Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

I recently participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Economist Corporate Network in Singapore about innovation in Asia. But what I really wanted to discuss were the three biggest trends I see affecting innovation in the region. Tuck Professor Vijay Govindarajan calls this reverse innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 20, 2020

Pre-covid, innovation folk would talk about the value a “burning platform” plays in driving lasting change, and for many businesses, this has been just such a burning platform. Grocery stores installing shields for checkout staff, for example, or restaurants pivoting to takeout services. Unnecessary hurdles.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2012

We in the West tend to think of innovation as the next, new, shiny, tech, globally-accepted thing. But in emerging growth markets, new access to even existing technologies (e.g., But in emerging growth markets, new access to even existing technologies (e.g., But innovators such as CashU have created safe gateways (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

"Similarly, Japan's automobile industry has been plagued by a series of embarrassing quality problems and recalls, and has lost market share to companies from South Korea and even (gasp!) Looking beyond Japan, iconic six sigma companies in the United States, such as Motorola and GE, have struggled in recent years to be innovation leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

In an age of awards overkill, it is tempting to see the ranking as just another example of hubris in the business world. Think of Charles Darwin, the ultimate disruptive innovator. In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Don’t engage in over-the-top discounting that trains customers, both in B2C and B2B markets, to buy cleverly on price and price alone. The choice of the price position affects the overall business model, the product quality, branding, and how to innovate. Honda once dominated the motorbike market in Vietnam, with a share of 90%.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Editor's note: This post is one in an occasional series on Vijay Govindarajan's and Christian Sarkar's idea to create a scalable housing solution for the world's poor. Today, Seth Godin examines the challenge of marketing to the world's poor. Its success will depend on the ability to create a market for the idea. Triple the U.S.

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