Govindarajan

Vijay Govindarajan is author of The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge, just published by Harvard Business Review Press, and "Stop the Innovation Wars," in the current issue of Harvard Business Review.

Why Apple Beats Microsoft At Change Management Vijay Govindarajan 2010

Still, the solutions surge that Cisco is driving out of India seems to challenge the popular idea propounded by Vijay Govindarajan of Tuck School of Business that innovation has to come from outside the performance engine of a company.

Cisco's India Solution 2011

"Apple's success doesn't have to be a mystery to us," says Vijay Govindarajan , a professor of global business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and former chief innovation consultant at General Electric Co.

Allowing Innovation to Bubble Up Rachel Emma Silverman 2011

The key, says Dr. Govindarajan of Dartmouth, is to keep development costs low and test assumptions quickly so that companies can afford to experiment.

Allowing Innovation to Bubble Up Rachel Emma Silverman 2011

Still, the solutions surge that Cisco is driving out of India seems to challenge the popular idea propounded by Vijay Govindarajan of Tuck School of Business that innovation has to come from outside the performance engine of a company.

Cisco's India Solution 2011

"Historically, American companies innovated in the U.S. and took those products abroad," says Govindarajan, who coauthored a Harvard Business Review article on the idea with Dartmouth colleague Chris Trimble and GE chairman Jeff Immelt in October.

Cheap, Cheap, Cheap 2010

To kill time, Govindarajan casually asked him, "So what keeps you busy?"

Inclusive Visionary 2010

Once Prahalad finished telling Govindarajan about all the books and case studies he was working on and also the half-time job he was doing, the latter was a bundle of nerves -- unsure if ordinary students like him were good enough for Harvard.

Inclusive Visionary 2010

"They didn't need local talent," says Govindarajan.

Executives Wanted 2010

Govindarajan, who's writing a book on the concept, sees many new examples of the strategy, including a $43 water purifier and a $70 portable refrigerator.

Cheap, Cheap, Cheap 2010