Big Ideas in Business and Law

by Harry on March 17, 2009

Here are some of the big ideas in business over the past 100 years, according to a short feature in BusinessWeek.  Many were fads, but most — even the early ones — have had staying power:

  • Open Innovation - 2000
  • Reengineering - 19990
  • Outsourcing - 1989
  • Six Sigma - 1987
  • 360-Degree Performance Reviews - 1973
  • Scenario Planning - 1967
  • Lean Manufacturing - 1950’s
  • Skunk Works - 1943
  • Brand Management - 1931
  • Market Segmentation - 1920
  • The Assembly Line - 1910

I haven’t found a comparable list of ideas in Law, but I’m intrigued by a book, The Little Book of Big Ideas: Law by Robert Hockett, forthcoming this spring.

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