New Product Development

Foresight and timing are crucial elements in responding to disruption.

Product features designed to attract new customers differ from features that retain customers.

The information economy is giving way to an economy focused on analytics-based data products.

This year’s winning article is “Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help,” by Fabian J. Sting, Christoph H. Loch, and Dirk Stempfhuber.

High-impact innovations have built-in uncertainty — but careful strategizing can reduce the risk.

Fast, iterative “virtual research centers” are edging out traditional approaches to R&D.

Tech consortia help reduce patent risk, but managers must weigh the pros and cons for innovation.

What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology.

In an on-demand webinar, Wolfgang Gruel and Frank Piller detail new experiments in personal transportation.

Companies that want to draw innovation ideas from social media need customized approaches.

Companies must better gauge whether potential customers will appreciate their innovations.

Companies often don’t focus enough on understanding how customers decide what to purchase.

Social media provides a game-changing opportunity to support innovation and new product development.

Products connected to the Internet of Things are providing unprecedented levels of information.

A successful innovation developed by Cisco’s R&D unit in India offers practical insights.

Operational excellence requires cultivating an expectation for continuous improvement in all employees.

There are positive correlations between improvisation in product development and team performance.

Crowdfunding backers are important for the feedback, ideas, and word of mouth they provide to entrepreneurs.

Project-centered governance may be an efficient way to organize innovation in fields such as biotech.

Smartphone maker Xiaomi cultivates user pride through user-centered and open innovation.