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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

In 2009, the U.S. Another CEO of a fast-growing biotechnology venture, a Chinese-American entrepreneur, added that he wanted his company to be perceived as American rather than as Chinese. Haiyan Wang is the managing partner of the China India Institute. They are the authors of Getting China and India Right (Wiley, 2009).

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Searching for Health Care's Entrepreneurial Spirit

Harvard Business Review

And biotechnology and medical devices are among the leading areas for venture capital funding. The stimulus bill of 2009 allocated $30 billion for health care IT, and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 allowed significant changes in the way Medicare pays for services. Medicare payment policy favors doing more, not doing better.

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Developing Mindful Leaders

Harvard Business Review

That was the question Todd Pierce asked himself in 2006 after years of experimenting with the full menu of trainings, meetings, and competency models in his capacity as CIO of biotechnology giant Genentech. I remember sitting there and saying, 'There's got to be a another way.'".

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What You Might Not Know About the Cuban Economy

Harvard Business Review

After 2009, the Cuban economy really didn’t recover. It could be an ideal location for healthcare organizations, but also for those in applied sciences, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals. And secondly, the business model for Cuban biotechnology has been laughably bad. We know two things about biotech in Cuba.

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Five Power Skills for Discovering Radical Ideas

Harvard Business Review

When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Finding ideas is never the problem — initially. The challenge is finding radical ideas consistently year after year.

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