How companies are finding creative ways to come up with new products and services faster and more efficiently—with fewer resources

• Recession: The Mother of Innovation?

  How businesses can turn the troubled economy to their advantage

• Slide Show: The Billionaire's Club

  Take heart. These companies were founded in times of economic uncertainty

• Staples and OXO: Poor Timing or Strategic Boon?

  The recession could challenge Staples' pricey new co-branded products from OXO, but the partnership may also set the retail chain apart

• Video: Staples Reinvents the Stapler

  Office-supply giant Staples recently teamed up with OXO, a producer of goods designed for people of all physical abilities, to remake desk doodads

• Why Outsourcing Innovation Makes Sense

  Companies from Boeing to Sepracor are retaining innovation consultants to get a head start on economic recovery

• How to Cut Out Unnecessary Innovation

  During a recession, companies must prioritize investments on new products and services. Here are a few how-to tips, including what to avoid

• Slide Show: Ten Ways to Survive and Thrive

  Author Scott D. Anthony outlines some tips for executives and entrepreneurs looking to innovate now

• Keeping Employees Creative in a Downturn

  Despite the recession—or because of it—MasterCard, Disney, and others are asking all employees to brainstorm

• Podcast: Design in a Recession

  The co-founder of Smart Design, a New York innovation consultancy, discusses how industrial design was born in the Great Depression—and how it can galvanize economic growth even in very tough times

• Caterpillar Rolls Out Its Hybrid D7E Tractor

  Despite the economic turmoil, Caterpillar introduces a diesel-electric tractor, which it hopes will help drive the company's recovery

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