Manufacturing Industry

The Innovation Economy: Winners reap the rewards of investing in 'Disruptive Technologies.' (IW's Ninth Annual Technology and Innovation Awards).(Brief Article)

Industry Week, December, 2001 by Teresko, John

FOR THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, INDUSTRY WEEK showcases its Technology and Innovation Awards. IW honors the creativity of visionary winners who are seizing opportunities offered by technology with hopes of demonstrating economic leadership. They are the contributors and winners in the wealth creation process that could be called the Innovation Economy.

This year IW honors Technology Leader of the Year Ralph J. Szygenda, group vice president and CIO of General Motors Corp. As GM's first CIO, Szygenda's mission is to use the emerging power of information technology to remake the automaker. His mandate: reinvent product development, manufacturing and marketing--and everything else at the world's largest manufacturing company.

IW also honors five...

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