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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Here’s a brief account of how GE quickly scaled up a sizable software start-up within a big, successful conglomerate. Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Getting Started.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

PepsiCo has had great success with the method , finding ways to reduce cost and risk for key brands, but execs wanted to apply the tool across thousands of products. Sustainability innovation opens up: Unilever, Heineken, and EMC ask the world for help. This month, H&M also rolled out a global clothing collection and recycling effort.