Daveyoutlines core strategies of companies that innovate successfully and offers hisperspective on balancing innovation with other corporate imperatives.
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.
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.
Amazon, Walmart and eBay held onto their coveted spots compared to a year ago, while a few new companies debuted and others returned based on a survey that polled more than 8,000 shoppers.
Only 37 percent of manufacturing business leaders plan to increase hiring in next six months. More than three-quarters don't think the recession will end until 2011 at earliest. Click here to read more about U.S. business leaders' perceptions on the recovery.
