Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

It's an age of unprecedented, staggering technological change. but the emerging markets boom has generally been more about catching up than exploiting cutting-edge technology.). Even beyond the technological challenges, there are lots of other obstacles to change. Or something like that.

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Stephenson Innovation Biotechnology eBook 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

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. Nokia, for example, commanded market shares of 40% in China and 56% in India by 2008. Most technology ventures in China are of the C2C variety, i.e., Copy-To-China.

Globalization 13

Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2011

And biotechnology and medical devices are among the leading areas for venture capital funding. There are examples of good care, visible like oases in the desert. Coordinating health care information technology requires government action, which was a decade slow in coming. Look deeper and the situation becomes even more puzzling.

Health Care 14

Health Care Biotechnology Mayo Pharmaceuticals 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The emergence of big data, as well as advancements in data science approaches and technology, is providing pharmaceutical companies with an opportunity to gain novel insights that can enhance and accelerate drug development. Insight Center. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The reason for the interest in in part because the industry has suffered from poor returns on investment over the last decade; indeed, some sectors, including biotechnology, report negative aggregate returns. China and India, in particular, offer attractive liquidity and investment opportunities VCs haven't seen for a while.

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Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology IPO 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2018

’s “once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by competitors throughout the world.” A notable example of how this works can be found in eastern South Dakota, where the Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI) has partnered with dozens of area businesses.

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Education Company Biotechnology Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

Start-up companies tend to cluster in industries favored by venture capitalists (like biotechnology or information technology) or ones where there are relatively low barriers to entry (like restaurants). In 2010, Embrace entered into a partnership with General Electric to help scale the technology around the globe.

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Innovation Venture Capitalist Company Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

Helping customers complete their “journey” An example of a stunningly successful merger was Procter & Gamble’s 2005 acquisition of Gillette. P&G was able to combine Mach blade technology with its women’s skin care expertise to market women’s shaving products under the Gillette Venus brand.

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Strategy Company Biotechnology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

It’s only recently, though, that advances in information technology have made it possible for predictive tools to access and manipulate big data, and to do so continuously — accelerating the generation of insights, and opening up opportunities to anticipate issues with unprecedented precision. Health Information & technology'

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Paul Kennedy's seminal Rise and Fall of the Great Powers captures the way technological and economic advances have converted into strategic advantage, and how failure to "lock in" that edge accelerates imperial decline. Technik , then, is the technological quotient of civilization. It pledges $1.5 The contrast between the U.N.'s

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

The technology world has some harrowing examples that no innovation-based industry should ever forget. That these were unwise deals may seem obvious today, but the trick is to see that at the time of purchase and not succumb to blind enthusiasm for new waves of technology. If it's the latter, you might want to reconsider.

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Innovation Company Biotechnology CFO 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

In virtually every advanced field, whether it’s information technology, biotechnology, agriculture, or renewable energy, America holds a leading position. Take a look at any significant innovation, such as an iPhone , and you’ll find that most, if not all, of the technology came from some government program.

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Innovation Company Competitive Advantage Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Exciting applications have already been demonstrated across all sectors — from aerospace and medical applications to biotechnology and food production. A good example is the wrench that NASA printed on the International Space Station last year. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Tacit Knowledge Contract Manufacturing Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

You may ask, what are some risky investments that stand a high chance of failure but, if successful, enable larger technological leaps that promise earthshaking impact? Cosmeceuticals , for example, is the new industry emerging from the convergence of the personal care/cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Find Pivots.

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Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Consider the successful examples of New Zealand’s milk industry, Basque Country’s steelmaking, and Chilean copper manufacturing. Intense biotechnology research and development activities at some of the country’s universities (and their research farms) have raised the complexity and level of the industry’s outputs.

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Cooper Long-term Industry Health Care 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

No one can say for sure how to get on a corporate board, but many people point to two routes: the first is to break into the "right" network and the second is to seek a progression of board seats that begins with, for example, a seat on a not-for-profit or community board and eventually results in appointment to a corporate board.

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Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Chirotech specializes in biocatalysis and chemocatalysis, two important subspecialties of biotechnology and chemistry that help develop key biological and chemical intermediates needed for the efficient production of medicines. Do you have examples of companies that are innovating wisely across geographies?

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Mary Shelley told us nothing about the future of biotechnology, but the popularity and plausibility of Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus tells us a lot about 1818’s fears and aspirations for technology and its relation to society. What science fiction has always done brilliantly, though, is predict the present.

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Class Open-book Politics Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

For example, if knowing how to build websites will be important to your new venture, see if your current job will subsidize a class in web design that will also help you in your current job. Perhaps you need to take a class; maybe an internship or apprenticeship is in order. “It should be win-win for your company,” she says. .”

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