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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, data reveal that rates of entrepreneurship have been in perpetual decline across the United States between 1978 and 2011. It’s perhaps no surprise, therefore, that data from Rice University shows that market power today is more concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of incumbents than ever before.

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Is Entrepreneurship As Popular As We Think?

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, in the United States, data reveals that entrepreneurship has declined by around half between 1978 and 2011, with this especially pronounced among the share of young firms, as employment at young firms fell from nearly half of the workforce in the 1980s to just 39% by 2006. in 1985 to just 5.3% A decline in disruption. Hype run wild.

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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

As multinational corporations pursue opportunities in emerging markets, they're bound to stumble if they overlook the developed economies, and vice versa. Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies.

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What Zipcar Can Teach the S&P 500

Harvard Business Review

The company came from nowhere into a rental car business dominated by giants such as Hertz and Avis, creating a new market of by-the-hour rentals. They want data, even though data on non-existent markets is inherently fictional. Start-ups create new markets, or they struggle for oxygen.

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In India, Distribution is God

Harvard Business Review

During a recent analysts call, Apple's Tim Cook cited India's multi-layered distribution as the main reason for his company's small share of the market. For example, new TV channels have to depend on tens of thousands of small cable operators, who have set up networks in residential areas. Even in the U.S.,

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Why Estonia Is Letting Entrepreneurs Become “E-Residents”

Harvard Business Review

in 2011 to 2.9% For a new digital technology to deliver a disruptive innovation, a new technology must leverage two things: A new route to market. ” Anyone in the world who wants to operate out of Estonia can become a “resident” of the country — without living there. One example comes from Estonia.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

In fact, in 2011 BMW had also founded a corporate venture capital (CVC) unit, called BMW iVentures, but it exclusively invested in service startups. Third, corporate VCs and accelerators are costly and complex to operate, turning them into a slow and expensive innovation tool. Top startups already have market leading solutions.