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The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge.

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Business organizations are not built for innovation; they are built for efficiency.&# – Vijay Govindarajan In The Other Side of Innovation the authors demonstrate their absolute knowledge of an area that many organizations need more of, innovation! There is just one little problem. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Extreme Negotiations: Putting the Idea into Practice

Harvard Business Review

In our November 2010 issue, Jeff Weiss and Jonathan Hughes, along with Major Aram Donigian, authored an article called " Extreme Negotiations." The authors used examples from military negotiations in Iraq and Afghanistan to illustrate how these strategies work. Readers were struck by these stories and wanted to see business examples as well.

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31 Innovation Questions (and Answers) To Kick Off the New Year

Harvard Business Review

Consider it a summary of what's on my mind as 2010 comes to a close. Academics like Clayton Christensen and Vijay Govindarajan, leading-edge innovative companies like Procter & Gamble and Cisco Systems, and thoughtful writers like Michael Mauboussin and Bill James. How do you define innovation? Something different that has impact.

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Whatever Happened to the $300 House?

Harvard Business Review

The idea to design and build a $300 house first appeared here on the HBR site in August 2010, in a post by me (Vijay Govindarajan) and Christian Sarkar, and then again as one of several ideas in the HBR Agenda 2011. The resulting reports and designs were impressive but the work was just beginning.

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The Middle East Could Be a Cradle of Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Long before the Arab uprising in 2010 — and uninhibited by uncertainty and instability today — Middle East entrepreneurs have used innovation to overcome challenges and to find new opportunities for growth. It's a seamless process. and China and eventually the Middle East.