Strategy

This week, IBM announced plans to acquire Netezza, a leader in data warehouse, analytic and monitoring appliances, for $1.7 billion. Are these companies well matched? And how is the acquisition going to impact the competitive data warehousing landscape? Here, bloggers and industry experts share their thoughts in this big deal.

It was oneof the paint industry's greatest success stories: In 1984, The Glidden Company was the third largest producerin America's paint and coatings industry. And then suddenlyin 1986, the brand literally fell off the map. When AkzoNobel acquired theGlidden brand in 2008, one thing was clear: It had to undergo a holisticre-invention of the Glidden brand and restore it to its former glory.

Dora moves herarms, swings her hair and swivels her body to the beat as she teaches kids thesteps to her signature dance.

A novelapproach to market research called Rapid Innovation Sessions (RIS) allowedKimberly-Clark to quickly create, design and evaluate 67 new product ideas overthe course of just three weeks.

A select group of artisanal growers plant season-appropriategreens and herbs, with select varieties grown in small crops.

More and more companiesare facing talent management challenges. Here are a few tips on how to fill thevoid that baby boomers are leaving in the talent pool.

Throughconsumer insights and open innovation, General Mills grew its internationalWanchai Ferry product line into a leader in the growing frozen meals categoryin the United States.

Daveyoutlines core strategies of companies that innovate successfully and offers hisperspective on balancing innovation with other corporate imperatives.