The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 2, 2021

Last year researchers from IESE highlighted the value of corporate venturing. The paper highlights how corporate venturing is a rapidly expanding endeavor, and corporate investments in startups have grown from 980 in 2013 to 3,232 per year today. This represents a sevenfold rise in investments, up to $134 billion in total.

Venture Funding 126

Venture Funding Short-term Long-term Innovation 126

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 29, 2020

New research from IESE makes the case for corporate venturing to help rectify the situation and bring more academic excellence to market. The paper highlights how corporate venturing is a rapidly expanding endeavor, and corporate investments in startups have grown from 980 in 2013 to 3,232 per year today.

Venture Funding 89

Venture Funding GDP Incentives Innovation 89

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2017

For decades, we have heard that emerging markets are poised for huge growth that will yield even greater prosperity. Much like their famed Silicon Valley counterparts, emerging market accelerators aim to boost startups’ potential for raising growth capital.

Marketing 8

Marketing Venture Funding Entrepreneur IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

So here are four innovation ideas — themes, really — sure to gain significantly greater mind- and market-share over the coming year. Will badges require successful course completion? Certainly, equity investors believe the Fed's low interest rate policies make the stock market a better bet for higher returns.

Innovation 17

Innovation Trends Human Capital Venture Funding 17

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2014

If marketers want to produce content, they need to think like publishers. After all, content isn’t an extension of marketing, it’s an extension of publishing. Vox Media, a venture-funded publishing start-up, recently lured Ezra Klein away from the Washington Post. Aren’t publishers failing?” Publishing start-ups are hot.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist EBITDA Venture Funding Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

If you had asked Singaporeans in 2010 to identify a successful local start-up, they might have paused for a few minutes before mentioning Creative Labs. That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. based WiFi service provider Ruckus Wireless snatched it up in 2013.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8