Fostering and channeling innovation into large established companies represents a significant challenge. History shows that large companies have more often than once missed the paradigm shift that would disrupt their industry, even though they had all the keys to read the times correctly. It is so hard to change a business model that has been successful for long periods of time.
Groundbreaking new solutions grow quicker in environments which are small, free and independent. Excubators represent an interesting alternative for larger companies that gives them the opportunity to keep a pulse of what is being worked on in the start up world.
Read the article about the subject (in french) on La Tribune.