Executives view innovation as a key driver of economic growth, job creation and rising quality of life, according to GE's global report on innovation

In a volatile, uncertain, and globally distributed business environment, leadership at the top is a team sport, not a heroic individual effort.  A BCG study has found that adaptive leadership teams navigate this environment… read more »

The $200 billion mobile phone industry has reached a watershed moment. The rise of the smartphone—iPhone, Droid, Galaxy—has pushed some handset makers to find new ways to build sustainable margins.

In this report we offer a starting point for discussion. We present a system of ten sustainability megaforces that will impact each and every business over the next 20 years. We want to build awareness that these forces do not act alone… read more »

The GE Global Innovation Barometer was commissioned by GE and conducted by independent research and consulting firm StrategyOne to identify drivers and deterrents of innovation and to analyze perceptions around innovation opportunities… read more »

Because of the recent recession, interest into the factors that determine sustainable
organisational success has increased. Managers all over the world are trying out various improvement concepts, seeing mixed results. One likely… read more »

Entrepreneurship and innovation are high on the policy agenda. The EU and the OECD have each recently produced major policy oriented studies of these frequently twinned phenomena, and the recent ‘Opportunity for All’ White… read more »

The pace of digitization is picking up rapidly, as consumers, companies, and entire industries become increasingly connected at home, in the office, and on the go. It is already obvious, however, that the speed at which digitization is… read more »

Can consumers move the fashion industry towards more sustainable business models?

A low-cost position wins in nearly every industry. Cost leaders can out-invest rivals in areas such as R&D and marketing while still maintaining attractive margins. They have the resources to capitalize faster and more readily on new… read more »

The fifth annual edition of the State of Green Business report continues efforts to measure the environmental impacts of the emerging green economy. In addition to documenting what progress companies are making -- if any -- in improving… read more »

As the number of companies implementing sustainability and other corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies has grown, an increasingly important question is how embracing these policies affects financial performance. Are environmental… read more »

The sustainable value chain research project is an effort to find out what works in making a value chain (supply chain, distributors, partner organizations, etc.) sustainable. A large number of organizations are looking to make their… read more »

In the mids of an economic downturn, when it is all too easy to fixate on cyclical events, there is a real danger of losing sight of deeper trends.  Short term cyclical thinking risks discounting or even ignoring powerful forces of… read more »

After a global downturn that made executives cautious and conservative, companies are now preparing for a return to growth.

Current economic conditions are fostering investment in technology as emerging markets ramp up their demand for technology to fuel growth, and advanced markets seek new ways to cut costs and drive innovation.

Since the credit crunch and the ensuing “great recession” of 2007–09, companies worldwide have been battling to survive, sustain and grow in what have continued to be highly adverse economic conditions. For many in… read more »

More social information helps the workforce find what it’s looking for.

In the past, the primary intellectual property (IP) challenges in China were piracy and counterfeiting. These remain serious issues. But today, the greater risk is failing to understand and navigate China’s rapidly evolving IP… read more »

In the words of The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. banking and securities industry faces a “grim new reality” characterized by “… slow economic growth that tamps down loan demand, low interest rates that pressure… read more »

Results from the “BSR/GlobeScan State of Sustainable Business Poll 2011,” released at the BSR Conference 2011, show that global businesses remain highly committed to sustainability. For the second straight year, more than… read more »

The global top 50 in terms of total R&D investment includes 15 EU companies, 18 US firms and 13 from Japan. Two pharmaceutical companies occupied the top spots: Roche from Switzerland (€7.2bn) followed by Pfizer from the US… read more »

Over the past decade, business leaders, governments, and leading thinkers around the world have begun to recognize the profound environmental, social, and economic challenges presented by climate change.1 In the context of that evolving… read more »

Year after year, certain companies succeed in producing innovative new products and services, and in so doing generate superior financial results. As our annual Global Innovation 1000 study, now in its seventh year, has consistently… read more »

This paper, the third in a series addressing primary barriers to achieving sustainable market differentiation, tackles one of the most critical phases of innovation management. It examines challenges and solutions to successfully building… read more »

The amount of data in our world has been exploding. Companies capture trillions of bytes of information about their customers, suppliers, and operations, and millions of networked sensors are being embedded in the physical world… read more »

This Perspective provides guidance to CEOs and their management teams about the relevance of digitization in their respective industries, and the factors most likely to accelerate or decelerate the digitization phenomenon. The judgments… read more »

Financial services (FS) firms are in the middle of a challenging period. Real and lasting holistic change is essential—and it can be achieved by following a pathway called “Lean-led business transformation.” This… read more »

Companies are challenged in a number of areas in effective utilization of customer data analytics. However, a few capabilities and best practices stand out among the top-performing companies.

According to the Cisco Visual Index study, video will account for nearly 90 percent of all consumer Internet traffic by 2013, and 60 percent of all online video will be consumer video—up from 32 percent in 2009.  Today,… read more »

The article outlines the strategic framework consisting of a cohesive set of practices that inspire imaginative teams to look beyond the obvious, explore a broad range of possibilities,
identify significant opportunities,… read more »

Focusing on cutting-edge digital marketing tactics and strategies, the report looks at examples of innovation that clearly add value for consumers and help them achieve their goals more effectively. Rather than… read more »

The way we distribute and consume electricity is undergoing a quiet revolution that will lead to lower energy bills, innovation-driven growth and employment, and cleaner electricity production. But while the benefits of greater… read more »

Is rare insight only the domain of the extremely brilliant? Is radical innovation conceived in a single, stunning act of invention and delivered as an entirely new offering? No. Innovation is a process. It is a process that taps into… read more »

The key differentiator in today’s market is customer satisfaction. Those customers who receive the best quality of service, products, pricing and brand experience are most likely to become an organization’s most profitable… read more »

This study provides insight on business intelligence for operational performance that highlight best practices for IT departments, line-of-business (LOB) managers and software vendors. This study analyzes business needs,… read more »

Over the last several years, the performance management marketplace has been growing steadily with mainstream business intelligence vendors having made hay by introducing performance management products that support scorecards,… read more »

Businesses of all sizes are facing escalating challenges. Although these challenges are being compounded by today's increasingly difficult economic environment, they go beyond the problems caused by the financial crisis. They also… read more »

Infrastructure consolidation is a hot topic, clearly on the minds of many IT shops. In today's climate of flat or shrinking IT budgets consolidation offers a means to achieve significant cost savings. But its attractiveness does… read more »

Using novel data on European …rms, this paper examines the effect of business group affliation on innovation. We …find that business groups foster the scale and novelty of corporate innovation. Group affliation is particularly important… read more »

Blending strategy and creative exploration to discover future business opportunities.

This whitepaper serves as a cautionary tale explaining how not to cut IT costs in a downturn.

This whitepaper from Infosys explains different perspectives, models, and techniques around IT optimization.

There has never been a better time to be a CIO. Every product’s information wrapper is growing, social media is transforming marketing and service, the infrastructure of the organization has new cloud-based options, and personal… read more »

The fourth annual edition of our State of Green Business report continues our efforts to measure the environmental impacts of the emerging green economy. We document how well -- or poorly -- companies are improving their performance… read more »

A guide to come up with the “breakthrough idea”.

In this white paper, Business Objects and Accenture explore this next frontier of supply chain intelligence and how organizations can continue to build on existing investments and best practices to deliver the supply chain performance… read more »