The Eight Core Principles of Strategic Innovation

Most successful companies start off with a bang — an exciting breakthrough innovation. As time passes, their focus shifts to maintaining and improving existing business lines. To prevent their decline in today’s economy, mature companies need to build a permanent capability for strategic innovation. Research on mature companies that have maintained a flow of innovation has uncovered what that capability consists of and how to build it.

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MIT Sloan Management Review
Published
2026-03-03
DOI
https://doi.org/10.63383/smfx7330
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Business Strategies and Innovation
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The Eight Core Principles of Strategic Innovation

Gina Colarelli O’Connor, Christopher Meyer
MIT Sloan Management Review
Business Strategies and Innovation
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The Eight Core Principles of Strategic Innovation

Gina Colarelli O’Connor, Christopher Meyer
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Abstract

Most successful companies start off with a bang — an exciting breakthrough innovation. As time passes, their focus shifts to maintaining and improving existing business lines. To prevent their decline in today’s economy, mature companies need to build a permanent capability for strategic innovation. Research on mature companies that have maintained a flow of innovation has uncovered what that capability consists of and how to build it.

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Business Strategies and Innovation
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