Bell curve of product life cycle has not prepared firms to forecast free fall of product sales, increasingly common phenomena. Technology forecasting techniques pioneered as military games have come to corporate board room. Managers need tools to learn what a competitor will do, also known as...

We all agree Thomas Edison was a creative person, he invented electricity and a plethora of useful products. What about the persons you deal with in daily activities - are they creative? More important, are you creative? Most people would hedge answers as there is widespread belief creative...

Manufacturing technology has undergone a metamorphism, from Mass Production to Mass Customisation. Indian industry was late in adopting many of these process innovations with the result very little has been contributed to the evolution of management thought in manufacturing from Indian shores....

Countries which innovate and build products lead and rule this global economy. The search for an Indian identity in global market place continues with heightened nationalistic fervor. India missed first industrial revolution, large machines do not represent India. Second wave with public sector...

Industrialization transformed the agrarian landscape of Europe and US into a land of glass amp; steel with bellowing chimneys dotting cities amp; country side. This massive transformation of economy catalyzed drastic, often calamitous, changes in social structure, attitudes and beliefs. Similar...