Outsourcing Innovation
First came manufacturing. Now companies are farming out R&D to cut costs and get new products to market faster. Are they going too far?
Online Extra: A Matter Of Design Slide Show
Online Extra: Hidden Hands Slide Show
Online Extra: Commentary: Apple's Blueprint for Genius
Handling its own design work is one reason for best-sellers like the iPod and Shuffle. Steve Jobs is the other
Online Extra: "Design Is a Commodity"
Why is Flextronics CEO Michael Marks so convinced his radical vision is true? "All the intellectual property now is going onto silicon"
Online Extra: R&D Jobs: Who Stays, Who Goes?
A recent in-depth outsourcing study of a hypothetical 1,000-person team found only 722 needed to be kept. Others say that's way too many
Online Extra: IDEO's Collaborative Design Process
CEO Tim Brown explains why it's now necessary for consultancies like his to get involved ever-earlier in new-product development
Online Extra: The Empathy Economy
Online Extra: Quanta's Bumpy Road to Innovation
As more companies get into the outsourced design business that CEO Barry Lam pioneered, can it remain a major player?
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