Why Haven’t We Applied the Lessons from Lean to Innovation?

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Wright, Randall S.
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Yes, I know. People have been doingLean innovation—increasing efficiencyby capturing customer feedback earlyand often and minimizing waste in theproduct development cycle—for the last10 years.I’m not talking about applying Leanprinciples to innovation. I’m talkingabout how American business leadershad the humility to admit their firmsneeded to learn Lean from Japaneseculture to master globally competitiveoperations, and why they need now tolearn innovation from the culture ofuniversities to master globally compet-itive innovation.
Date issued
2023-04-20
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/164181
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Office of Strategic Alliances and Technology Transfer. Corporate Relations
Journal
Research-Technology Management
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
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Wright, R. S. (2023). Why Haven’t We Applied the Lessons from Lean to Innovation? Research-Technology Management, 66(3), 66–70.
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0895-6308
1930-0166
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