Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

After discovering a new material that achieves the same texture in a foot cream , they were able to shorten their time to market by finding and partnering with the leading researcher in developing this ingredient and launching their first hair product successfully.

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

Companies can also rent their business applications (for accounting and finance, human resource management, marketing and sales, collaboration, project management, and so forth) on-demand from companies like Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Workday, Hubspot, Yammer, Dropbox, Basecamp and others.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Airlines Construction Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

In Rich’s old, functional “silo-based” process, a marketing person with a new customer opportunity would contact their favorite R&D associate, the regulatory and quality assurance departments, packaging, and the plant. They were ready to execute with a new process, clear roles, and the required tools.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

DuPont sent Donaldson Brown, a promising engineer-turned-finance staffer, to Detroit to sort things out, and sort them out he did. It is logically the product of return on sales times the ratio of sales to assets times the ratio of assets to equity. Therefore: who needs new technology more than the poor?

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12