Special Report

Innovation and Engineering in America

• Pay as You Go with Smartphones

  Why the smart money’s on smartphones as the way to pay for everything you buy

• Slide Show: Smartphones Get Smarter About Payments

  State and local governments are joining Internet, credit card, and wireless companies to let consumers pay for everything from groceries to bus fare with mobile phones

• The Key to Success? Your Corporate Mission

  Great new products often fail because they're launched by the wrong company. Case in point: the Chevy Volt

• Slimming Down for Future Growth

  How "strategic pruning" frees up company resources for long-term innovation

• What Chicago Knows about Innovation

  The director of the 10-year-old Chicago Innovation Awards shares key steps other cities can take to fuel economic growth

• Video: Innovators: PopCap's Hit Machine

  The maker of casual games is the only company to have five games on Apple's list of the top paid apps—all at the same time

• Less Government, More Web Services

  The Obama Administration has used the Internet effectively to streamline government and communicate with citizens, but much more must be done