In this special report on innovation in India’s Business Today magazine, Nikhil Prasad Ojha, Parijat Ghosh, Sachin Khandelwal, and Harsh Kapoor from Monitor describe key principles of innovation used by successful companies, from mobile phone provider Safaricom in Kenya, to Mexican cement company Cemex, to GE’s green energy products, to create new ways of doing business. “As markets mature and become more competitive, innovation has become an imperative for firms to survive and win,” the authors write.
Roger Martin, the author of Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL, discussed his ideas for changing executive compensation, financial services regulation, and tax policies to rebuild an economy that generates prosperity and growth. The interview with Monitor’s Steven Goldbach is part of Monitor’s “Insights from the Field” series of discussions with leaders sharing their perspectives on important issues.
Fundamental changes in the health care system are transforming how key stakeholders value, obtain, and process information. While biopharmaceutical companies are experimenting with different solutions, they are not going far enough and fast enough to address new realities. In this article, part of the Monitor Perspectives white paper series, Jeff Wordham and Sheryl L. Jacobson outline how companies can succeed by fundamentally rethinking their approaches to customers, offering and channels.