Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

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. In recent years, Indian firms such as Dr Reddy's have also started globalizing their R&D footprint by moving into Western markets. Reliance MediaWorks.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Analogous solutions are extremely beneficial to businesses because they reduce time to market, and they can get stalled projects moving again. But for a long time they weren't easy to find. Since innovative solutions are built upon what people tend to overlook (i.e., There are other possible applications as well.

Software 8

Software Innovation Sharpe Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

You have to experiment to validate the problem, the solution, and the business model to bring it to market. As you are testing, it’s vital to watch out for what we call “innovation theater” — convincing yourself and others that you are on the right track as a justification for decisions made in the past.

Organization 10

Organization Company Venture Capitalist B2B 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Believe it or not, bureaucracy was once a progressive innovation. But agile innovation teams work better than current approaches, and agile principles hold that making immediate progress beats waiting for perfect solutions before starting out. Still, that frustration is a natural part of agile innovation.

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Agility Energy Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

While sports and election stats guru Nate Silver—who decamped from The New York Times to ESPN —observed that quantifying chemistry in more team-oriented sports such as basketball and football matters far more than in more individualized performance sports such as baseball.

Team 8

Team Sports Franchising Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The buds of innovation are fragile, and are easily squashed by critique or a view of the competitive market environment. I support empathy as a process driver not because it’s a silver-bullet for bringing new products and services to market, but because it drives a longer, more sustained improvement in culture.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Reis Definition 8