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Chicago Innovation Awards: A Role Model July 15, 2009

Eight years ago a close colleague and I launched the Chicago Innovation Awards to promote innovation in the Midwest. Since then, I have learned three things from ...

Voices of Innovation 2008 October 20, 2008

In recent years the inherently positive meaning of the word innovation has become increasingly diluted. As executives have bandied the word about to describe ...

The Innovation Backlash February 12, 2007

In one 30-second TV spot, former Ford Motor Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Ford used the word "innovation" almost once every eight seconds. "If you look at the Ford...

Why Outsourcing Innovation Makes Sense July 22, 2009

Earlier this year, BusinessWeek asked readers how they would advise their boss to boost innovation internally. Only 3% of the 614 respondents said they would hire an ...

How to Build a Culture of Innovation August 19, 2009

It's not that there had been no innovation inside Tata Group, the 117-year-old Indian powerhouse responsible for that nation's first steel mill, power plant, and ...

Thriving in the New Innovation Landscape November 28, 2006

Henry Chesbrough has long promoted the idea of "open innovation"—the practice of looking outside internal R&D labs for fresh ideas. In 2003, the executive ...

How to Measure Innovation July 16, 2008

Since the 1970s, Britain's economy has made a dramatic shift from manufacturing to services, ranging from banking and finance to advertising and film production. But ...

Tata Group's Innovation Competition June 17, 2009

What's more innovative: intelligent software designed to automate the buying and selling of telecom minutes; patented technology for unloading soda ash from railroad ...

A BusinessWeek Innovation February 25, 2009

So what do you think? Since 2006, BusinessWeek has published an annual ranking of the 50 most innovative companies on the planet. The winners have been names familiar ...

An Official Measure of Innovation April 20, 2007

How best to measure innovation has bedeviled the business community for years. But with the discipline garnering increased attention—and ...

Economic Recovery Inspires Innovation and Frustration November 16, 2009

While they continue to slog through the longest economic downturn in decades, companies are no longer making cost-cutting their primary focus. Innovation is now front ...

Recession: The Mother of Innovation? July 22, 2009

Necessity may be the mother of invention. But could a recession be the mother of innovation? After all, many of the world's enduring, multibillion-dollar corporations,...

The Greatest Innovations of All Time February 16, 2007

Here's a good game to play with your pals: Ask them to name the most important innovations ever. Depending on the average age of the people with whom you try this ...

Proposed Presidential Innovation November 15, 2007

Where do the leading Presidential candidates stand on the issue of innovation? The creation of new things that have value in the marketplace has always been a major ...

About Material Innovation January 28, 2008

Smart substances, intelligent interfaces, and sensory surfaces are redefining our environments and transforming our way of life. In the regularly updated Material ...