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Recent research on new managerial processes, practices and structures that can change the nature of managerial work show that this form of management innovation can be an important source of competitive advantage. Ignacio Vaccaro, Justin Jansen, Frans...
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Business surveys and research have often reported that managers prefer face-to-face communication when negotiating deals and selling products. However, Nune Hovhannisyan and Wolfgang Keller go further in their paper "International Business Travel...
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For any business, delayed exits pose substantial economic problems. Even though many companies tend to hold on to their assets, studies have shown that returns would triple if VCs exited ventures at the right time and shareholder value could increase...
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Abstract: Inventions that aren't commercialized remain inventions, not innovations. Companies such as Apple are organized internally to repeatedly produce innovations in the core business as well as in new businesses. Such companies make sure that...
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Abstract: This article articulates the proposition that innovation is about problem solving, understanding how to ask the right questions, and seeing patterns before facts. All these aspects of innovation help companies develop the right product or service...
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Abstract: This article describes that many high tech products such as fabless chips, LCD for monitors, TVs, handheld devices like mobile phones, power semiconductors for solar panels are no longer produced in United States because the industrial commons...
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Abstract: Many U.S multinational companies have been forced to revise their R&D budgets because of weak sales and the pressure to stay ahead from their global low-cost competitive rivals in Asia and Latin America. The article concludes that some of...
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Abstract: Many of the best practices of the Renaissance have already been largely integrated into today’s R&D practices to stimulate business innovation. Some of the practices adopted from that creative period of Renaissance include - • Promoting...
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Abstract: The three main core functions that are utilized to provide a strong competitive advantage are marketing, R&D, and operations. This article explores the impact of marketing on the performance of an organization relative to R&D and operations...
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Abstract: Early industry entrants are often thought to have the first-mover competitive advantage, whereas others believe there is no competitive advantage. Examples can be given to showcase both sides of the argument, however, Suarez and Lanzolla focus...
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Abstract: In turbulent economic times it is important to take a step back and take a longer-term look at how industries change and the context in which companies conduct business. This article identifies four trajectories of industry change and the two...
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Abstract: Within the business world, there are two different types of markets which can be identified as the blue ocean and red ocean. The red ocean refers to known markets and industries in which companies compete whereas the blue ocean refers to the...
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By: Marty Neumeier: New Riders, 2009. Despite its dreadful title, this little book is a gem. Neumeier explains why everyone should care about design (companies that win design awards have 100-200% higher returns, and must-have products are always because...
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By: Joshua Ramo: Little, Brown, 2009. While it’s not strictly a business book, this is the best book for business that I’ve reviewed this year. It is, in fact, a whole new way of facing the future of any endeavor: Ramo suggests that the only way to deal...
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Abstract: Merage School students are tackling problems with global implications — like poverty, global warming, school failure, childhood obesity and prison overcrowding. In the Topics in Strategic Innovation class taught by Professors Leonard Lane and...
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