The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 29, 2020

Each year INSEAD produce a global innovation index, which chronicles the abilities of various countries around the world to support the creation of innovation. The paper highlights how corporate venturing is a rapidly expanding endeavor, and corporate investments in startups have grown from 980 in 2013 to 3,232 per year today.

Venture Funding 97

Venture Funding GDP Incentives Innovation 97

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Working with startups is something many organizations strive to do in order to tap into the innovation and ingenuity such partnerships can bring. Research from INSEAD suggests that the most common way of currently working with a startup is via a corporate venture fund. Successful partnerships. Successful partnerships.

Incubator 89

Incubator Entrepreneur Venture Funding Incentives 89

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

They knew the answer was not by relying on traditional internal processes and practices for R&D and innovation. IBM, a company with a long and successful tradition of internally-focused R&D activities, is adapting to this new world of creating platforms and enabling open innovation.

Venture Funding 13

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

But technology innovation is a powerful draw and, in business, when an opportunity arises, there is no shortage of players getting into the game. We now face new competition from Silicon Valley start-ups with venture funding and a great idea, as well as from mature industrial and technology powerhouses from the Fortune 500.

CEO 8

CEO Chief Executive Officer Venture Funding Taylorism 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Think about it: If our military can create a highly complex surgical theater anywhere in the world within hours, it’s not a stretch to think the knowledge and technology exists to take care of elderly, sick people in their own homes. This means moving aggressively away from fee-for service payment to global-risk-adjusted payments.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Incentives Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

Brent Remai, CMO at FireEye , was hired into a small, venture- funded company with several years of moderate results. In 2012, they were ranked as the 4th fastest-growing tech company by Technology Fast 500. Technology brings speed and scale to what previously was impractical or unaffordable. The result?

Venture Funding 8

Venture Funding Brand Marketing Content 8