In May 2009, Rita McGrath spoke at the TechColumbus Innovation Summit. For video of her presentation, click here. To read more about the TechColumbus event, click here.
Archives for May 2009
Rita McGrath Interviewed by Economic Perspectives
On May 11, 2009, Rita McGrath spoke about Discovery Driven Growth in an interview with Economic Perspectives. To listen to the interview, please click here. The link to the audio can be found as you… Read more »
Houston Chronicle quotes Rita McGrath
In a story about how unpretentious “Mattress Mack” opened a little store by the side of the freeway, turned it into booming business, but recently suffered a devastating fire, Rita McGrath was quoted: “Americans love… Read more »
Gems from the Ashes – How to Recover Value from Discontinued Ventures
May 19, 2000A scholarly study conducted over two years by Rita and her co-authors, Thomas Keil and Taina Tukiainen, has just been published in Organization Science.. This is our abstract: Our longitudinal study of the… Read more »
Gems from the Ashes - How to Recover Value from Discontinued Ventures
May 19, 2000A scholarly study conducted over two years by Rita and her co-authors, Thomas Keil and Taina Tukiainen, has just been published in Organization Science.. This is our abstract: Our longitudinal study of the… Read more »
A fast growing tech company from an unlikely place
This week, I gave a keynote speech at the first innovation summit sponsored by TechColumbus, a membership and funding organization for entrepreneurs in the central Ohio area. It was a great event – two keynotes… Read more »
Rita McGrath quoted in New York Times article
In a NYT article, Saving by Sharing a Room, “Rita McGrath, associate professor of management at Columbia University Business School, estimated that companies could save as much as 50 percent of travel costs by asking… Read more »
Academic language…you have to wonder
My colleague, Ian MacMillan, brought to my attention the abstract for a paper on sleep deprivation and team performance which appeared in the most recent edition of one of our academic journals. It reads, as… Read more »
Harvard Business Review Forethought Piece: “How to Get Unstuck”
An article by myself and MacMillan has just appeared in the May Harvard Business Review. It’s called “How to Get Unstuck” and offers some suggestions for organizations facing paralyzing uncertainty. The first 25 readers who… Read more »
Software Tools that Support Discovery Driven Growth
Many of you have inquired about software tools that can support your efforts at thriving under uncertain conditions. MacMillan and I have partnered with Alan Abrahams of Virginia Tech to create and distribute some supporting… Read more »
Article in Sloan Management Review: How to Rethink Your business During Uncertainty
The article is now out in print and posted on the Sloan Management Review web site. You can access an abstract of it there. If you’d like a hard copy reprint, please .(JavaScript must be… Read more »
Article in Sloan Management Review: How to Rethink Your business During Uncertainty
The article is now out in print and posted on the Sloan Management Review web site. You can access an abstract of it there. If you’d like a hard copy reprint, please .(JavaScript must be… Read more »