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Does The Age Of A Board Affect Company Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

Innovation involves trying out new things, making improvements, and seeing what works in the market. This can make it tough for company leaders to push for innovation. The study found that if that was the case, firms seem to be “more” innovative than normal. This takes time and patience.

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Insurance Executive Search: Navigating the Landscape of Risk and Reward

N2Growth Blog

They are no longer responsible for managing risk but also for driving innovation, enhancing customer experiences, and achieving sustainable growth. This includes understanding market trends, anticipating risks, and crafting effective risk management strategies.

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The Case for Corporate Disobedience

Harvard Business Review

If your company puts you in charge of developing a foreign market or a new line of business, your challenges are in many ways similar to those facing a startup. But as Steve Blank, Henry Chesbrough, and others have pointed out , that advantage is offset by the daunting fact that corporate innovators have to fight a war on two fronts.

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Big Pharma's Hidden Business Model and How Your Company Funds It

Harvard Business Review

The study assembles considerable evidence about the hidden business model of major pharmaceutical companies: to devote most of their research budget to developing hundreds of drugs that provide few if any advantages over existing drugs and then market them heavily to doctors and patients.

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How Risk Reduction Is (and Isn't) Rocket Science

Harvard Business Review

The secret isn't rocket science — it's a full-time commitment to the art and science of project management. PMI's Pulse of the Profession Survey shows that more than two-thirds of project-based organizations have created a dedicated Project Management Office to lead such efforts. Leveraging Executive Sponsors.

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How Risk Reduction Is (and Isn't) Rocket Science

Harvard Business Review

The secret isn't rocket science — it's a full-time commitment to the art and science of project management. PMI's Pulse of the Profession Survey shows that more than two-thirds of project-based organizations have created a dedicated Project Management Office to lead such efforts. Leveraging Executive Sponsors.

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The Steep Psychological Price of Starting Your Own Company

Harvard Business Review

Fake it until you make it" might sound like a manageable way to approach your entrepreneurial efforts, but it''s also worth considering this man-riding-a-lion analogy from EnSite Solutions CEO Toby Thomas: "People look at him and think, ‘This guy''s really got it together! He''s brave!’ — and could bring 25,000 jobs to Baltimore.

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