In Fortune Small Business magazine this month, the cover story features innovation in small business, and how to achieve it. And for those who think that innovation takes a large R & D budget, there are some eye-opening statistics: • Small business generates 13 times more patents than large business • Those patents are twice as likely to ...

By Melinda Blau and Karen L. Fingerman, W.W. Norton (2009). While this book builds on the established notion of weak ties being valuable information sources, it also offers a handful of insights into how those weak ties work in innovation. It starts with a simple self test: a list of 22 occupations. You check off whether you’re related to ...

Abstract: Global Team Collaboration is an experiential learning course offered at both graduate and undergraduate levels at The Paul Merage School of Business. The brainchild of Merage School Professor Cristina Gibson, an expert in multicultural team collaboration, and Professor Miriam Erez at the Israel Institute of Technology, the course gives ...

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 Lynda Lawrence, students start with the basics: disruptive and incremental innovation, Blue ...

Abstract: The Wall Street Journal recently pronounced Gary Hamel, author of Leading the Revolution and Competing for the Future, the world's most influential business thinker. In this short video, Hamel identifies some of the key drivers that necessitate management innovation. Published: March 2009 Link: HSM

Abstract: Vijay Govindarajan, leading expert on Strategy and Innovation, explains how organizations need to develop their "Organizational DNA." Published: March 2009 Author: Vijay Govindarajan Link: HSM

Abstract: In their "Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News", the Editors of The New York Times invite economists and historians to answer two questions focused on doing business during a recession: What kinds of businesses thrive in recessionary times? How do entrepreneurs get a running start in a recession? Click the ...

 Abstract: General Electric, Nokia and other companies are creating entry-level products for emerging nations and then repackaging them for more affluent countries in a process known as trickle-up innovation. Published: March 9, 2009 Authors: Reena Jana Link: BusinessWeek

 Abstract: In a series of articles BusinessWeek explores innovative and pragmatic ways to maintain customer service in these uncertain times. Published: March 9, 2009 Link: BusinessWeek

 By Andreas Buchholz, Wolfram Wordeman and Ned Wiley; John Wiley & Sons, 2009. While I was playing Candyland with 5-year-old Ashlynn last fall, she drew a bad card that would have sent her back to the beginning of the game. Her reaction? “I know, let’s play the same game, but change the rules.”  Which is exactly the way the authors ...