Focus on: Innovation to face Economy Slowdown

The Austrian economist Josef Schumpeter once stated that economic downturns are "a good cold shower for the economic system."

Economic downturns force companies in all industries to increase their efficiency and cut waste in new, often more creative, ways. During difficult economic situations innovation becomes the key factor to turn the crisis into an opportunity.

Some of the current leading companies (including Motorola, Xerox or HP) were founded during one of the worst economic downturns in US history, the Great Depression.

Codd & Date USA is the perfect partner to help technology-intensive companies to leverage on their assets and to compete effectively with a highly innovative offer.

Our portfolio of services includes:

• Innovation snap shot: we assess the current offering and compare it with the one of the competitors, analyze vendors’ offers in the areas of interest and identify possible “quick fixes”.

• Continuous Monitoring with a Customized Focus based on the client’s specific offering and leveraging the most advanced Web 2.0 solutions which allow a deep involvement in the selected community. Wikis, Blogs, Polls, mashups are utilized as needed.

• Traditional reporting and presentation.

• Aggregation/Evaluation/Recommendation by senior partners who have 20+ years of experience.

• Implementation including selection of providers, identifying the best partners and supporting the every aspect of the project.

We are based in the NYC area and we work in the US and Europe.  We have identified and worked with a range of industry-specific affiliates to assist us as needed.  Our senior partners’ credentials are available at

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