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Morning Advantage: Disruptive Innovation Made Easy

Harvard Business Review

Take technology providers' technical support, with its long hold times "hopelessly complex interactions." for 2013, the fourth year in a row of relatively flat growth. PwC says four forces will continue to slow the rise in medical cost trend in 2013: 1. Looking to take an unsuspecting industry by storm? Scientific American).

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Morning Advantage: Disruptive Innovation Made Easy

Harvard Business Review

Take technology providers' technical support, with its long hold times "hopelessly complex interactions." for 2013, the fourth year in a row of relatively flat growth. PwC says four forces will continue to slow the rise in medical cost trend in 2013: 1. Looking to take an unsuspecting industry by storm? Scientific American).

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Why America Is Losing Its Entrepreneurial Edge

Harvard Business Review

As of 2013, the top ten banks had 70% of the market. In pharmaceuticals, the largest company, Pfizer, is the result of decades of mergers. In chemicals, energy, technology, beer and more, you can see a multi-decade trend toward the consolidation of behemoths. This paper by the Richmond Fed shows how from 1960 to 2005, the U.S.

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Health Care Becomes Entrepreneurial (Finally)

Harvard Business Review

But ongoing changes in policy, technology, and industry culture are now creating unprecedented opportunities for those with just the right kind of crazy. Four dynamics are driving this new era of health care innovation: Finally, there is a financial incentive to innovate. billion in 2013, up 39% from 2012.

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Despite Dire Predictions, Salespeople Aren’t Going Away

Harvard Business Review

Buyers used the salesman’s help to evaluate what products to purchase, especially for new technologies like clocks and sewing machines. Over the years, innovations in distribution, media, and technology have enabled buyers to use non-sales force channels for various steps of their buying journey.

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Priorities for Jumpstarting the U.S. Industrial Economy

Harvard Business Review

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. competitiveness and growth in the 21 st century.

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The First Step to Fixing U.S. Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.