Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Starting in the 1970s, the country's ability to create low-cost, quality products helped them dominate key industries, such as automobiles, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. 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

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Do you perpetuate these productivity-destroying falsehoods at your company? Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma. What Venture Capital Can Learn from Emerging Markets. by Vijay Govindarajan. The concept of reverse innovation applies in finance, as well. You don't have to sell Apple products.).

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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. They focus on core products. Don’t start price wars.

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Price Airlines Govindarajan Advertising 8

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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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

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. We've gained a new appreciation for a whole new world of innovation for us to explore. Today, Stephanie A. The $300 House could create the same kind of virtuous cycle.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Ziba''s service innovation and retail design work with Umpqua Bank , for example, continues to be relevant and productive years after it was completed, with the bank adding dozens of branches and tens of billions in holdings. Don''t expect that simply hiring a design partner will magically unlock new revenue streams and markets.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Lafley - The former Chairman and CEO of Proctor & Gamble gave a clinic on innovation. I’ve never heard anyone speak so fluently on the topic of innovation. Smart leaders spend more time on creativity than productivity.&# A recognized expert on strategy and innovation he is also the author of seven books.

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