Collaborations between large established companies and small innovative newcomers rarely involve “and they lived happily ever after” scenarios. But the right foundation can greatly increase their chances of success.
Leading innovators succeed where others fail by avoiding common traps—such as vague targets and incremental efforts that don’t scale.
In the shifting strategic landscape, companies can often gain more through cooperation than confrontation.
Truly great brainstorming is rare. Increase your odds with these five hacks from behavioral economics.
Beyond Great
How to build sustainable business advantage in a world where great is no longer good enough.
Over the past decade, BCG has surveyed senior executives around the world to assess the state of innovation. Explore the shifting patterns in BCG’s annual list of companies that executives see as the most innovative.
BCG’s second global benchmarking study finds that the industry has made limited progress in fixing its commercial model. Yet firms that take action are posting strong shareholder returns.
When designed properly, a social business subsidiary benefits not only the community it’s intended to serve but also the parent company.
The US needs to reduce friction in its innovation system in order to accelerate the development of new products and industrial processes—and so boost its competitiveness in manufacturing.
