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The Mixed Returns From Predictive Analytics

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers assessed a representative sample of manufacturing plants in the United States in 2010 and 2015, with a survey asking them about their use of predictive analytics, their management practices, the use of data in their decision-making, and the general design of their production process. Strong returns.

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Taking a Step Back Doesn’t Always Move You Forward

In the CEO Afterlife

I was surrounded by entrepreneurial thinkers – innovative leaders who refused to take a step back – people who knew where they were going and how to get there. That means nimbleness, laser-like focus, and market specialization. They value innovation and creativity, and are eager to lead strategic change. How to Slay Goliath.

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Why Deep Investment In Automation Results In More Jobs

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, the data shows that a 20% increase in robot use in the sector between 2010 and 2015 corresponded with a 3.2% This is because markets are increasingly structured in a way that sees the lion’s share of the spoils going to a relatively small number of superstar firms that are able to pull away from the pack.

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How the Geography of Startups and Innovation Is Changing

Harvard Business Review

We’re used to thinking of high-tech innovation and startups as generated and clustered predominantly in fertile U.S. The annual number of venture capital deals expanded from 8,500 in 2010 to 14,800 in 2017, for an increase of 73% in just seven years. Jakal Pan/Getty Images. The second factor is economic.

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Stop Saying Big Companies Can’t Innovate

Harvard Business Review

Some business pundits today believe innovation ignites better in startups than in large, established corporations. In fact, a lot of big companies have proven they are better positioned than emergent firms to create and execute innovation, however on-fire a startup may be. Laura Schneider FOR HBR. ” I disagree.

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Procter & Gamble and Innovation in Asia

Harvard Business Review

"Asia Fueling Global Innovation." That was the theme of the 2-hour panel discussion I moderated as part of a full-day ceremony celebrating the groundbreaking of Procter & Gamble's SGD 250m Innovation Centre in Singapore. Historically, 80 percent of its growth comes from innovation. First, the general challenge of growth.

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Finding the Sweet Spot Between Mass Market and Premium

Harvard Business Review

A decade ago, the Mach 3 razor was Gillette’s premium offering for men, until the Fusion line was launched in 2006 at a 40% price increase, followed by the Fusion ProGlide in 2010 and the Fusion Proshield Flexball in 2016—to name a few of the brand’s major releases. Smaller brands have been picking up the slack.