The process of a company looking outside for innovation has been termed “open innovation.” Marketplace shifts — including new technology and a broader distribution of know-how...

Most companies know how important innovation is. Yet few have an innovation process in place. Some of the world’s leading innovative firms illustrate how you can embed innovation...

A company doesn＇t always have to rush to respond to a competitor＇s innovations. Sometimes ignoring the innovation can make more business sense.

Some organizations retreat when they see what innovation actually requires: overhauling routine work and breaking from tradition. To make the idea of innovation more acceptable, h...

培育一个高效的团队，应该让每个团队成员都明白要做什么，而不是怎么去做；并且要鼓励他们的批判性思考。

Bresman and Ancona’s book provides a toolkit for firms looking to create their own innovative X-teams. It outlines three elements – external activity, extreme execution and fle...

The innovative application of new information technology not only powers significant advances in business practices. Even more important, it can also produce the breakout new prod...

A blueprint for surviving and thriving in an age of change

创新并非仅仅关乎那些伟大的创意。来自欧洲工商管理学院的教授Morten Hansen和访问教授Julian Birkinshaw 认为，一些企业在创新方面的失败，主要在于没有认识到创新的过程是一条环环相扣的链...

Through innovations in the areas of labor, purchasing, technology, engineering processes, and M&A, China International Marine Containers has bested foreign competitors to become t...

The region has not been known for its innovation. Some leading innovators are changing that image, by focusing on 4Cs - culture, capabilities, customers, and connections.

The use of external sources for help with innovation is becoming more and more prevalent. Rather than take a transactional approach, your company is better off developing a sourci...

Many organizations are beginning to realize that what got them to where they are today might not get them through the next few years. An all-the-time, everywhere capability like r...

Successful organizational change is a process of ongoing adjustment at all levels of the organization. And it requires leaders whose primary role is to establish context, provide ...

Giving customers what they want is a traditional principle of business success. But if you desire explosive sales growth, take the innovation route: Give customers what they need ...