Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. CEOs remain reluctant to invite CIOs to the executive table, insisting that IT is a cost center, not the innovation incubator it could be.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Coming out of Peru, you’ll find Kola Real, formed during a coup d’état in 1988, not exactly an ideal environment for business incubation. Or, in Kamchatka, you’ll find ecotourism ventures by Wild Salmon River Expeditions , initiated by an alliance between a former American military officer and his Russian associates. Noura Al Kaabi.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

To help develop a cleantech industry, the government should spend its money on fully incubated business models that have proven the ability to create a profit and that have demonstrated sustainable competitive advantage. American efforts to jumpstart the development of a cleantech economy have not been wildly successful to date.

Disruptive Innovation 10

Disruptive Innovation Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 10