digital innovation – Professor Youngjin Yoo

My recent talk at IOT Thought Leadership Meeting

February 22, 2021January 18, 2019 by Youngjin Yoo

If you are interested in what I mean by “Digital First” strategy and what we are trying to do at xLab, please watch this 18-min presentation.

Launching xLab

February 22, 2021January 5, 2019 by Youngjin Yoo

The primary reason I returned to Cleveland 2.5 years ago was a simple conviction that one of the biggest crises and opportunities of our time is the digital transformation of the old economy. What we have seen so far is just the end of the beginning. What we will see will likely come from the … Read more

Netflix and Block Buster: An infographic via Joel West

January 5, 2019February 24, 2011 by Youngjin Yoo

Via: Online MBA Programs

Digital city as a generative platform for urban innovation

October 6, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

Couple days ago, I gave a talk at the 2010 Mayors’ Technology Summit. After the talk, several participants asked me to share my slides. Given the way I use my slides, I felt that just sending out slides wouldn’t be that useful. Instead, I decided to post the whole talk in text here after the break.

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Discovery of Service-Dominant Logic

September 26, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

I was at Cambridge to participate in FMM 2010 (the Forum on Market and Marketing). Of course, I am not a marketing person and I never thought about being a marketing person. When I was asked to come to the workshop about a year ago, I did not think much of it. I just thought … Read more

Presentation at AcademyHills @ Roppongi Hills

August 26, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

During my stay in Japan, I gave a talk at AcademyHIlls located in Roppongi Hills. http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=roppongihill2010-100823105348-phpapp01&stripped_title=digital-innovation-and-design View more presentations from Youngjin Yoo.

Consumption and Production

August 24, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

Bradley Bloch wrote a post on Huffington Post that the proliferation of non-professional media production increased non-productive consumption of media. He uses an example of a popular YouTube video, ‘Charlie Bit Me’. Here is what he wrote: One of the most popular videos on YouTube, “Charlie bit my finger–again!” depicting a boy sticking his fingers … Read more

Kindle survival: Myth or real?

July 28, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

There have been a series of news about Kindle. First, last week, Kindle announced that the sales of e-books exceeded that of hard copy books. Second, yesterday, Amazon announced that Stieg Larsson, the late Swedish author who wrote the trilogy of “The Girl with Dragon Tattoo,” “The Girl Who Played with Fire,” and “The Girl … Read more

Thoughts on Samsung’s Galaxy S and Innovation

July 28, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

In response to iPhone phenomenal success in its South Korean home market, Samsung introduced Galaxy S, an Android-based smart phone. I have not seen it. So, I cannot comment on how good or bad it is. But, based on many reviews that came out, one thing is clear. It is not going to be an … Read more

iPad: is it good or bad?

May 29, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

I have had an iPad since it first came out. I use it a lot. I read books, papers, and news papers. I watch movies on it (particular now I am here in Japan by myself). I plan to use it for my teaching tool as well. I take it whenever I travel — now … Read more

When a phone is no longer a phone

May 15, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

New York Times has a story that in the US the data traffic exceeded the voice traffic for mobile phone usages for the first time. The article reports that: The number of text messages sent per user increased by nearly 50 percent nationwide last year, according to the CTIA, the wireless industry association. And for … Read more