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Issue 73, Winter 2013

In this issue

Are You Your Employees’ Worst Enemy, Why Eric Ries Likes Management, A Skeptic’s Guide to 3D Printing, and More

Cover story

The Global Innovation 1000: Navigating the Digital Future

by Barry Jaruzelski, John Loehr, and Richard Holman

Booz & Company’s annual study of R&D spending reveals the tools that are transforming innovation – from customer insight to product launch. See also our interactive graphic, The Digital Tool Landscape.

Organizations & People
Are You Your Employees’ Worst Enemy?

by Kannan Ramaswamy and William Youngdahl

Many leaders inadvertently stand in the way of superior performance. Here’s how to avoid the hindrance trap.
Are You Caught in the Hindrance Trap?

Complete this interactive assessment to find out.
Innovation
A Skeptic’s Guide to 3D Printing

by Tim Laseter and Jeremy Hutchison-Krupat

Excitement about any new technology should be balanced with the application of time-tested forecasting tools.
Thought Leaders
Why Eric Ries Likes Management

by Paul Michelman

The author of The Lean Startup is thinking big about the challenges facing companies in an economy driven by innovation.
In Conversation: Eric Ries on How to be Entrepreneurial inside a Big Company

In the first video interview of this five-part series, Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, tells Paul Michelman, executive editor at strategy+business, that entrepreneurs exist everywhere—and discusses what that means for innovation at big companies.
Business Literature
Best Business Books 2013

by Theodore Kinni

Strategy: Rebuilding the Temple Mount
Company Stories: Lessons in Failure
Globalization: Here Come the New Competitors
Digitization: Three Harbingers of Change
Marketing: Is Your Brand Experienced?
Managerial Self-Help: Influence, Inquiry, Action
Leadership: Running the Detroit Three
Best Business Books 2013 – In Pictures

View a slideshow of our picks for the Best Business Books of 2013 in seven categories.

Leading Ideas

Same-Day Delivery? Not So Fast

by Curt Mueller, Andrew Schmahl, and Andrew Tipping

Traditional retailers can outshine their online competitors in the distribution game.
Young Profs

From Netscape to eHarmony: The High Risks and Big Rewards of Platform Markets

by Dylan Minor

Companies that link complementary partners, like dating sites or online auctions, can dominate for years or be swept away in an instant.
Young Profs

Jonah Berger Is Over Twitter

by Laura W. Geller

How the science of social transmission will help your brand catch on—and why tweeting alone is not enough.
Waiting for the Digital Grid

by Don Dawson, Earl Simpkins, and Josh Stillman

The modernized grid should revolutionize the way electricity is distributed and used, but its potential hasn’t yet been realized.
Let’s Just Stop Calling Them Leaders

by Eric J. McNulty

Executives, officials, and managers should have to earn the title of “leader,” not just expect to receive it.
s+b Trend Watch: Chinese Companies Reclaim “Made in China”

Chinese companies’ total exports are now roughly equal to that of foreign companies operating in China.

Recent Research

Conglomerates Bounce Back

by Matt Palmquist

Borrowing clout gives large companies an edge in a financial crisis.

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Cover story

The Global Innovation 1000: Navigating the Digital Future

Are You Your Employees’ Worst Enemy?

Are You Caught in the Hindrance Trap?

A Skeptic’s Guide to 3D Printing

Why Eric Ries Likes Management

In Conversation: Eric Ries on How to be Entrepreneurial inside a Big Company

Best Business Books 2013

Best Business Books 2013 – In Pictures

Leading Ideas

Same-Day Delivery? Not So Fast

From Netscape to eHarmony: The High Risks and Big Rewards of Platform Markets

Jonah Berger Is Over Twitter

Waiting for the Digital Grid

Let’s Just Stop Calling Them Leaders

s+b Trend Watch: Chinese Companies Reclaim “Made in China”

Recent Research

Conglomerates Bounce Back

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