Accelerators can be powerful tools to build and transform businesses in a short period of time, which is why they have spread like wildfire in the corporate world. Designing the Successful Corporate Accelerator gives readers the tools to design, create, and manage successful corporate accelerators that achieve results time and time again. Authors Jules Miller and Jeremy Kagan are seasoned professionals in this space, and combine global market research, interviews with accelerator leaders, and their own experience launching and running accelerators to share what works--and what doesn't. The first half of the book takes a broader look at corporate innovation as a whole and how accelerators fit in, then the second half offers practical advice for how to launch, run, and manage world-class accelerator programs. Perfect for executives, employees, founders, investors, intrapreneurs, and entrepreneurs, Designing the Successful Corporate Accelerator is a practical guidebook for anyone with a passion for corporate innovation and entrepreneurship.

American manufacturing was once the envy of the world. Now many companies are either gone or have become the domestic sales departments of foreign manufacturers. This book does not just restate the same myopic theories and panaceas to which American management has become addicted. It is the inside story of how a respected manufacturing firm was destroyed within a decade by the diligent application of those theories and panaceas. Through this memoir of the ruin of a single firm, the author illustrates the flaws in contemporary American management practices and attitudes that are destroying our nation's manufacturing capability. Prosperity is earned by producing items of real value that people will pay to own. Without real output, a society slides into poverty while shuffling a dwindling store of the wealth created by past generations. The author's analysis and insights are essential to understanding the management philosophy that is jeopardizing America's future.