, Chicago and Sophia-Antipolis (France) Accenture’s fifth across the globe. The center o
16 May 2014
Altran wins strategic contract at PSA Peugeot Citroen PSA Peugeot Citroen has selected Altran Group as its strategic partner in the areas of innovation, R&D, process design and generic management consulting services. As part of the contract, Altran will support PSA Peugeot
02 March 2014
Oliver Wyman: Car makers dive into light-innovation In a highly competitive market, global car manufacturers are continuously finding ways to stand out. According to Oliver Wyman, a new lighting technology is quickly developing into one of the lates
30 January 2014
PA Consulting Group: Innovation combats product fraud It is one of the nightmares of any consumer.
29 October 2013
Booz & Company: Innovation-expenditure sets record Large multinationals will this year yet again spend more money on innovation, highlighting the increasing role R&D is playing in boardrooms.
23 October 2013
Booz: Not money but coherence key factor for innovation The key to innovation success does not lie in the volume of spending invested in developing and building innovations. The key to success lies in focus and coherence, says Cesare Mainardi, CEO of Booz & Company, in
27 May 2013
Arthur D. Little model: Best practice innovation management Due to the increasing competition in markets, the importance of innovation continues to increase.
15 April 2013
Capgemini Consulting: The 5 advantages of gamification It is commonly known that failing to address 'soft' factors such as leadership, resistance and skills gaps are one of the critical reasons why large transformations fail.
09 April 2013
Management Engineers: Innovation key behind German economy Over the past five years the German economy has outperformed the economies of several other major Western countries. As a result, the country has grown to become the motor of growth within the European Union. Even over the past years, when most economi
26 February 2013
Boston Consulting Group: Six innovation best practices Innovation is becoming increasingly important as a competitive differentiator for companies.
04 February 2013
BCG: Top 20 most innovative companies in the world Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and Facebook are the most innovative companies in the world. The top 10 is as usual dominated by firms active in the technology and telecom sector, reveals a new report ('The Most Innovative Companies 2012) from consul
24 January 2013
Accenture wins global HR BPO assignment Unilever Accenture has won a large five-year HR business process outsourcing (BPO) contract with Unilever. More than 130,000 Unilever employees, spread over 100 countries, will in the coming years make use of Accenture's HR servic
09 January 2013
Innovation advisory firm Altran exists 30 years This year innovation and technology consulting firm Altran celebrates its 30th anniversary. Honoring this jubilee, contemporary CEO (PhiIippe Salle) together with co-founder Alexis Kniazeff spoke about the past, present and
16 November 2012
KPMG: Education sector stimulates innovation inadequately Educational sectors in Europe provide students - future leaders - too little baggage in the area of innovation. According to a report from KPMG, 58% of respondents across Europe claim the way pupils are educated stifles innova
03 August 2012
BCG: Development new product line takes 22 months An average cycle of research and development takes up 22 months on average. However, firms that make use of the best strategy to standardize and mechanize the process while clearly setting priorities, this process could be shortened with 15 months. Thi
29 May 2012
Altran opens automotive Centre of Excellence in Spain International innovation and technology consulting firm Altran has agreed to invest €20 million in an automotive Centre of Excellence (CoE). The CoE, which will be based in Barcelona, will focus on
12 April 2012
Altran: Large-scale deployment of wind energy possible Altran has launched an innovative solution that will largely stimulate the use of wind turbines to create green energy - a breakthrough according to experts. One of the main limitations of wind energy is that it inte
13 February 2012
Solving Efeso buys innovation consulting firm Intuition Solving Efeso, a global management consulting firm, has bought Intuition, a niche consultancy specialized in brand and innovation strategy. Intuition is based in Paris and serves top-line FMCG companies such as Unilev
25 January 2012
Dutch consulting market competitive and innovative Research from SourceforConsulting reveals that the Dutch consulting market has had a harder time than most of the other major consulting markets in Northern Europe over the last 18 months. It has not seen the problems that consultants have faced in Spa
31 October 2011
ADL: innovation management will change radically The way firms and governments innovate will change radically over the coming years. Arthur D. Little state in its recently released report 'Innovation Manifesto' that the change is driven by external factors such as the ongoing glo
29 August 2011

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