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Global R&D, innovation and knowledge management in the multinational enterprise
Topic 1: Global research, development and innovation.
Topic 2: Knowledge management and learning.
Applied Research Technologies: Case Study Analysis
1. As Peter Vyas, how would you handle the expenditure request for the re-launch of the mini water oxidation system?
2. As Cynthia Jackson, would you approve the expenditure request if Vyas sends it up to you?
3. How effective has Vyas been as a front-line manager at ART? How effective has Jackson been as an ART division vice president?
4. How well has Vyas managed the global challenges this project involved?
5. How has ART been able to foster innovation and an entrepreneurial environment in the context of a large corporate entity?
McKinsey & Co. Case Study Analysis
1. How was this obscure little firm of "accounting and engineering advisors" able to grow into the world's most prestigious consulting firm fifty years later? What was the unique source of competitive advantage developed by James O. McKinsey and later Marvin Bower?
2. How effective was Ron Daniel in leading McKinsey to respond to challenges identified in the Commission on Firm Aims and Goals? What contribution did Fred Gluck make to the required changes?
3. Judging by the evidence in the three mini-cases of front-line activities in the mid-1990s, how effective has the firm been in its two-decade long change process?
4. What is your evaluation of Rajat Gupta's "four-pronged" approach to knowledge development and application within McKinsey? As a senior partner, what specific advice would you give him?