Publication archive

Interview in Managersonline: Seven advises for successful networking

Placed on: 02-12-2011

Great ideas come from interesting discussions during networking meetings. But there is a lack of effective implementation power because of everyday work. Arun SwamiPersaud gives 7 advises for successful networking.
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FD Interview: Industry needs to find a different revenue model

Placed on: 31-10-2011

Companies must adapt their strategy to the economic situation.
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Orange Sports Forum supported appointment of Rob Baan in India

Placed on: 13-10-2011

Almost two years ago Ronald Kramer, Twynstra Gudde/The Bridge business Innovators and Sportbizz took the initiative to start the Orange Sport Forum to bring sport expertise to emerging markets. India was from day one our main target markets. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) officially appointed Dutchman Robert Baan as the Technical Director (TD) for a period of two years, it was announced on Tuesday.
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Interview: Radio1 "Tros in bedrijf"

Placed on: 28-07-2011

Hans Bakker of The Bridge business innovators talked on 23 juli 2011 to Radio1 "Tros in bedrijf" with Peter de Bie and Tineke Verburg about the plans of Frans van Houten to make Philips faster and slimmer.
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Value creation in the Pharma & MedTech sector

Placed on: 04-07-2011

Whitepaper in Dutch on value creation in the Pharma & MedTech sector.
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Interview in MT: Is your businessmodel still viable tomorrow?

Placed on: 29-06-2011

Frans Pigeaud was interviewed by Management Team. Forget the traditional business plan. Everyone who wants to maintain an effective earnings model in the future, works with business modelling.
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Interview in FD: Also temp agencies need to become more flexible

Placed on: 20-05-2011

Frans Pigeaud, director of The Bridge, was interviewed by the newspaper Financieele Dagblad. The demand for flex workers is growing. If temp agencies are going to supply those people is the question.
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Green mobility: time to get moving!

Placed on: 17-02-2011

Hans Bakker and Geertje van Hooijdonk were interviewed by Change Magazine about green mobility. It is time to get moving!
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Publication: Quality as a source for innovation

Placed on: 24-12-2010

Dutch article by Jeroen de Kempenaer in “Kwaliteit in Bedrijf”. Inventive thinking about quality can result in a lot of economic success.
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Professional Cleaning: New earnings models

Placed on: 01-10-2010

Frans Pigeaud was interviewed about innovations in the facility management market.
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Publication in CFO magazine: More return on innvation with involved CFO

Placed on: 15-09-2010

Wouter van der Burg and Jeroen Kuper of The Bridge publish in CFO magazine about the strength of an involved CFO during the innovation process and the improvement of the Return On Innovation.
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5 ways to realize growth with new earningsmodels

Placed on: 27-08-2010

Matthijs Hielkema published an article in Financieel Management about 5 ways to realize business growth with new earnings models.
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Create new earnings models

Placed on: 28-07-2010

Article in the Financieele Dagblad - A creative and good business and earnings model is a growth engine that can still be used much better. The industry neglects to develop new earnings models. Even when the economical situation asks for it.
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Construction companies neglect turnover opportunities

Placed on: 28-07-2010

Article in Cobouw - Construction companies neglect opportunities to create new turnover. They stick to traditional earnings models. Entrepreneurs can tap into new sources of income by responding better to customer’s wishes.
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Financial sector hardly renews

Placed on: 25-01-2010

Jules The wrote in the Dutch newspaper FD, that banks and insurers massively ignore signals from customers and keep continuing their business as usual.
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Innovatie in de schoonmaak kan beter

Placed on: 20-01-2010

De schoonmaaksector kan veel innovatiever worden.
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Bring Innovations faster on the market

Placed on: 23-11-2009

Frans Pigeaud wrote in the Dutch newspaper "FD" that cooperation, tempo and timing are necessary for taking a decisive leap.
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Managing Director The Bridge chooses for natural gas

Placed on: 12-11-2009

Interview ING Carlease Crossover: Since recently Hans Bakker, director of The Bridge business innovators (member of Twynstra Gudde) drives a Mercedes-Benz B180-NGT on natural gas. And that is a conscious decision. Why? We asked him.
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Press release: Growing and weeding with innovation

Placed on: 29-09-2009

Growing and weeding with innovation.
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Press release: Jules Thé General Manager Innovation Executives

Placed on: 09-09-2009

Jules Thé has started as General Manager Innovation Executives.
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Services have to take responsibility - De Betere Wereld August 18, 2009

Placed on: 20-08-2009

The Cradle-to-Cradle principle has become more popular since the documentary
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Return on Innovation - F.inc August 2009

Placed on: 20-08-2009

The Bridge business innovators examines every year the innovation power of Dutch companies. The results are published in the Innovation Monitor. Remarkable score: 'front runners' in innovation - companies that have more turnover from new products and new markets over the past three years - have a CFO who is more involved with the valuation of the innovation portfolio than companies that have a lower ranking on innovation power.
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Companies more aware with innovation involved

Placed on: 04-08-2009

Hans Bakker, director of The Bridge business innovators, answers three questions about innovation during a period of recession.
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Grab the commercial sustainable opportunities now!

Placed on: 31-05-2009

Dutch publication by Geertje van Hooijdonk en Fred Nijland in Verwarming Ventilatie+. There are many commercial sustainable opportunities in the construction and installation industries.
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Create a movement, not a department

Placed on: 30-05-2009

White paper of Arun SwamiPersaud and Betti Rockwell, both consultants at The Bridge. They argue that organisations looking for business growth should not just set up new business departments and projects, but should additionally work at creating a culture that evokes innovation, new business search and development. They offer seven principles to energise the zest for new business in organizations.
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Press release Innovation-monitor live

Placed on: 30-05-2009

Participate Innovation-monitor 09/10
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India is not the focus of Dutch businesses (in Dutch)

Placed on: 02-05-2009

Published in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf: Contacts between Dutch and Chinese businesses are well established. This was seen last week during a visit of entrepreneurs to The Netherlands. Dutch companies have on the other hand little attention for India, says Arun SwamiPersaud, innovation consultant of The Bridge. "There are many opportunities in India"
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Cradle to cradle for business success - Management Team

Placed on: 24-04-2009

Sustainable entrepreneurship has the future. One that really wants to do well, works with the cradle to cradle principle. But know that: "It will not work for people that just think to score with it." say Geertje van Hooijdonk and Hans Bakker.
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Change and innovation will be succesfull through engagement and experimenting - TIEM

Placed on: 15-04-2009

How can the CIO and ict-manager manage change within their ict-organisation in times of economical crisis? How can they get a department switches swiftly and adapts effectively io a changing environment? Recommendations from the change- and innovation practices of Twynstra Gudde and The Bridge business innovators. By: Eugenie Boon and Jeroen Kuper.
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Dutch report 25 bussiness innovation cases in the construction industry

Placed on: 06-04-2009

Dutch publication of 25 cases of bussiness innovations in the Dutch construction industry.
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Opportunities for innovation in India - BNR radio (in Dutch)

Placed on: 30-03-2009

Opportunities for innovation in India by Arun SwamiPersaud on BNR radio.
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Provinces and towns must invest energybillions in sustainability - ODE (in Dutch)

Placed on: 20-03-2009

Federal and local governments are key to meet the sustainability goals. Provinces and towns must invest the billions of selling the energy companies in sustainable energy. The Netherlands will not meet the EU sustainability goals if they do not act now and our country will be behind our neighbours. This is what Marco Kuijpers, partner at Twynstra Gudde and Colin Willems, consultant at The Bridge say.
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