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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

For funding in education, healthcare, construction, urban development, criminal justice, and the arts, look inside the beltway. Boston , MA Innovative entrepreneurs will find fertile ground for their ideas in Boston. Take advantage of the military spending with a civil construction company.

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IT Organizations Built to Last

Strategy Driven

Innovation begins with management; by fostering a culture that prioritizes innovation, creativity is incentivized among team members. Recent data has shown the top 1,500 companies worldwide increased their R&D by 12 percent in 2011, as they have identified the need to maintain their edge in their respective industries.

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

Nearly every criticism the authors levy in their op-ed is answered in 12 blog posts , a magazine article from January/February 2011, a video interview , and a slideshow that integrated community and commentary, which were published between last October and this May. For us, good business and social innovation are one and the same.

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Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes

Eric Jacobson

Saturday, August 21, 2010 Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes There are lots of lessons tied to those canary yellow squares, called Post-it Notes -- how ideas and innovations can come from anyone on your team at any time. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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The Power of Defining the Problem

Harvard Business Review

Without that rigor, organizations miss opportunities, waste resources, and end up pursuing innovation initiatives that aren't aligned with their strategies. How many times have you seen an innovation program deliver a seemingly breakthrough result only to find that it can't be implemented or it addresses the wrong problem?

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