The Fall 2011 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review delves into innovation, including the intriguing role of individual innovators.

Consumers generate massive amounts of product innovation — which has significant implications for new product development.

Lessons for managers who are listening to social media.

To decide whether to pursue a global strategy, you need to examine industry dynamics.

According to von Hippel, users are often the first source of new products.

Without successful implementation, the benefits of open innovation strategies will not materialize.

Even good ideas can fail if the pilot lacks credibility, replicability and feasibility.

It takes a special breed of project manager to execute business analytics projects.

Managers must figure out when it’s best to pursue strategies of position, leverage or opportunity.

The key to open innovation? Ensuring outside ideas reach the people best equipped to exploit them.

Companies experienced in analytics use are increasingly gaining competitive advantage.

A look at key leadership decisions made during the 2010 mine cave-in crisis.