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Institutions Are Key To Successful Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Each year INSEAD and WIPO team up to produce the Global Innovation Index , which aims to rank nations according to their innovative capacity and outputs. At the heart of the rankings are various institutions and institutional factors that the researchers believe underpin good innovation. Starting from a low base. Data colonies.

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Why Germany Dominates the U.S. in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Reading the headlines, you might think that the most urgent question about national success in innovation and growth is whether the U.S. Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. or China should get the gold medal.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

I also argued in my last post that the CEO has a critical and unique role to play in process improvement, enabling a companys activities to be redesigned across functions and divisions. If the CEO doesnt play this role, process improvement stays comfortably within functional boundaries. He wasnt a process manager.

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The Top Six Innovation Ideas of 2011

Harvard Business Review

These six ideas emerged in 2010 as powerful "innovation invitations" and seem sure to intensify in power and influence. They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. That's right. Contestification.

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Leveraging Silicon Valley — From Wherever You Are

Harvard Business Review

In business, volatility used to be more limited to the realms of finance and high tech. Innovations like Amazon price checks, or changes to healthcare or shipping enabled by mobile phones, are becoming commonplace. Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland. And a lot is happening in Silicon Valley.

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Transforming Health Care Takes Continuity and Consistency

Harvard Business Review

It is clear to us that the failure of different parts of the system — payers, providers, patients, professionals, policy makers, politicians, the public, and the press — to pull in the same direction is a serious drag on innovation and progress. Its structures and processes have been reengineered to maximize value.

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Google Changes the Playing Field on News

Harvard Business Review

Googles proposed metatags may not provide visibility in quite the way a publisher wants, as they assume a single originating source, not a formal syndication process. Googles proposed metatags may not provide visibility in quite the way a publisher wants, as they assume a single originating source, not a formal syndication process.