Shrinking markets, unrelenting competition and swiftly evolving technologies challenge the vitality of every business enterprise, large or small. As a consequence, the need for innovation that can drive a firm's growth has never been more pressing. Firms that have exhausted various growth strategies — mergers and acquisitions, process re-engineering, cost-cutting initiatives — recognize that continued success, or perhaps even survival, depends on generating new value from within. The Batten Institute's Innovation and Organic Growth Initiative is intended to illuminate how innovation can be the engine for sustained, internally generated business growth.

Current Topics

Events:
The Catalyst: Becoming an Extraordinary Growth Leader
(Executive Education course)

Related Links:
The Catalyst: How You Can Become an Extraordinary Growth Leader

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Key Contributors

Faculty Leaders

Jeanne Liedtka  
Professor of Business Administration

Contributors

Sean Carr
Director of Intellectual Capital
Batten Institute
Growth Leaders Project

Raul Chao  
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Organizing for Innovation

Ed Hess  
Professor of Business Administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence
Private Company Growth

Ingmar Leliveld  
Customer Co-Creation

Luann Lynch
Organic Growth Disclosures

Elizabeth O'Halloran
Managing Director
Batten Institute
Growth Leaders

Bob Rosen 
Growth Leaders

Paul Simko
Organic Growth Disclosures

Rob Wiltbank 
Growth Leaders

Raj Venkatesan
Customer Co-Creation