The presentation has been made to provoke a thinking and debate on what constitutes real innovation? Is copying or even creative imitation a rightful innovation. But some bloggers prescribe not to innovate'; but to merely improve. Some even suggests that imitation can be used to gain competitive advantage. In the Philippines or elsewhere, to see hordes of copycats, me too products, pirated copies, to the chagrin of the "original" inventors innovators.

1. Innovation or Creative imitation? Presentation to provoke a debate for students of entrepreneurship at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business

2. Innovators or copycats?

9. The book

10. “ Talent borrows, genius steals.”- Oscar Wilde “ Artists create, masters copy..”

14. Innovation or Creative Imitation?

15. The “ cheap Japanese imitation of the 1950’s and 1960’s

16. Imitation?

18. … and now the cheap China tiangge wares…

19. Dealing with the pirates at malls and the sidewalk…. Or the third shift in China

21. Third shift products from China…

22. Are they good or bad for the society and economy?

24. Only 30% create, the rest copy..

25. Imitation “precious stones”

26. McDonald

27. “ copy cat”

28. Imitation Omega watch…

29. “ Imitators have greater competitive advantage “- Odel Shenkar, Ohio State University at HBR

30. Litigation as a strategy to be unique?

31. Running business from the courtroom..

32. Reading the fine prints of the IPO

33. Innovate, create, imitate or litigate?.. It’s the entrepreneur’s choice…