- Innovation is key
Businesses that invest in innovation during the economic recession are most likely to emerge from the downturn the strongest, according to Kenneth Kahn, Ph.D., professor of marketing and director of the da Vinci Center for Innovation in Product Design and Development at VCU.
Read more and watch a video
VCU OnTopic >
-
- Highlights
-
- VCU da Vinci Center Project Showed “Greatest Potential for Patient Benefit”
- The Virginia Commonwealth University da Vinci Center’s prototype of a $500 operating table for developing countries stood out in a recent competition in Boston, winning a top honor among 60 entrants that included participants from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
-
- VCU Study Identifies Causes of Executive Turnover after M&As
- Pre-merger performance and the nature of merger negotiations are among the key indicators of long-term leadership instability in target companies following mergers and acquisitions, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University study in the Journal of Business Strategy.
-
- NY Times: Design Is the Key to Detroit’s Future, Study Says
November 9, 2009, 3:08 pm - By Phil Patton
The New York Times automobile blog discusses an article written by three economists at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business, in Richmond, Va., and published by the Journal of Business Research, “Non-Price Determinants of Automotive Demand: Restyling Matters Most.” The article argues that Detroit has lost market share because it does not change its cars often enough.