Innovation Articles

Why Inventing Is Still A One-Person Symphony Why Inventing Is Still A One Man Job by Lynn A. Williams, originally published in September 1961. This piece, a gem from the past, still rings true in our hyper-connected, data-driven present. It challenges the notion that great ideas, the kind that reshape industries, are born from the […]

What to invent… For an invention to make a profit it has to create a business. To make a business you need to be inventing something that is cheaper, better and / or substantially different to competing products.   What should you invent? by Martin Mann First Published March 1961 The formula for profitable inventions […]

By Norman Carlisle (1963)Now inventing is easier than ever… Here’s how new materials, ready-made for the inventor, can start those royalty dollars flowing in.What’s happening to the independent inventor? Is he a dying breed, losing out in the face of competition from team research in the big industrial labs?Not at all. The Patent, Trademark, and […]

Peter Swann, University of Nottingham As the Premiership juggernaut rumbles back to centre stage, bringing with it the usual impassioned debate about footballing philosophies and the respective merits of “parking the bus” and possession, spare a thought for innovation policy. Innovation is often defined as the successful application of new ideas to create wealth. But […]

Originally Published: February 1961 | Updated for Today’s Innovator

by Suriati Zainal Abidin, Sany Sanuri Bin Mokhtar, and Rushami Zien bin Yusoff College of Business  Universiti Utara Malaysia  Sintok, Malaysia This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.  ABSTRACT Innovation process is one of […]

by: Stoyan Tanev, Mette Præst Knudsen, Tanja Bisgaard, and Merethe Stjerne Thomsen “Innovation policy design has to be based on a double principle, namely, the existence of real problems hindering innovativeness of an economy, and the ability of public agents to proactively solve or mitigate them.” – Charles Edquist, Leif Hommen, and Maureen McKelvey Innovation and Employment: […]

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by Max Gunther How to boost your idea generation. Every year companies shell out millions for employees’ suggestions. That’s just one small part of the payoff for getting bright ideas on the job. YOU’RE riding home from work, or cleaning the garage, or shaving. ~ Suddenly it hits you: “Hey! Why don’t I . . […]

Ever had that “aha!” moment? That brilliant flash of inspiration that solves a nagging problem, streamlines a tedious task, or simply makes life a …

by Mohd Faiz HilmiUniversiti Sains, Malaysia ABSTRACTGrassroots innovation is defined as innovative product or process created at the bottom of the pyramid, usually due to necessity, hardship and challenges. This article seek to understand and examine how grass-roots innovation creates productive employment. This article briefly explain the role of Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia, a government agency setup […]

Got an idea that will mean bigger bucks for your company? Drop it in the suggestion box. Here’s how little ideas can pay off big. By E. D. Fales Jr. (Please note this suggestion box article was first published in Dec 1963) IN KENTUCKY the other day a man loaded his family aboard a new […]