The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Innovation Institute was established in 2005 to conduct research into the Innovation-to-Cash (ITC) process: from invention to realization to commercialization. The Institute works with companies, academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and other partners to generate a better understanding of and new solutions for the most pressing innovation challenges companies face today.
Recent Innovation Institute initiatives include:
- The global innovation survey with Business Week
- The Ben Franklin Forum on Innovation, together with the Wharton School and Knowledge@Wharton
- Numerous reports on innovation
- A large and growing benchmarking database
- Studies on improving ideation, maximizing innovation portfolio value, revamping the innovation process, achieving organizational alignment to support innovation, and the globalization of innovation
If you'd like to learn more about the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Innovation Institute, please contact us.
Featured Publications
The Secret of Innovation by Jim Andrew , Hal Sirkin
Innovation 2007 (BCG Report)
Measuring Innovation 2007 (BCG Report)
Innovating for Cash (R0309E) HBR article by Jim Andrew and Hal Sirkin
Innovation 2005 (BCG Report)
Raising the Return on Innovation (BCG Report)
Making Innovation Pay by Jim Andrew, Hal Sirkin
Innovating for Cash by Jim Andrew, Hal Sirkin
Spurring Innovation Productivity by Jim Andrew, Kermit King
Featured Video
Jim Andrew, Hal Sirkin and several distinguished Wharton professors describe Innovation: (modem) (broadband)
There is a 30 minute DVD containing a video documentary from PBS affiliate WHYY that includes the above video clip along with profiles of 20 top innovating companies. You can receive this DVD by emailing us with your name and address. Mail me the DVD