Govindarajan, Vijay.

10 rules for strategic innovators : from idea to execution / Ten rules for strategic innovators Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, (c)2005. - 1 online resource (xxvii, 224 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Why innovation needs a different kind of execution -- Why organizations, like elephants, never forget -- Case: Corning microarray technologies -- Slaying the elephant -- Why tensions rise when new borrows from established -- Case: New York Times Digital -- Turning tension into a productive force -- Why learning from experience is an unnatural act -- How being bold, competitive, or demanding can inhibit learning -- Case: Hasbro Interactive -- How being reasonable, inspiring, or diligent can block learning just as easily -- Case: Capston-White -- Finding gold with theory-focused planning -- Ten rules for strategic innovators -- Case: Analog Devices.

"In Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators, Govindarajan and Trimble reveal where firms go wrong on their journey from idea to execution - and outline exactly what is takes to build a breakthrough business while sustaining excellence in an existing one."--Jacket.



9781422148082


New business enterprises--Management.
Entrepreneurship.
Creative ability in business.
Strategic planning.
New business enterprises--United States--Case studies.


Electronic Books.

HD62 / .R854 2005