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May 4, 2009 Chief Executive Preparing for the Recovery Before It's Too Late ABSTRACT: When we come out of the recession, the market and competitive landscape will have changed, customers needs will have evolved, and you will need new competencies. Those who are prepared will do well, while others flounder. Will you be ready? SUBJECTS COVERED: Breakthrough strategy, Competitive advantage COMPANIES CITED: IBM, Toyota, Kozmo.com
April 1, 2009 Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal Combating "Technology Commoditization" ABSTRACT: Thanks to today's rapid pace of innovation and new product releases, companies and their managers spend a great deal of time scrambling to address challenges to their intellectual property (IP). Unfortunately, regardless of how hard they work, technology commoditization is a fact of life and inevitably happens to all high-tech products. Instead of fighting these disruptive yet certain forces, companies also have the option to take a more proactive role. In this article, the authors describe how companies can leverage Innovation to combat technology commoditization. SUBJECTS COVERED: Business model Innovation, Breakthrough strategy, Competitive advantage COMPANIES CITED: Apple, HP, Research in Motion, 3M
March 1, 2009 Business Strategy Series Systematically Innovate! What Sounds Like an Oxymoron Is Actually a Recipe for Dependable Results ABSTRACT: There is an ongoing and lengthy debate about whether a mature company can build an innovation capability, or even innovate and re-invent itself in the first place. The authors argue that innovation capability can be built, systematically and systemically, much like organizations have built systemic capability for quality in the past. And that levers can be pulled to organize for and institutionalize innovation - without re-organizing the entire organization. SUBJECTS COVERED: Innovation competency development, Innovation barriers and enablers COMPANIES CITED: Crayola, Whirlpool, Google
February 25, 2009 Top-Consultant.com For Innovation That Works, Dispel Obsolete Assumptions and Ask New Questions ABSTRACT: Attaining innovation that works again and again is possible, but requires dispelling obsolete assumptions. In this article, Pierre Loewe and George Chen explains why you need to rethink the who, what and how of innovation. SUBJECTS COVERED: Business model innovation, Innovation process and tools COMPANIES CITED: Boeing, Cemex
February 23, 2009 CIO Three Reasons Microsoft Will Fail at Retail ABSTRACT: In this interview, Skarzynski highlights three big problems for Microsoft as it dives into the retail waters. SUBJECTS COVERED: Business model innovation, Breakthrough strategy, Competitive advantage COMPANIES CITED: Microsoft, Best Buy, Apple, Wal-Mart, Gateway, Nokia, Sony
February 11, 2009 Chief Executive Six Deadly Orthodoxies of Recessions ABSTRACT: The most common advice given during a recession is to cut costs, retrench, and hunker-down; but Pierre Loewe and David Jones explain why recessions can also represent a great opportunity to get ahead of your competitors. SUBJECTS COVERED: Innovation pipeline, Breakthrough strategy, Competitive advantage, Innovation process COMPANIES CITED: Xerox, FedEx, Microsoft, Apple, Boeing
January 1, 2009 Drug Delivery Technology Open Innovation Closes R&D Gaps ABSTRACT: UTEK's CEO Dr. Clifford M. Gross shares his thoughts on how to drive pharmaceutical innovation and explains how restrategizing R&D can accelerate corporate growth. SUBJECTS COVERED: Innovation process and tools, Product development, product portfolio management COMPANIES CITED: Genentech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Stanford University, Florida State University
December 4, 2008 ManageSmarter Linking New Product Development to Strategy ABSTRACT: Many companies are not satisfied with their new product development process. In this article, Gary Getz and Pedro de Carmo Costa discuss how to fix the broken linkage between the new product pipeline and strategy, as well as take a look at how that linkage can be successfully maintained. SUBJECTS COVERED: Product development, Strategy development process COMPANIES CITED: Apple
December 1, 2008 CEO Refresher (Best of 2008) Innovating Management - Reinvent How You Invent ABSTRACT: In this article, Peter and Amy discusses three key ways successful global competitors have adapted their new product development processes to "disrupt and win". Originally published in January, now a Best of 2008. SUBJECTS COVERED: Business model innovation, Management innovation, Strategy development process, Product development, Product portfolio management COMPANIES CITED: CEMEX, Whirlpool, Google
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