Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Version: 21.11.2016
Revision date: 5-Jan-2017
Length: 7 pages
Data source: Field research
Abstract
This is part of a case series. Case A describes the challenges a multinational corporation, Cisco Systems Inc., faces in an emerging market in developing new products specific to local needs. Case B describes the journey undertaken by Dr Ishwardutt Parulkar and his team in developing the Advanced Services Router (ASR) 901 - from idea to launch in 2011. The case helps to identify key success factors for new product development through a decentralized R&D model in emerging markets and to recognize the importance of the ecosystem for successful innovation.
Size:
2014 revenue USD48 billion, net income USD7.8 billion, 74,000 employees
Other setting(s):
2011–2014
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Abstract
This is part of a case series. Case A describes the challenges a multinational corporation, Cisco Systems Inc., faces in an emerging market in developing new products specific to local needs. Case B describes the journey undertaken by Dr Ishwardutt Parulkar and his team in developing the Advanced Services Router (ASR) 901 - from idea to launch in 2011. The case helps to identify key success factors for new product development through a decentralized R&D model in emerging markets and to recognize the importance of the ecosystem for successful innovation.
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Size:
2014 revenue USD48 billion, net income USD7.8 billion, 74,000 employees
Other setting(s):
2011–2014