Topic: Corning Inc.

Corning's Rings of Defense: A Survival Strategy That Grew Out of the Telecom Crash

When it comes to economic crisis, grizzled veterans like Corning have stared into the abyss before and lived to tell the tale. We look at how several giants are approaching today's meltdown with distinctive strategies for not only surviving but also thriving.READ»

Corning's History

1908 EUGENE SULLIVAN joins Corning and creates an industrial-research lab to drive innovation in glassmaking. At the time, half of Corning’s revenue comes from manufacturing lightbulbs—by hand. 1912 Corning ...READ»

Creative Tension

Corning Inc.'s Sullivan Park research facility is one of the most creative places in the world -- a place where brilliant (and unruly) scientists literally invent the future.READ»

5 Ways Big Business Weathers the Economic Storm

Cisco, Corning, IBM, Intel, and Schwab have weathered worse economic storms. Here are five strategies they're using to come out of this one even stronger.READ»

• Corning's Rings of Defense: A Survival Strategy That Grew Out of the Telecom Crash
• How Big Blue Is Pursuing Its Share of $101 Billion in Tech Stimulus Spending
• Schwab's Pep Talk: Using Community to Reassure Jittery Consumers

A Source of Pride

For the last five years, we have been deeply immersed in research, working to discover the secrets for sustaining growth -- specifically, for building high-growth-potential new businesses while simultaneously sustaining excellence in ...READ»

Lab Results May Vary

Bell Labs has the history, and Google--where engineers devote 20% of their time to personal projects--has the buzz. But other models of corporate innovation are also showing results.READ»

• Mad Scientist

Big Bets, Fast Failures

David Nadler has advised the CEOs of some of the biggest and best-known companies in the world -- a few of which, such as Xerox and Lucent, have experienced high-profile setbacks over the past few years. It goes with the fast-changing leadership territoryREAD»

On the Eve of Destruction?

It is one of the defining strategic questions of the new economy: How do you build a company that excels over the long term, but that is also capable of reacting quickly to massive shifts in technology and markets? A new book offers a carefully argued study of that urgent question.READ»

The World's Most Innovative Companies

We canvassed the experts, analyzed the products, and crunched the numbers. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, here are companies that dazzle with new ideas -- and prove beyond a doubt how business is a force for change. We call them the Fast 50.READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The Faces and Voices of Google
• Slideshow: The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies

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Is This Company Beyond Repair?

Novalux looked like it had it all: killer technology, a top-flight executive team, and plenty of money. But when its red-hot market went ice-cold, the company's bright future looked bleak. So it fixed everything: strategy, technology, operations, leadership. And that still might not be enough.READ»

Desire: Connecting With What Customers Want

There's too much of everything: a head-spinning array of products, an eye-glazing gaggle of ads, a mind-numbing barrage of information. So what are the most desirable ways to reach your customers? Melinda Davis and her Human Desire Project have developed five answers. Marketers with a desire to succeed are paying attention.READ»

Mutual Benefit

Let employees design their own headquarters? Here's how a biotech company nurtures people with imaginative benefits, keeping them happy, loyal -- and productive.READ»

Thought Jockey

Job Title of the FutureREAD»

Museums with a Mission

What's the purpose of a museum? The old answer: to house and to display dead stuff -- the museum as mausoleum. The new answer: according to designer Ralph Appelbaum, to experience life and learning. He creates museums with a mission.READ»

Schwab's Pep Talk: Using Community to Reassure Jittery Consumers

When it comes to economic crisis, grizzled veterans like Charles Schwab have stared into the abyss before and lived to tell the tale. We look at how several giants are approaching today's meltdown with distinctive strategies for not only surviving but also thriving.READ»

How Big Blue Is Pursuing Its Share of $101 Billion in Tech Stimulus Spending

When it comes to economic crisis, grizzled veterans like IBM have stared into the abyss before and lived to tell the tale. We look at how several giants are approaching today's meltdown with distinctive strategies for not only surviving but also thriving.READ»

Closing America's Global Skill Gap: Six Universal Competencies

America has lost its competitive advantage. Our standard of living is jeporadized! How and why did we get to this perilous situation?READ»

Hey, Your CEO Wears Combat Boots!

The Army's school for information warriors is training students from Oracle, IBM, and Kodak for a new era of competition.READ»

Cisco's Web Engine: A Growth Machine

When it comes to economic crisis, grizzled veterans like Cisco have stared into the abyss before and lived to tell the tale. We look at how several giants are approaching today's meltdown with distinctive strategies for not only surviving but also thriving.READ»

Keeping SCORE

Like many retirees, Frank Leibold travels, fishes, and plays golf. But the former executive and business professor also relishes an unusual gig: mentoring more than 800 entrepreneurs. Having coached business leaders in all 50 states in just over six months, his leadership lessons have spread far and wide.READ»

Socially Responsible Investing: why it fails and how to fix it.

Socially Responsible Investing: why it fails and how to fix it. The future of Socially Responsible Investing (that is investments made to serve a social purpose instead of a purely financial one) faces a long difficult ...READ»

Intel's Long-Term Plan: Spend Money to Make Money

When it comes to economic crisis, grizzled veterans like Intel have stared into the abyss before and lived to tell the tale. We look at how several giants are approaching today's meltdown with distinctive strategies for not only surviving but also thriving.READ»

The Wal-Mart You Don't Know

The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?READ»

Agenda Items

Forget Napster and Java. The most revolutionary technologies often attract the fewest headlines.READ»