Innovation
Innovation
Not only does the name Hershey mean chocolate to America and the world, it also signifies an inspiring and uniquely successful experiment in humanistic capitalism—one that has produced a business empire devoted to a...
Success is, unfortunately, not self-perpetuating. Once a company reaches the level of industry incumbent, and must not only defend its market share among established players in the industry, but also operate in a...
Although many myths surround innovation, making it appear more complex than it is, the authors believe that the execution of innovation is not any more difficult than the implementation of other management activities....
Innovation is critical for personal, business, and economic success. Although thousands of books have been printed on meeting the challenges of innovation, the August 2005 issue of Businessweek reports an innovation...
Dundon notes that this age of economic uncertainty, strained resources, and increased global competition not only calls for innovation, but also for Innovation Management as a source of new inspiration and uniquely...
In Idea Agent, innovation leadership consultant Lina M. Echeverría explores the best ways to direct creative employees in a competitive business environment in order to deliver breakthrough innovation...
America finds itself in a stagnant economy while the economies of China, India, Brazil, Germany, and other nations are growing. According to former American Express executive Steve Faktor, the reason for this...
Clockspeed grew out of Charles Fine’s study of the strategic impact of supply-chain strategy on competitive advantage. Fine decided that instead of monitoring the supply chains of slowly evolving businesses, he would...
The authors document the emergence of America ’s high-tech innovation and development-the breakthrough economy-and explain how it has failed to effectively generate new products, wealth, and economic growth. Also,...
Some ideas are “stick-worthy” while others are not and the traditional advice to make ideas stick, such as knowing your audience, making eye contact, practice, and repetition, tends to have limited effectiveness....
