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Innovation Archive

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December 19, 2011

The Innovativeness of Nations

INSEAD professor Soumitra Dutta’s Global Innovation Index helps show which nations are on the rise and which are not.
November 22, 2011

Best Business Books 2011: Technology

The Ecology of Technology
October 25, 2011

The Global Innovation 1000: Why Culture Is Key

Booz & Company’s annual study shows that spending more on R&D won’t drive results. The most crucial factors are strategic alignment and a culture that supports innovation.
May 30, 2011

3M’s Open Innovation

Fred J. Palensky, chief technology officer at one of the world’s most innovative companies, explains how to foster the ongoing cross-pollination of ideas.
May 30, 2011

Next-Generation Product Development

Combining agile up-front processes with a lean approach to the back end can help companies outperform the competition.
May 30, 2011

The Missing Link in Innovative Research

When the pipeline of technological breakthroughs has stalled, especially in industries like pharmaceuticals, midlevel managers may hold the key to R&D productivity.
May 24, 2011

The Thought Leader Interview: Henry Chesbrough

To escape the commodity trap — and to compete effectively in a knowledge-based economy — business leaders of all kinds need to reinvent themselves as innovators in services.
May 23, 2011

The Three Paths to Open Innovation

To build your capabilities and cast a wider net for ideas, you must figure out which of the three types of innovation strategies you already have — and design your R&D approach accordingly.
May 16, 2011

A Long-Wave Theory on Today’s Digital Revolution

Historian Elin Whitney-Smith looks at previous periods of disruption to understand what companies (and people) are going through today.
April 4, 2011

The Innovation Advantage

Council on Foreign Relations fellow Adam Segal decodes the rise of innovation in China and India — and what it really means for the United States.
February 22, 2011

Stan Ovshinsky’s Solar Revolution

His inventions from 50 years ago enabled cell phones, laptops, and flat-screen TVs. Now, at age 88, he’s aiming to make solar power cheaper than coal.
February 22, 2011

Cisco’s Virtual Management Lab

How one of the world’s most innovative companies discovered the value of focusing its R&D attention on its own business practices.
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