Thought I’d pass along some more good BusinessWeek articles.
Surviving The Ills of Design Fever
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/aug2005/id20050812_562191.htm
Top 20 Innovative Companies
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_31/b3945407.htm
How to build Innovative Companies
(nice that while this article does talk about companies hiring more designers, it still seems to focus on how the real trick is to teach executives
how to be more creative and innovative. - Nice to know that the IDSA/BusinessWeek partnership is kinda promoting the field.)
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_31/b3945401.htm
Apple, Microsoft in battle over iPod Patent
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8C12SSG2.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_up&chan=db