The authors reveal how to execute an innovation initiative. Regardless of the type of initiative, the crux of the challenge is that business organizations are not designed for innovation; they are designed for ongoing operations. And there are deep and fundamental conflicts between the two

"The popular HBR article "How GE is Disrupting Itself" by GE's CEO Jeffrey Immelt, Vijay Govindarajan, and Chris Trimble first coined the term reverse innovation, using it to describe GE's new approach to global strategy. GE, like most multinationals, follows a strategy of developing products at...

Organizations struggle when trying to manage an existing business and a related new strategic experiment simultaneously.The new venture must forget much of what has helped the corporation become successful but must borrow its resources at the same time.Case studies of ten companies conducted by...