Developing Strategy
Harnessing the Secret Structure of Innovation
Innovation success is the result of a deliberate search using key information signals.
Innovation Process
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Technology Implementation
Getting Past the Hype About 3-D Printing
Near-term expectations for additive manufacturing techniques are overoptimistic.
Business Models
Free Webinar: Building a Business Creation Engine
Free on-demand webinar with MIT SMR authors of “The Hard Truth About Business Model Innovation.”
Global Strategy
A Fresh Take on Supply Chain Innovation
For PepsiCo, entering the natural beverage market meant developing new risk management practices.
Business Models
The Hard Truth About Business Model Innovation
Successful business model innovation requires an understanding of how business models evolve.
Collaboration
Navigating the Leadership Challenges of Innovation Ecosystems
When a group of industry leaders work together to find new solutions and products, who’s in charge?
Innovation Strategy
When Innovation Meets the Language of the Corner Office
What are the most effective ways to communicate the process and output of innovation to executives?
Innovation Strategy
How to Succeed with Radical Innovation
Highly capable firms are often reluctant to take risks, but they have much to gain if they try to innovate.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Improving Analytics Capabilities Through Crowdsourcing
Open-innovation platforms, used thoughtfully, can expand a company’s access to analytics talent.
Executing Strategy
Leveraging Smart Data and Internet of Things to Realize Mass Customization
In an on-demand webinar, Wolfgang Gruel and Frank Piller detail new experiments in personal transportation.
Digital Marketing
Finding the Right Role for Social Media in Innovation
Social media provides a game-changing opportunity to support innovation and new product development.
Developing Strategy
Debating Disruptive Innovation
Three experts provide their responses to the article “How Useful Is the Theory of Disruptive Innovation?”
Developing Strategy
How Useful Is the Theory of Disruptive Innovation?
How well does Clayton M. Christensen’s theory describe what actually transpires in business?
Innovation Strategy
Mastering the ‘Name Your Product Category’ Game
The ideal window of opportunity to enter a new industry starts when a dominant category label is introduced.
Stanford’s Tina Seelig on Creativity: “Everything You See is Ripe for Innovation”
“Mastering the ability to reframe problems is an important tool for increasing your imagination” writes Stanford’s Tina Seelig.
Innovation Strategy
How to Network Your Way to New Product Ideas
What if traditional views of the innovation process are flawed? Thoughts from MIT’s Eric von Hippel.
Culture
Is Your Company Ready for Open Innovation?
Without successful implementation, the benefits of open innovation strategies will not materialize.
Supply Chains & Logistics
What Happens When You Outsource Too Much?
Managers must understand which competencies they can safely outsource and which they should manage internally.
Business Models
Bringing Open Innovation to Services
Companies should organize their service innovation processes to be more open to external ideas.