This article briefly describes the last two decades of the Tata group's transformational journey toward business excellence. It provides an overview of the sequence of business excellence, globalization, and innovation initiatives that the Tata group used to transform itself from a $4 billion...

Recent discussions in health reform circles have pinned great hopes on the prospect of innovation as the solution to the high-cost, inadequate-quality U.S. health system. But U.S. health care institutions - insurers, providers, and specialists - have ceded leadership in innovation to Indian...

This article discusses how firms innovate within and across firm boundaries by reconfiguring their resources and business units over time. Focusing on acquisitions and internal development as key aspects of business dynamics, the authors track the evolution of 87 product lines and 88 business...