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Mobile phone manufacturers are today where cigarette makers were in the early 1950s: facing risks that may — or may not — redefine the reputation of their industry.

The world’s most popular camping tent was once a hard sell to retailers, but it ultimately demonstrated the value of an innovative gamble.

For companies that want to build a global growth engine, offshoring innovation is both a challenge and a necessity.

To create an impossibly low-cost, high-quality new business model, start by cultivating constraints.

“Venture activist” Joichi Ito has turned his life into a prototype of the organization of the future.

The biomimicry pioneer is teaching executives that the solutions to their most challenging problems lie in nature.

Old stories, new jobs, technological hype, and gay leadership.

How to drive the only marketing metric that matters.

The anatomy of the 21st-century marketing professional.

Marketers take heed: After years of overhype, the digital revolution is finally mainstream.

Sometimes “sticking to your knitting” is exactly the wrong way to build your business.

Internet retailers are finally learning why books and luggage make money online — while shoes and toys don’t.

A nationwide cancer information network could use cross-boundary knowledge to promote a broader base of breakthroughs.