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Do You Have the IT For the Coming Digital Wave?

Harvard Business Review

It requires strong leadership from all senior IT executives, as well as new business acumen. They drive innovation and speed up time to market. But, they can also represent a significant cultural challenge to implement and require strong leadership and cooperation from your organization.

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

Harvard Business Review

The prevalent model of startup cooperation in recent years has been corporate venture capital and accelerators (CVC&A). To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? Second, there has been a cooperative attitude from the people in San Ramon, who are bringing new expertise and pushing the businesses, but listening. General Electric turns out to be an excellent case in point.