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In order to achieve continuous growth amid dramatic change in
the environment surrounding our business, we will need to
break away from the conventional product-oriented business
model and move towards a primary focus on solutions-oriented
businesses that bring innovation to our customers’ business.
This viewpoint prompted the creation of Business Innovation
Centers (the BICs) in fiscal 2014 as organizations dedicated to
creating new businesses.
BICs operate in the five major regions around the world —
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, China, and Japan—and
closely collaborate with a diverse range of entities such as
academic institutes, research institutes, partner companies,
and start-ups in each region to develop new businesses in line
with anticipated market changes. Highly-capable people are
brought in from the outside to lead these sites, and there are
always over 20 or more ongoing projects based on the needs
of each regional market.
Background
Establishing an organization dedicated to
developing new customer-oriented businesses with
a view to accelerating business transformation
Action going forward
Assigning people with strong expertise in each
segment to the heads of teams and developing
new businesses which meet the different market
needs in the five major regions around the world
Region Comments Profile
Developing New
Business Domains
Bringing together diverse knowledge from
around the world to create innovative business
Professional business incubation
experience at e-Commerce
• Director, R&D & Innovation Products
(PayPal Pte. Ltd.)
• Senior Manager, Research Lab &
Innovation Program (eBay Inc.)
I am excited to be aggressively spearheading the global BIC initiative
for the past year and have driven an impressive investment and
partnership strategy to deliver outcomes at an unprecedented pace.
We are just getting started with a lot more to accomplish as we bring
the silicon valley culture to Konica Minolta and change the trajectory
of our company. Ekta Sahasi (US)
North America
Professional experience in creating
innovation centres
• Director, Account Strategy & Enterprise
Innovation (Hewlett-Packard
Development Company, L.P.)
• CTO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
We at Konica Minolta believe that our greatest value lies in what we
can do to drive our customer’s business forward. Our aim is to
co-develop leading edge future focused offerings that are built from
progressive invention, partnership and technical excellence.
Dennis Curry (EU)
Europe
Entrepreneurial corporate leader with 32
years of IT Solutions
• VP, Business Applications (Singapore
Telecommunications Limited)
• Director, Application Services (Hewlett-
Packard Development Company, L.P.)
Business Innovation is not just about a Great Idea. It is about
developing that Idea into a Viable Business Hypothesis, Testing it and
actually Building it up into a Profitable and Sustainable Business. In
BIC AP we are focused on creating a portfolio of solutions that adds
new value to our Customers and Konica Minolta.
Rachel Goh (AP)
Asia-Pacific
Professional experience in IT business
start-ups/Internet entrepreneur
• Director, Supply Chain Management
(PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultants
Co., Ltd.)
• Founder/CEO (TRICORN Corporation)
• Founder/CEO (JOLLYROGER
Corporation)
I aim to be a corporate entrepreneur, creating new businesses that
reinvent the Konica Minolta brand.
Takashi Hakii (JP)
Japan
Extensive knowledge in optical
electronics, automation, and new energy
industries
• Sales & Marketing Director (Shanghai
Galileo Navigation Industry Ltd.)
Business innovation is a process that gets into everything from
nothing. We believe our innovation would bring value-adding products
and services to our customers and bring profitable and sustainable
business to Konica Minolta, BIC-China are focused on identifying
customer needs and developing local partnerships to accelerate the
pace of innovation. Yongiun Chen (CN)
China
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