Kodak [http://www.kodak.com/] and Sun Microsystems [http://research.sun.com/] are two inventive companies mentioned in Chapter 13. View the companies' Web sites to find out more about their research and development activities and then answer the following questions:

1. Can you identify any organizational changes that have occurred in these organizations in recent years?
   
   
2. To what extent do these organizations' Web sites present information about organizational innovation?
   
   

Internet Exercise
The decline of Sears is described in the opening incident for Chapter 13. The firm has tried for years to find an approach to halt the drop in revenues. Access the Sears [http://www.sears.com/] Web site, and then answer the following questions:

1. What are some of the changes that have taken place at Sears in the last few years? What forces seem to have been the major reasons for the changes?
   
   
2. What areas of change have been involved (structure and design, technology and operations, people)? Give examples of each.
   
   
3. Do you think that Sears is anticipating and responding to change appropriately? Why or why not?
   
   

Explore Further
Another firm that experienced a drop in sales is information technology firm Hewlett-Packard (HP). In a move similar to the Lands' End acquisition made by Sears, HP merged with PC maker Compaq in 2002. Visit the HP [http://www.hp.com/] Web site and compare HP's results with those obtained by Sears. Have the changes at HP been more effective or less effective than those at Sears? Why do you think this is so?