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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

They’d bonded over their Miami roots and their desire to make a difference in the world, and soon they began developing Helena’s idea into a fully fledged organization. Although she was based in Manhattan, she traveled constantly and was a frequent keynote speaker. Still, she hadn’t forgotten her roots.

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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

GE is an icon of management best practices. That includes learning from the outside and striving to adopt certain start-up practices, with a focus on three key management processes: (1) resource allocation that nurtures future businesses, (2) faster-cycle product development, and (3) partnering with start-ups.

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The Benefits of Taking a Slower Approach to Innovation

Harvard Business Review

In our experience, managers tend to focus their innovation efforts on processes that are either large in scale (new products and business models ) or swift in development (hackathons, rapid prototyping, or emerging platforms). Paul Garbett for HBR. Their scope and pace often run counter to the rhythms of company goals.

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Increase the Odds of Your Start-Up’s Success

Harvard Business Review

While traveling between India and the U.S. As some of you will remember, I headed a start-up called HCL Comnet in 1993, which incubated the idea of remote infrastructure management services. HCL Comnet began with building communications networks but moved on to IT infrastructure management. Develop a sense of timing.

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Make It Easier for Your Boss to Say Yes to a Vacation Request

Harvard Business Review

What if your manager makes it seem like you’re not a team player? To set the stage for a positive conversation, work out your manager’s perspective first. In fact, she may be juggling multiple out-of-office requests, not just for vacations, but for professional development, conferences, and trade shows, too.

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How an Ecosystem Mindset Can Help People and Organizations Succeed

Harvard Business Review

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. GE and GE Ventures, for example, actively seek and develop channels rather than simply looking for budding new companies to invest in.

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A New Model for Innovation in Big Companies

Harvard Business Review

Traditionally, companies have found ways to navigate these challenges internally, in research and development (R&D) divisions like the famed Xerox PARC , founded in 1970, or through programs that encourage employees to dedicate a small percentage of their time to side projects, as 3M began doing in 1948. A Different Approach.