What companies have been successful in leading innovation?

Vijay Govindarajan (Best Selling Author & Professor, Dartmouth)

Vijay Govindarajan offers Hasbro as an example of a company that has transformed itself through changes in technology and innovation. He explains how the company reinvented itself from a toy and games company to an organization that provides an entertainment experience for all ages.

Vijay Govindarajan
Vijay Govindarajan

Vijay Govindarajan is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author, and is also Coxe Distinguished Professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. The recipient of numerous awards for excellence in research, Govindarajan was inducted into the Academy of Management Journals’ Hall of Fame, and ranked by Management International Review as one of the Top 20 North American Superstars for research in strategy and organization. Vijay works with CEOs and top management teams in Global Fortune 500 firms to discuss, challenge, and escalate their thinking about strategy. He is a regular keynote speaker in CEO Forums and major conferences.

About the Author

Vijay Govindarajan

Vijay Govindarajan

Vijay Govindarajan is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author, and is also Coxe Distinguished Professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. The recipient of numerous awards for excellence in research, Govindarajan was inducted into the Academy of Management Journals’ Hall of Fame, and ranked by Management International Review as one of the Top 20 North American Superstars for research in strategy and organization.

Vijay works with CEOs and top management teams in Global Fortune 500 firms to discuss, challenge, and escalate their thinking about strategy. He is a regular keynote speaker in CEO Forums and major conferences.

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Vaishali Jain

Vaishali Jain

Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.

Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.

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