Innovation
Global Investor Focus, 02/2007 Credit Suisse
Global Investor Focus, 02/2007
Credit Suisse
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Language<br />
Know-how<br />
Distribution<br />
International<br />
standards<br />
Financial<br />
systems<br />
Sales<br />
markets<br />
Trade<br />
barriers<br />
Quality<br />
assurance<br />
Production<br />
Efficiency<br />
Automation<br />
Logistics<br />
Worldwide<br />
market<br />
Local/<br />
global<br />
Communication<br />
Flow of<br />
goods<br />
Money<br />
flows<br />
Global<br />
markets<br />
ISO<br />
container<br />
Organization<br />
Infrastructure<br />
Outsourcing<br />
Speed<br />
International<br />
division of<br />
labor<br />
New<br />
contacts<br />
Storage<br />
<strong>Innovation</strong><br />
Energy<br />
costs<br />
Alternative<br />
energy<br />
sources<br />
Market<br />
niches<br />
Networking<br />
Loading<br />
point<br />
Distance<br />
Mode of<br />
transport<br />
(Falling)<br />
communication<br />
costs<br />
Resources<br />
Individualization<br />
Information<br />
Knowledge<br />
Artificial<br />
intelligence<br />
Flexible<br />
work<br />
models<br />
Access<br />
Migration<br />
The virtual<br />
society<br />
www<br />
Process<br />
optimization<br />
Independent<br />
of time<br />
Qualification<br />
Flexibility<br />
Wage costs<br />
Digitalization<br />
Data<br />
exchange<br />
Security<br />
Independent<br />
of place<br />
Mobility<br />
The share<br />
On 27 September<br />
1606, the Vereinigte<br />
Ostindische<br />
Compagnie (VOC)<br />
in Amsterdam<br />
issued the first<br />
“andeel” – a share<br />
of stock.<br />
The steam engine<br />
In 1769, the Scotsman<br />
James Watt registered a<br />
patent for his steam<br />
engine, which was actually<br />
an improved version<br />
of the machine that<br />
the Englishman Thomas<br />
Newcomen had constructed<br />
in 1712.<br />
1500<br />
1550<br />
1600<br />
Telescope<br />
1650<br />
1700<br />
1750<br />
1790<br />
2010<br />
Pocket watch<br />
Treadle spinning machine<br />
Microscope<br />
Telescope<br />
(astronomical)<br />
Pendulum clock<br />
Steam boiler<br />
Cast steel<br />
Blast furnace<br />
Spinning machine<br />
Steam-powered car
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