A new study concludes that corporate innovations built on scientific discoveries create more value but also entail more risk For as long as there have been corporations, there has been a relationship between them and researchers. Indeed, the Dutch East India Company — one of the most important precursors of today’s corporations — hired scientists and maintained a strong knowledge…
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Extensive new research sheds light on how China’s rise has driven innovation and evolution in Europe and the U.S., largely to the benefit of Western firms The rise of China’s manufacturing sector is one of the most remarkable changes in global business this century. In 2020, Chinese exports of trade goods to the United States…
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New analysis of manufacturing interplant rotation programs sheds valuable light on how new work settings increase knowledge transfer and lifelong learning Analysis: One of the most common practices in current organizational management is the temporary assignment of workers from one function to perform a similar role in another part of the company or even at an…
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Any working scientist (and I know quite a few) will tell you that this model of the scientific method bears only a conceptual resemblance to how science plays out in real life. Indeed, François Jacob (who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine with André Lwoff and Jacques Monod) developed a much more accurate representation…
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New research from Stanford looks at the impact changing leaders has in bringing new ideas to market In Brief: New research from a team at Stanford examines the impact that leadership handoffs have on innovation projects. The team concluded that early-stage handoffs are the optimal option. When these are not possible, multiple handoffs of more…
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