Articles

September 4, 2014

For a second rice revolution

4th September 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

Better seeds and cultivation methods can be a game-changer The last few columns on innovation covered diverse aspects and examples of innovation.
August 7, 2014

Innovation across borders

7th August 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

Foreign direct investment can encourage a healthy flow of research & development in either direction Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is vital to world economic growth as well as for India. Hence,
June 12, 2014

The ‘I’ factor in innovation

12th June 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

Who should get the credit for an innovation? Should it be the one who conceptualised it or the one who commercialised it for public use?
May 15, 2014

Time, patience & innovation

15th May 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

The story of shale gas fracking shows how innovations take long to diffuse No matter how much private capital companies suggest that their managements are patient and persistent, it is a reality that their leadership has to consider the bottom line and shareholder value.
April 17, 2014

‘Neat and clean’ innovation

17th April 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

The idea of sanitation has raised many challenges down the years Often managers view innovation through the narrow lens of creativity, product development and technology.
March 20, 2014

Consumer-driven innovation

20th March 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

How consumer problems drive the framing of the innovation question So far five InnoColumns have covered the cultural aspects of innovation, while the next five have touched on creativity and serendipity.
February 20, 2014

The biography of innovation

20th February 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

The impact of an innovation on human lives is more important than the 'first' person who came up with the idea
January 23, 2014

Creativity is not in your genes

23rd January 2014, BUSINESS STANDARD

The idea is to stay open to new ideas and remain permanently curious It is fallacious to think that genes favour only some people to be creative.
December 26, 2013

Preparing for eureka

26th December 2013, BUSINESS STANDARD

Mental preparedness can improve the chances of eureka at will Serendipity and innovation are companions.