Reverse Innovation is an important book.
– Indra K. Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
Lessons I learned 15 years ago in his class I still carry today. He is a truly gifted teacher.
– Anil Chitkara, T '94
VG shows how to turn breakthrough ideas into breakthrough growth.
– John Menzer, President and CEO, Wal-Mart International
Vijay (Vee-jay) Govindarajan (go-vin-da-RAH-jin), known as VG, is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at the Tuck School at Dartmouth. VG is an expert on strategy and innovation. He was the first Professor in Residence and Chief Innovation Consultant at General Electric. In the latest global ranking of management thinkers, Govindarajan came in third place, ahead of Jim Collins and Michael Porter. He is the author of New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best Seller, Reverse Innovation
On March 12, my co-author Chris Trimble and I are publishing a very different kind of book. It is a parable about innovation called How Stella Saved the Farm. I invite you to learn more about how this small book can have a big impact on your organization.
VG -- as he's known throughout the business world -- worked with GE's CEO Jeff Immelt to write "How GE is Disrupting Itself," a Harvard Business Review article that introduced the concept of reverse innovation -- any innovation that is adopted first in the developing world. Harvard Business Review has rated reverse innovation as one of the 10 big ideas of the decade.
Harvard Business Review, in the November 2012 issue, has identified Great Moments in Management in the Last Century. The list starts with Frederick Taylor's Scientific Management in 1911 and ends with Reverse Innovation in 2009.
Reached #1 on Wall Street Journal Business Best Seller
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Reached #1 on Barnes & Noble among all books
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Reached #7 on Amazon among all books
Reached #1 on the Business Best Seller in China
Reached #1 on the Business Best Seller in India
VG has been ranked #3 among great management thought leaders around the world and has also received the 2011 Breakthrough Idea Award for the $300 House Initiative.
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VG has been named one of the world’s most important and influential business thinkers of 2009.
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Despite the recession, companies must do more than just play defense.
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