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The State Of University Spinouts In The UK

The Horizons Tracker

University spinouts represent a major source of innovation but a recent report into the sector by the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub and Beauhurst suggests all is not as healthy as it might be. The researchers have tracked over 50,000 high-growth businesses across the UK since 2011, with 1,628 of these identified as spinouts.

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Pfizer’s Straight Talk on Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Pfizer, the multinational pharmaceutical giant, has become increasingly intentional about shaping its culture. You can see evidence of Pfizer’s commitment in Ian Read’s letter to stakeholders the year after he became CEO: In 2011, we thoroughly explored what our culture is and how it needs to evolve. Pfizer people care.

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Why The Best Hospitals Are Managed by Doctors

Harvard Business Review

A study published in 2011 examined CEOs in the top-100 best hospitals in USNWR in three key medical specialties: cancer, digestive disorders, and cardiovascular care. But we would argue that credibility may also be signaled to important external stakeholders — future employees, patients, the pharmaceutical industry, donors, and so on.

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Developing Global Leaders Is America's Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

In 2011, 71% of HBS's new cases were written about foreign companies. French pharmaceutical company Sanofi recently acquired Boston-based Genzyme to tap into America's intellectual capital in biotechnology. America fosters risk-taking and innovation by entrepreneurs who become global leaders.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. All rights reserved.

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How Meditation Benefits CEOs

Harvard Business Review

They want to see how these approaches … are truly beneficial to existing priorities like retention, talent advancement, innovation.” Archana Patchirajan, successful serial entrepreneur and CEO and Founder of Sattva, shared that in her early years as a leader, she wanted things to happen in her way and on her timeline.

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.