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The Risks Of Building Innovation Ecosystems

The Horizons Tracker

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. This has resulted in much of the talent becoming concentrated in a relatively small number of giant firms. 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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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. China, too, needs more technological innovation. The ultimate goal is the ability to innovate independently. It contributed 1.4

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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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In Product Development, Let Your Customers Define Perfection

Harvard Business Review

In an era of high-stakes innovation, there is no clearer illustration of how to develop new products the right way (and the wrong way) than a tale of two car companies. The second company is Fiat Chrysler, which introduced the Dodge Dart compact in 2012 with great fanfare, and even greater expectations. In the U.S.,

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

Strategy Driven

billion on these social sites by 2012. Essentially, these statistics tell us that companies need to embrace and capture the voices of their employees and customers if they want to innovate and thrive. Rule 6: Rely on Others for Growth and Innovation. Ducati really personifies this strategy.

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We Tracked Every Dollar 235 U.S. Households Spent for a Year, and Found Widespread Financial Vulnerability

Harvard Business Review

From 2012 to 2014 we set up research sites in 10 communities across the country. The cost of a bachelor’s degree from a public college has risen by one-third from 2003 to 2014. Financial services providers have the opportunity to innovate, shifting their product set to better enable households to create stability amid volatility.