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The chart above comes from our recent survey of economics bloggers . http://www.growthology.org/growthology/2009/04/econ-bloggers-the-sources-of-innovation-are-.html

The sources of innovation are ...

Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic . The term was coined in 1967 by Edward de Bono .

Lateral thinking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking

Creativity Processes, Creative Thinking & Lateral Thinking from

The tools in this section can help you to become more creative. http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCT_00.htm
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business model design

Update: Based on the overwhelming interest this post got, I updated and republished the version from 2005 A business model is nothing else than a representation of how an organization makes (or intends to make) money. This can be nicely described through the 9 building blocks illustrated in the graphic below, which we call “business model canvas”.
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