Purpose – This paper aims to ask why executives fail to foster innovation. Design/methodology/approach – Provides a … useful discussion on why executives fail to foster innovation. Findings – Despite innovation becoming a major focus, most … practice companies around who have managed to successfully embed innovation into their business and a study of these has …

threat of low‐cost competition, co‐innovation within an integrated supplier network may be quite helpful. By working to … coordinate the innovation efforts of assemblers and suppliers and also effectively implement relevant aspects of the Toyota …

to increase their spending on R&D and innovation in order to drive growth. However, while most companies accept the need …. Most also need to increase the return on R&D spending and their innovation efforts. One way to achieve this increased … innovation efforts when they first identify, understand and are explicit about exactly what source of value creation their …

compete with more visionary enterprises. Innovation is essential in today's rapidly changing world but it is nevertheless a … difficult concept to define. Many people equate innovation with invention yet it is often more to do with thinking differently … about existing products and services. Another myth about innovation is that it always leads to radical change, while …

Purpose – The paper aims to look at the Brian Mercer Awards for Innovation from the Royal Society. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper investigates the Brian Mercer Awards for Innovation, which are aimed at individuals or groups working in the … general area of the built environment. Findings – The paper finds that the Brian Mercer Awards for Innovation are intended to …

writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Why is innovation like baking a … inevitably disappoint. Having the right organizational culture provides the perfect recipe for successful innovation. Such …

most admired companies in the world and has extensive knowledge on several subjects, which include innovation, engagement …

Purpose – Many believe biomimicry – whereby an innovation to solve human problems is inspired by or comes from … provides useful innovation on recent inventions to solve human problems that have been developed using biomimcry.  …