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To Innovate in a Big Company, Don’t Think “Us Against Them”

Harvard Business Review

Take the case of Janssen, the pharmaceuticals arm of Johnson & Johnson, which created a breakthrough innovative program called Immersion. The idea started with two Janssen employees, Annick Daems and Enrique Esteban, who were spearheading an initiative to increase the company’s diversity of thought and experience.

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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

We recently visited the brand-new R&D lab of Dr Reddy's , one of India's leading pharmaceutical firms. Dr Reddy's plan is to leverage Chirotech's scientific capabilities to optimize drug development processes, thus lowering manufacturing costs and speeding time-to-market. Cambridge, U.K. facility in Cambridge Science Park. and the U.K.

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

Execution Gap Maker #2: Nokia Nokia’s share of the worldwide market for mobile phones continued to slip in 2010. Why was this once-dominant player unable to execute and maintain its market position? The BRIDGE that failed for Gap Makers #2, 3, and 4 : Company-Wide Coordination and Cooperation. What went wrong?