... and transparent environment. It places new demands on technical leaders in terms of negotiation and planning skills. Originality/value – Managers outside the software industry should note that Agile/Scrum is likely to be increasingly essential to the future of product development and manufacturing...

...Amy Muller; Nate Hutchins Purpose This paper posits that by selectively applying open innovation, companies can enrich their stock of valuable ideas, effectively manage product development and upgrade their emerging businesses without wholesale changes to their innovation initiative...

... skills to managers. These skills of intuition expand the manager's capability to become visionary. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Leadership Product development Planning Futuring Visionary management Management intuition Pattern recognition Scenarios Business history...

.... Liisa Välikangas can be contacted at: liisa.valikangas@aalto.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Innovation Rapid prototypes Product development In order to increase the likelihood of achieving the kind of breakthrough innovation that develops into successful new business...

..., one could argue that, at P&G, the notion gave focus to a massive cultural transformation of “openness” that was as much about changing mindsets about customer value as it was about shifts in the product development and commercialization processes. Here's how then CEO and Chairman A.G Lafley...

... segments, which – although they share much in common – each have particular differences in their set of brand values. Paul Nunes can be contacted at: paul.f.nunes@accenture.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Marketing strategy China Product development Advertising Market...

.... Employees who care about their corporation tell stories that reflect the things they value. So when the Nordstrom salespeople gather to tell heroic stories of exemplary customer service, they are reflecting their strongly held values, the passionate core that makes them who they are. Product...

...” is defined by revenues rather than inputs. Yet if tail‐cutting ignores operational complexity, how can it ever achieve overall complexity reduction? Daniel Mahler can be contacted at: daniel.mahler@atkearney.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Product development Production...

...Andrew Curry; Gill Ringland; Laurie Young Purpose The paper explains how scenarios can be used to create alternative models of markets in way that is useful to marketing managers and the product development team. Design/methodology/approach The paper outlines the how‐to process...

...Mitsuru Kodama Purpose To produce rapid innovation, Japanese companies have learned to manage strategic communities for new product development. These communities require the merging and integration of different technologies and the coordination of relationships among all levels of management...

... be paid, we can escalate that kind of challenge right up through the ranks of the seeker company. S&L: Could the InnoCentive model be used for product development? Innovation Globalization Value chain Patents Outsourcing Customer satisfaction Product development Darren J...

... more voices in the strategic‐planning process. This diversity would greatly reduce the likelihood of strategy perpetuation. Relatively simple initiatives such as intranet‐based strategic forums that are open to the entire organization would assist in this endeavor. Innovation Reward Product...

.... Product development Innovation Customer requirements Competitive advantage Nothing is more fundamental to a company’s well‐being than a meaningfully differentiated product that is valued by a significant set of customers. Product innovation in the service of the customer adds real value...