What to Do Against Disruptive Business Models (When and How to Play Two Games at Once)

Fighting against a disruptive business model by rolling out a second business model is one option for companies to consider. But to make that work, you need to avoid the trap of getting stuck in the middle. Free to subscribers
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By Constantinos C. Markides and Daniel Oyon

Why Too Much Trust Is Death to Innovation

When companies collaborate, low trust is detrimental to innovation. But so is very high trust. The optimal level, yielding maximum impact, lies in between. Free to subscribers
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By Francis Bidault and Alessio Castello

The IT Audit That Boosts Innovation

Innovators tend to think that information technology systems are too orderly and controlling even to cope with the messy process of innovation — much less enable it. But as some leading companies show, smart managers bring the whole IT menu to the challenge. Free to subscribers
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By Steven R. Gordon and Monideepa Tarafdar

The Change Leadership
Sustainability Demands

Sustainability initiatives can’t be driven through an organization the way other changes can. They have three distinct stages, and each requires different organizational capabilities and leadership competencies. Free to subscribers
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By Christoph Lueneburger and Daniel Goleman

How to Save Your Brand In the Face of Crisis

When bad things happen, companies need the right strategy for talking their way out of a mess and avoiding a calamitous pummeling of their corporate image. Choosing the best response can spell the difference between a brand’s survival — even enhancement — and its irreversible tarnishing. Free to subscribers
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By Gita V. Johar, Matthias M. Birk and Sabine A. Einwiller

The Four-Point Supply Chain Checklist: How Sustainability Creates Opportunity

Positioned at the intersection of internal operations, company-wide strategy and external relationships, supply chain managers are in a unique spot not just to consider sustainability initiatives, but to benefit from them. Edgar Blanco of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics says there are four key opportunities. Free to subscribers
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Edgar Blanco, interviewed by Michael S. Hopkins

Is Decision-Based Evidence Making Necessarily Bad?

Many managers think they’ve committed their organizations to evidence-based decision making — but have instead, without realizing it, committed to decision-based evidence making. Is that all bad? What can be done to fix it?

By Peter M. Tingling and Michael J. Brydon

Putting the Science in Management Science

MIT’s Andrew McAfee, author of Enterprise 2.0, on how evolving technology and the data deluge can enable companies not only to be smarter, but to act smarter, too. Part of SMR’s new series on “The New Intelligent Enterprise.” Free to subscribers
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Andrew McAfee, interviewed by Michael S. Hopkins

Best Practices for Industry-University Collaboration

Universities can be major resources in a company’s innovation strategy. But to extract the most business value from research, companies need to follow these seven rules. Free to subscribers
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By Julio A. Pertuzé, Edward S. Calder, Edward M. Greitzer and William A. Lucas

Enhance Assets or Reduce Liabilities?

Most executives naturally gravitate toward one of these two approaches. The challenge is that companies need both. Free to subscribers
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By Larry Stybel and Maryanne Peabody

The Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize

The editors of the MIT Sloan Management Review are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize, awarded to the authors of the most outstanding SMR article on planned change and organizational development published from fall 2008 to summer 2009.

Rethinking Management A new book urges businesspeople to give more thought to management models. Julian Birkinshaw, interviewed by Martha E. Mangelsdorf Free to subscribers
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The Surprising Impact of Fashions in Information Technology Large companies that invest in trendy IT innovations may see their reputations — and CEO compensation — increase the next year. By Ping Wang Free to subscribers
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Where the Money Isn’t In theory, IT innovation is important — except it’s often not a priority in company budgets. By Bob Haas and Christian Hagen Free to subscribers
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On the Rocky Road to Strong Global Culture It’s not easy to build a strong organizational culture worldwide — but “cultural hubs” beyond headquarters can help. By Orly Levy, Sully Taylor and Nakiye A. Boyacigiller Free to subscribers
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