In the April 12, 2007 edition of Expansion Management article, 2007 KNOWLEDGE WORKER QUOTIENT: The Top Metros in the Knowledge Economy, Rita McGrath is quoted… “R&D spending by universities has been associated with important multiplier… Read more »
Thought Sparks
Leaner not necessarily better for corporate Headquarters
Quick, do you believe that smaller, leaner corporate headquarters are associated with higher performance? A recent study published in the Strategic Management Journal suggests that such a taken for granted belief may not make sense…. Read more »
Competitive Separation vs. Competitive Advantage
Posted by my colleague, Bob Cooper, for Driving Organic Growth group. In an effort to further the discussion comparing competitive advantage vs. separation, I would like to introduce a very powerful tool developed by McGrath… Read more »
Market Busters being published in Indonesia!
PT Elex Media Komputindo of Indonesia will publish Market Busters in that country within the next 12 months.
Is Web 2.0 a bubble?
I was recently asked to comment on whether Web 2.0 is a ‘bubble’ – here’s what I think. Both web 2.0 and the dot.com surge are/were driven by a common human bias: this is to… Read more »
Swiss Re goes ‘green’
Swiss Reinsurance, one of Rita’s clients, has capitalized on a brilliant play in what we’ve sometimes called new market tectonics. What’s come together is the increasing relevance and urgency around global warming with a market… Read more »
Swiss Re goes ‘green’
Swiss Reinsurance, one of Rita’s clients, has capitalized on a brilliant play in what we’ve sometimes called new market tectonics. What’s come together is the increasing relevance and urgency around global warming with a market… Read more »
Entrepreneurial Japan - that’s news!
In the February, 2007, Harvard Business Review, there is a wonderful short piece on Entrepreneurial Japan. It notes how many trends — the end of guaranteed lifetime employment, changing governance structures, the changing social attitude… Read more »
Entrepreneurial Japan – that’s news!
In the February, 2007, Harvard Business Review, there is a wonderful short piece on Entrepreneurial Japan. It notes how many trends — the end of guaranteed lifetime employment, changing governance structures, the changing social attitude… Read more »
From good ideas to actual businesses
Our colleague, Walter Derzko gives some interesting insights into why good ideas don’t get results – see his blog at – http://smarteconomy.typepad.com/smart_economy/2007/02/why_good_ideas_.html With respect to innovation, one study suggests that you need 3,000 ideas to… Read more »
Creating a more innovative culture
I was recently asked how one creates a more innovative culture within a company, with specific reference to Kodak. The difficulty is that as companies become successful, their performance increases to the extent that they… Read more »
Desperate shortage of the college educated
I heard a fascinating statistic the other day that really should give all of us pause. It seems that 2/3 of all jobs in America require a college education, yet only 1/3 of the potentially… Read more »