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Kodak and the Brutal Difficulty of Transformation

Harvard Business Review

2012 has not gotten off to a great start for Eastman Kodak. This is the title of the first day of the 28-day training program in the back of The Little Black Book of Innovation. The easy narrative is that Kodak is a classic case of a company blind to the disruptive changes in its marketplace. Start before you need to.

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Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?

Harvard Business Review

between 2006 and 2012 had at least one immigrant cofounder. — data from the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor showed that the vast majority of the 69 countries surveyed reported higher entrepreneurial activity among immigrants than among natives, especially in growth-oriented ventures. Immigrants represent 27.5%

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business Review

Located in the heart of Colombia’s coffee region, in 2012 Manizales was a good place to grow up and get an education, and an even better place to retire, safe and surrounded by beautiful scenery. 3 – Training stakeholders to support growth. million people) for the opportunity to find good work with good income.

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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick

Harvard Business Review

Their reality was the noise and the myriad annoyances that go with crowds of people jostling to get to trains. Science Hack Day photo by Gretchen Curtis, 2012. Thousands of people rushed through that busy metro station barely noticing what seemed to be yet another poor musician on the platform. Creativity Economy Innovation'

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

The centrepiece of the institute is the Qatar Science & Technology Park, which brings together applied research and technology innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship. Train Workers In STEM Fields , with a number of policy options to improve the number of people studying a science, technology, engineering or maths discipline.