Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Increasing creativity and innovation is not only on the priority list for start-ups; it’s also a strategic goal for CEOs of small, medium, and large-sized companies. Despite this growing obsession, however, big companies are still not very good at it. Many companies, including Google, follow similar models today.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Entrepreneur Constraint 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

The bar was set high: The district would need to create jobs, engage the surrounding community, inspire connection between the existing neighborhood and the broader city, preserve historical identity, and incubate entrepreneurship — all while making economic sense as a development.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Jugaad is an antidote to the complexity of India: a country of mind-blogging diversity; pervasive scarcity of all kinds; and exploding interconnectivity (India is adding 10 million cellphone subscribers every month). Jugaad innovators innovate cheaper: Jugaad innovators are very frugal. educated Harish Hande.

Innovation 18

Innovation Incubator Banking Hypercompetition 18

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2015

Liberty Media, Malone’s holding company, owns a portion of the stock in each business. If he thinks one of Liberty’s companies has a rich valuation, he can sell more stock to outside investors at a high price. Conversely, if Malone thinks that the market has undervalued one of the companies, Liberty can buy back its shares.

Examples 8

Examples Incubator Restructuring Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

To solve a set of similar problems, our company launched such a collaboration environment, called Socially, in 2010. The first set of prizes were iPods, and over the last 18 months we have been rewarding players with exclusive meetings with company executives and public recognition as thought leaders.

Globalization 9

Globalization Incubator Incentives Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Recognizing that the company's command-and-control culture wouldn't work in the 21st century, he defined leadership as leading by values and created a unique collaborative organizational structure. Whereas Gerstner famously declared "the last thing IBM needs is a vision," Palmisano had a clear vision for the company.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Commercial microfinance organizations are perhaps the best-known hybrid organizations, but social entrepreneurs now use hybrid models to address a diverse set of social issues that includes hunger, healthcare, economic development, environment, education, housing, culture, law, and politics.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Microfinance Market Segmentation Incubator 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Similarly, about one-fourth of all technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. Successful companies such as Starbucks (inspired by coffeehouses in Italy) and the German online retailer Zalando (inspired by Zappos) exemplify the potential of this strategy. In the U.S., Immigrants represent 27.5%

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2016

In December 2013 he was an up-and-coming young San Francisco entrepreneur and CEO of an incubator, when he posted an offhand comment on Facebook about homelessness in his city. It’s a mindset that very few big companies and individuals have, but need. Greg Gopman has had an interesting two and a half years. Partner with others.

Organization 8

Organization Incubator Reputation Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

We just spent the last few weeks criss-crossing India to discover how private sector companies are striving to support India's quest for "inclusive growth.". Indian companies have traditionally contributed to inclusive growth primarily through philanthropic activities or CSR (corporate social responsibility) projects.

Business Model 15

Business Model Bottom-up Entrepreneur Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Ellen Kullman (DuPont), Maria das Graças Silva Foster (Petrobras), and Chua Sock Koong (Singapore Telecommunications) lead three of the most powerful companies in the world. For many women in the developing world, a better approach may be to gain employment in existing companies.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

British law created the Community Interest Company in 2005, and a number of U.S. states have passed new corporate forms legislation in recent years, including Low Profit Limited Liability Companies, Benefit Corporations, and Flexible Purpose Corporations. Federal lawmakers in the U.S. are also considering enabling legislation.

CEO 11

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Social entrepreneurs can serve as the "R&D function" for learning how to serve underdeveloped markets, according to Jim Koch, director of the Global Social Benefit Incubator at Santa Clara University , which has supported more than 160 social enterprises over the last decade.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Perhaps Thorsten Heins has longed to run a big, public company. Heins, the new CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), has been plucked from the company's relatively obscure COO position to fill the giant shoes of two longtime co-CEOs as they depart at the behest of angry investors. But probably the dream didn't look like this.

Strategy 14

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Here at Machine Shop , the wholly owned innovation company of the alternative rock band Linkin Park, we identified the need to think differently years ago. They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

” But, increasingly, those same companies are now choosing to invent as well as manufacture abroad. based companies. companies were deciding to move R&D to China to be closer to manufacturers, suppliers, and talent as well as to reap lower development costs and higher-growth markets. Jetta Productions/Getty Images.

Innovation 10

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2018

First, everyone involved needs to recognize that tech jobs are more diverse in their requirements than most people think. That’s why we are urging historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to make room for bootcamps, incubators, and accelerators as a supplement to their current educational offerings.

Incubator 8

Incubator Company Technology Attrition 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The centrepiece of the institute is the Qatar Science & Technology Park, which brings together applied research and technology innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship. Norway benefits from free movement from across the EU, and while not without hurdles for non-EU citizens, is a diverse and welcoming country.

Resources 78

Resources Innovation GDP Education 78

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

How the best companies get up to speed. DNA genetic testing company 23andMe fell behind on its communications with the FDA, resulting in a temporary ban on marketing the company’s personal genetic screening services to the public. The company recently hired Volvo’s head of interiors to help it compete.

Innovation 13

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

based venture capitalists about my plans to move my family out to Singapore to oversee Innosight’s nascent investment and incubation arm. That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. New companies can be set up in hours, if not minutes. “Why Singapore?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8