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The Risks Of Building Innovation Ecosystems

The Horizons Tracker

This was also reflected in wages, as while wages at high-end firms would often increase as a cluster developed, those at low-end firms would often fall. The researchers explored economic data from over 350 metropolitan areas across the US from 2003 to 2012, to explore whether this is a common phenomenon. A common problem.

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The Traits of Socially Innovative Companies

Harvard Business Review

In this article adapted from their new book, Jerry Davis and Chris White explore what makes some companies more fertile for social innovation — that is, the ongoing (rather than one-off) initiatives that have positive social impact while promoting the core mission of a business.

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The Future of Business Is Social: Seven Principles That Lead to.

Strategy Driven

Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents – at every stage of organizational development. billion on these social sites by 2012. Rule 6: Rely on Others for Growth and Innovation. Still skeptical?

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China’s Economy, in Six Charts

Harvard Business Review

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). percentage points in 2003-2012. In fact, China is already experiencing a labor shortage: Wages are rising and it is losing its labor-cost advantage to other developing countries.

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Even Cement Can Be Special

Harvard Business Review

And where there is differentiation, there can be innovation. Italcementi has achieved this through a co-innovation process with great contemporary architects. Commissioned by the Vatican in 1998 and inaugurated in 2003, this project sealed Italcementi''s partnership with the American architect Richard Meier.

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How the U.S. Army Personalized Its Mental Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Between 2003, when the Iraq war began and the conflict in Afghanistan was two years old, the Army’s volume of mental health care visits tripled, from 1.1 Innovating for Value in Health Care. So during initial rollout from May 2012 through February 2014, we examined 80,000 BHDP surveys in four military-treatment facilities.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

.” When I see just how difficult and challenging it is for so many smart and talented organizations to innovate and adapt under pressure, I see people who are overeducated and undertrained. A member of Seal Team 3, Webb became the Naval Special Warfare Command Sniper Course Manager in 2003. That scares me.