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In the April 12, 2007 edition of Expansion Management article, 2007 KNOWLEDGE WORKER QUOTIENT: The Top Metros in the Knowledge Economy, Rita McGrath is quoted...
"R&D spending by universities has been associated with important multiplier effects," says Rita Gunther McGrath, a professor at the Columbia University Business School and co-author of The Entrepreneurial Mindset (2000, Harvard Business School Press) and MarketBusters: 40 Strategic Moves that Drive Exceptional Business Growth. "Big-spending schools can attract top professors and grants, which in turn attracts top graduate students. These produce better qualified R&D students and indeed, teams of people, some of whom start businesses or share their knowledge and insight with business owners in the area."

"While the elite schools do produce benefits, for corporations what is sometimes important is the good solid students who come out of middle tier schools, and even community colleges to staff their ranks," said McGrath. "Diversity and a deep talent pool are good things for growth."

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• Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2007

PT Elex Media Komputindo of Indonesia will publish Market Busters in that country within the next 12 months.

• Posted: Sunday, March 18, 2007

Kellogg's blog Driving Organic Growth related to Yahoo! dated January 8, 2007 cites Entrepreneurial Mindset, co-authored by Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan.

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• Posted: Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Rita McGrath is quoted in a December 4, 2006 Business Week Online article entitled Six Sigma Still Pays Off At Motorola
The company is thriving, with a culture that lets left-brain and right-brain types coexist.

When it comes to the breakthrough product, or the game-changing strategic shift, Six Sigma fans can "have all the wrong reflexes," says Rita Gunther McGrath, a Columbia Business School management professor.

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• Posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Does your company have the strategic backbone to dominate its market? Only companies that strive for "unfair" competitive advantage make it to the top. How to compete in unforgiving markets? Bursting with bold battle strategies and crafty campaigns, this Harvard Business Review OnPoint collection provides your playbook.

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• Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006

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