1. Imagine that you're a consultant to a large manufacturing company OR a CIO of any company, which of the 10 tactical approaches to executive a company's innovation strategy would you consider/recommend as 'easy to implement' and which would you regarded as 'difficult to implement'. Clearly explain your answer. (20 points)

2. If you're a consultant to a large-to-medium size company and your client has all their innovative projects in the high risk and long-term bucket, would you consider this as a good strategy - Why or why not. (20 points)

3. Briefly, explain why innovation seems to grow faster in an IT cluster, such as Silicon Valley. (10 points)