Managing and organizing innovation in the emerging new knowledge economy

In the global knowledge economy of today, academic and business RD especially those individuals who are “high achievers”. This study focused on 32 top managers in leading hi-tech, knowledge-based organisations in Bangalore, drawn both from corporate as well as academic world. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the CEO's and Directors of these “knowledge citadels” look at productivity and innovation, in the years and decades to follow. Overall this paper presents the major findings of this survey study, concentrating on managerial implications at both the management level, as well as the organising level.