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Big Pharma's Mixed Modes of Growth

Harvard Business Review

They might make a targeted acquisition here or there, form an alliance now and again, or license in some specialized technology, but by and large they made their own drugs, supporting big, fully staffed research labs, which they would then market themselves. Historically, big pharma firms made their own drugs.

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Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green

Harvard Business Review

Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008.". As a result, institutions in the financial services sector risk losing their license to operate — the permission to conduct business granted by customers, partners, and government. Finance Sustainability SASB'

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How Investors React When Companies Announce They’re Moving to a SaaS Business Model

Harvard Business Review

Adobe’s radical transformation from a product-based business model to a service-based one raised eyebrows in the industry, with many software vendors now wondering how radically they should approach the SaaS model. For example, consider Zynga’s decision, announced in 2011, to build its own datacenters.

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The Growing Business of Marijuana

Harvard Business Review

These are the images many outsiders have of the medical marijuana industry. I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. And I still do now. The list goes on.

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What’s Wrong with the FAA’s New Drone Rules

Harvard Business Review

In fact, the FAA had originally promised the rules by 2011, but it proceeded to miss every deadline it set for itself , as well as those established by Congress. In many industries, drones are poised to generate what Paul Nunes and I call Big Bang Disruptions, with the FAA itself estimating $100 billion in new business growth.

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Start-ups: Before You Launch Your Product, Start With a Service

Harvard Business Review

Most industry observers take the position that companies get distracted if they try to bootstrap a product with a service. Omer bootstrapped his company from no revenue or employees to about 45 employees and over $15 million in revenue by the time AgilOne partnered with Sequoia Capital in 2011.

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Possibility Maximizer: SelfGrowth.com

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