Innovation
Innovation
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...
In 1990, Womack and Jones published The Machine That Changed the World, with the objective of sending a wake-up call to organizations still struggling in the antiquated world of mass production. Thus,...
According to Rosabeth Moss Kanter, in her foreword to the first edition of Innovative Reward Systems for the Changing Workplace, organizations must be more focused, faster, more flexible, and...
How is it that Paul Revere’s ride is heralded to this day, while the endeavors of William Dawes, who also rode at the very same time to warn of the British, barely rate a footnote in history? How is it that Hush...
According to Tucker, "in most cases today, the practice of innovation can be likened to the mating of pandas: infrequent, clumsy, and often ineffective." His research found that though many executives view innovation...
Despite the chaos of world events and the attendant unpredictability of the economy, optimism in the power of innovation continues to prevail, stronger than ever. Around the globe, 101 new patents are applied for every...
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...
As organizations struggle to keep pace with the globalization of the economy, the explosive growth of the Internet, deregulation, the drive to increase the bottom line, faster product development times, rampant...
It is Clampitt's premise that because communication is at the core of managerial effectiveness, managers must have a clear view of their abilities to communicate and the challenges involved in the process, however,...
Today’s business environment is marked by global and small-business competition and also, by the unprecedented, continuous transformations wrought by information technology. Given this new reality, the classic...
