MIT Sloan Management Review

Management of Technology and Innovation

Which Innovation Efforts Will Pay?

For many companies, developing new products is a hit-or-miss proposition. Some businesses with successful innovation practices are relying on a new analytic tool to ensure that the hits are much more likely.

Finding New Uses For Information

On the Web, innovative data reuse yields opportunities — and legal questions.

Morph the Web To Build Empathy, Trust and Sales

We’ve long been able to personalize what information the Internet tells us — but now comes “Web site morphing,” and an Internet that personalizes how we like to be told. For companies, it means that communicating — and selling — will never be the same.

Decisions 2.0: The Power of Collective Intelligence

Information markets, wikis and other applications that tap into the collective intelligence of groups have recently generated tremendous interest. But what”s the reality behind the hype?

Does Current Copyright Law Hinder Innovation?

In his book Remix, Stanford”s Lawrence Lessig argues for a new approach.

Innovating Our Way to a Meltdown

To understand the financial crisis, view it as a systems accident.

The Prediction Lover’s Handbook

Assessment tools for better-informing decisions have proliferated. Here's an insider's guide to prediction and recommendation techniques and technologies.

The Oh-So-Practical Magic of Open-Source Innovation

A conversation with MySQL chief Marten Mickos about the day-to-day realities of making open source work, the new outcomes of enlightened self-interest, and why there's no risk that you could rip off MySQL no matter how much they let you see.

Collaborating With the Right Partners

R&D alliances with suppliers or universities are more likely to be fruitful.

Why Picasso Outearned van Gogh

Innovators are more likely to achieve commercial success if they have strong networks.

From The Magazine

Fall 2009

Special Report: Sustainability

8 Reasons That Sustainability Will Change Management

Michael S. Hopkins

Transparency, accidental innovation, trust, collaboration — as sustainability affects how the world works, so will it affect how business works in the world.

Intelligence: Management

Debunking Management Myths

Martha E. Mangelsdorf

In this interview, Henry Mintzberg questions some of the conventional wisdom about managerial work.