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Stop the Innovation Wars
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisArticle HBS-R1007F-ESpecial teams dedicated to innovation initiatives inevitably run into conflict with the rest of the organization. The people responsible for ongoing operations view the innovators as undisciplined upstarts. The innovators dismiss the operations people as bureaucratic dinosaurs. It's natural to separate the two warring groups. But it's also dead wrong, say Tuck Business School's Govindarajan and Trimble. Nearly all innovation initiatives build on ...Starting at €8.20
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The Xiangyang Market - Teaching Note
Li, WeiTeaching Note DARDEN-BP-0487TN-ECorporate GovernanceTeaching note for product BP-0487Starting at €0.00
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Changing the Management Model: Fostering Reverse Innovation Through Local Growth Teams
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-9194BC-EChapter 4 of "Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere" shows you how to pursue specific projects in order to capitalize on the global shift of innovation to the developing world and take advantage of the opportunities those innovations represent in the developed world. This chapter also explains the importance of "local growth teams" that can leverage global resources to create clean-slate innovations in emerging markets. The cha...Starting at €8.20
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Changing the Mind-Set: Organizing Your Business for Innovation in Emerging Markets
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-9193BC-EChapter 3 of "Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere" shows leaders how to reshape their global organizations to capitalize on the shift of innovation to the developing world. This chapter explains how to move the right people, resources, and power to those locations where growth is happening, as well as how to transition the organizational culture from "exporting to emerging markets" to "innovating for emerging markets." *About...Starting at €8.20
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Divide the Labor: Forming a Successful Innovation Partnership Based on Effective Cross-Functional Relationships
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-7054BC-EJust as there is a wide variety of innovation initiatives in organizations, there is a wide variety of teams that push them forward. But all these teams have something in common: They are internal partnerships. The two entities of the partnership are the Performance Engine (the organization's ongoing operations) and a Dedicated Team. The Dedicated Team consists of people who will work on the innovation initiative full time. The subset of Performa...Starting at €8.20
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The Financial Regulatory Environment
Li, Wei; Green, RickTechnical Note DARDEN-GEM-0103-EEconomicsThe financial regulatory environment in the United States covers the insurance, banking, and securities industries. This note summarizes the regulation of all three as of July 31, 2010. This compact technical note is intended to provide students with a summary of U.S. financial regulatory history. It traces regulatory agencies and the most relevant congressional acts from 1863 to 2010. Its original intent was to be used as background for the "The...Starting at €8.20
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EMC Corporation, Planting Seeds: Preparing Your Company for Successful Innovation in Emerging Markets
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-9201BC-EChapter 7 of "Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere" introduces the first steps of organizational change necessary in order to capitalize on the shift of innovation to emerging markets. The chapter discusses the three steps behind the emerging-market innovation successes of EMC, a leading vendor of data-storage hardware, software, and services. *About the book:* A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Amazon, and Barn...Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart China: Tian Tian Pingjia
Weiss, Elliott N.; Simko, Paul J.; Modica, Marc W.; Li, Wei; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OM-1472-EService and Operations ManagementHaving taken stock of where the division was, Scott Price, Wal-Mart China's interim CEO, wanted to lay the groundwork to be able to hand over the reins to the new CEO with an idea of where it was headed. At the end of his assignment, Price would like to leave a report with recommendations that would help position the next leader to be even more successful. What did day-to-day operations look like in 2012? Was there urgency anywhere along the line...Starting at €8.20
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Making Innovation Happen: The Importance of a Custom Organizational Model and a Dedicated Project Plan
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-7053BC-EMost well-managed companies are adept at two basic models for innovation execution: 1) The innovation = ideas + motivation formula, which can generate thousands of small initiatives but cannot support major projects, and 2) The innovation = ideas + process formula, which can efficiently crank out innovation after innovation, as long as each one is a repeat of a prior effort. In this chapter, the authors introduce the thesis of their book, which i...Starting at €8.20
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Formalize the Experiment: How a Disciplined Learning Process Optimizes the Success of an Innovation Initiative
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-7057BC-EInnovation initiatives require a far different approach from that of ongoing operations. Unfortunately, most companies-and their leaders-don't draw enough of a distinction between the two. In managing ongoing operations, leaders strive for performance discipline. For innovation initiatives, however, they ought to strive for disciplined experimentation. Indeed, all innovation initiatives, regardless of size, duration, or purpose, are, in essence, ...Starting at €8.20