Case study An analysis of 3M‚ the innovation company Introduction Any review of the literature on new product development and innovation management will uncover numerous references to 3M. The organisation is synonymous with innovation and has been described as ‘a smooth running innovation machine’ (Mitchell‚ 1989). Year after year 3M is celebrated in the Fortune 500 rankings as the ‘most respected company’ and the ‘most innovative company’. Management gurus from Peter Drucker to Tom Peters continually
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Reputation: 1950s Such growth could not be ignored. Now that 3M was publicly traded‚ investment bankers took to recommending it as a buy‚ business magazines sent reporters to write about it‚ and other companies tried to figure out how 3M continued to excel. McKnight’s immediate successor as president‚ Richard Carlton‚ encapsulated the company’s special path to prosperity with the phrase: "we’ll make any damn thing we can make money on." Yet the 3M method involved a great deal more than simply making and
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Pre-reading Reading: “3M Post-It Notes: A Managed or Accidental Innovation?” As you read this case story‚ think about the following two questions: 1. What were the critical factors that enabled 3M Post-it Notes to be successfully commercialized and what can we generalize about managing the innovation process from this case history? 2. What were the critical roles performed by some of the key individuals‚ including Silver‚ Oliveira‚ Nicholson‚ Fry‚ and Ramey? 1 33 3M’s Post-it Notes: A Managed
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3M Optical Systems: Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship Submitted by: GROUP 6 Padilla‚ Rachelle Pangader‚ Abdul Najib P. Penallosa‚ Mary Ann Pizon‚ Rosjeb Ravanera‚ Aaron Sumanpan‚ Hester Lee WRITTEN ANALYSIS OF CASE (BA 115) I. PROBLEM Mr. Andy Wong is in a dilemma on whether he should support an investment request for a third attempt at launching the privacy screen project developed by the struggling Optical Systems Unit. II. POINT OF VIEW Andy Wong III. OBJECTIVES
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CASE #4: 3M Canada: Industrial Business Division PROBLEM RECOGNITION * The target is to increase growth rate from 3-5% to 12-15% in 18 months * OEM market is mature with limited prospects of expansion * Ultimately shifting overall focus from OEM market to MRO market * High unfamiliarity and low exposure to the MRO market * IBD’s share of distributor sales was 2% of distributors’ revenue * Transitioning focus from Special and Niche accounts to Large National accounts
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Making Study Notes Making good notes is an open secret of success of student. Making notes is a part of preparation for exam. Good Notes ensures high grades in exam. Questionnaires filled out by successful students show that 80% students attribute their success to good notes. Making good notes is a skill. How to make good Notes. First let me tell‚ what are the properties of good notes 1. Easily understandable 2. Easily revisable 3. Save time – because you don’t have to read
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| | | CONTENTS Question 2 3 Determine 3M’s core competencies and assess if 3M has a sustainable competitive advantage. Support your claim. Question 3 9 Critically evaluate the success of 3M’s strategies (acquisition included) in 2006‚ from both a strategic and financial perspective. Question 4
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3M Introduction 3M is fundamentally a science-based company. We produce thousands of imaginative products‚ and we’re a leader in scores of markets - from health care and highway safety to office products and abrasives and adhesives. Our success begins with our ability to apply our technologies - often in combination - to an endless array of real-world customer needs. Of course‚ all of this is made possible by the people of 3M and their singular commitment to make life easier and better for people
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programs IBD is in progress to shorten the time to go to market ■ IBD is acquiring product specialization in tapes and adhesives are 50%-60% division turnover and abrasives are 40%-50% ■ Access to experience and knowledge pool of the worldwide organization and profiting from close connection in the marketing strategies of over 50 divisions in 3M ■ Natural fit with the culture of the Special and Niche categories ■ Groomed employees grow and develop to become product experts Weakness ■ IBD had
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