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Viewpoint: Amy Wilkinson

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Innovation Lessons from the World Series

Innovators will strike out time and again. But baseball—and the World Series—remind us of the value of resilience

 

Featured Blog

A recent survey suggests that successful entrepreneurs can be taught and aren't merely born with a start-up gene, like Harvard dropouts Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. The study makes the case that there is a correlation between taking classes on entrepreneurship and forming a company with original ideas.

Reena Jana, NEXT: Innovation Tools & Trends

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Five Questions for Len Sauers

Len Sauers is VP for Global Sustainability at consumer packaged goods giant, Procter & Gamble. Sauers will answer reader questions on the firm's policies. What would you like to ask him?

Podcast: Innovation of the Week

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Telepresence: An Innovation Hotbed?

Robert C. Hagerty, CEO of Polycom, discusses why he thinks videoconferencing and telepresence (essentially very high-quality videoconferencing) will spark invention and new business partnerships

 

Viewpoint: Vijay Govindarajan

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The Case for 'Reverse Innovation' Now

A sophisticated emerging-market strategy is not optional for companies that want to thrive in the 21st century, Vijay Govindarajan writes

 

Viewpoint: Bill Buxton

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The Mad Dash Toward Touch Technology

True innovators need to know as much about when, why, and how not to use trendy technology as when to use it

 

Product Design

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RIM's Vastly Improved BlackBerry Storm

New touchscreen sensors on the Storm 2 make a huge difference in usability. Still, Apple needn't worry

 

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Top Stories

Facing Disaster, Trustmark Launched a Renaissance

Setting tradition aside, the 95-year-old insurance company looked to Apple and American Girl as a guide to its future

How Covidien Reinvented Itself and Thrived

After the 2002 scandal at former parent Tyco, the health-care unit spun itself off, amped up R&D, and has never looked back

Nintendo's Game Designer Unfazed by Profit Drop

On tour to promote New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Shigeru Miyamoto expresses patience with the recession but wishes rivals would innovate more and copy less

Innovation Index

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S&P/BusinessWeek Global Innovation Index

Track the daily performance of 25 of the world's most innovative public companies. And keep up with BusinessWeek's Innovation Guru

 

IN YOUR FACE: FROM FIREFIGHTER TO ENTREPRENEUR

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Reader Dan Miller Writes:

"The bright line between invention and innovation: collaboration. It takes a team focused on the customer to be a winner."


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Design

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Microsoft Gives MSN an Overdue Face-lift

Heartened by the reception for new search engine Bing, Microsoft has simplified MSN's home page to play up search with the detail of a local paper

 

Brand Equity

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Why Dr Pepper Is in the Pink of Health

Freed from Cadbury in 2008, it has been cutting costs while building up brands and sales

 
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