Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

invests vast amounts in innovation – $135 billion from federal government sources alone in 2015 – yet it lacks a coherent intellectual property strategy to ensure that the investment pays off. The strategy of promoting its technology helped Europe win this battle and gather the spoils in growth, profitability, and employment.

Licensing 8

Licensing Technology Participative Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

These major transformations pose significant implications for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, workers, and managers, as well as policymakers for nations and cities across the globe. These 10 cities accounted for more than $100 billion in venture capital investment on average each year between 2015 and 2017, or more than 60% of the total.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Globalization Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016. percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of 2015 and 2016. Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory, to marketing, to getting paid.

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

For over two years, I’ve been doing qualitative research on Uber and Lyft drivers, first examining how Uber uses automated mechanisms to manage drivers with my coauthor Luke Stark. This bifurcation has been apparent in my own research. And, more recently, I’ve interviewed 85 Uber and Lyft drivers across the U.S. ” he asked.

Motivation 8

Motivation Survey Incentives Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

Many are betting on the new generation of technology firms to unsettle the old guard. Fortune counted more than 170 of the mythical creatures , with an average of one unicorn born every week during 2015. With the rise of the smartphone and mobile technology, QQ failed to capture new users. Similar to Cosmo , Glamour , and GQ.)

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In a study of nearly 250 manufacturers over a 10-year period (2005–2015), we found that 78% of firms had improved their ability to fill their total actual market demand but had lost control over costs. As companies continue grappling with the adoption and implementation of digital technologies, they may easily lose sight of flexibility.

Automotive 8

Automotive Operations Efficiency Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

They like technology, they have an Xbox, they have children, and they have an annual household income of more than $100,000. And going into 2017, just two years from now, the momentum they will have generated will force executives at your company to sidestep drones, self-driving cars, and robots to focus on this technology.

Forrester 8

Forrester Technology Execution Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. For example, Qualcomm’s CDMA mobile technology was a breakthrough that led to its IPO in 1991.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Catmull expands on his ideas about managing a creative company that he explored in his 2008 HBR article “How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity.” Does this create pressure to adopt the same technology or the same processes? This will be the first year since 2005 in which Pixar has not had a feature film to release.

Creativity 9

Creativity Film Management Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Deep in the golden corn fields of Iowa, technology is transforming life on the farm. farms have signed up to use FarmLogs to manage their operations. But FarmLogs is not your typical technology start-up, and its founders, Jesse Vollmar and Brad Koch, are not your typical Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurs.

Policies 8

Policies Content Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

While 44% of EU residents shopped online in 2014, a paltry 15% bought from another member state; barely up by six and a half percentage points since 2010, according to the European Commission’s (EC) “Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015.” Transparency and governance issues abound. Investing in innovation capacity. billion in 2014.

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8