The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

. “We hypothesized that trademarks play two important roles: a protective role, leading to better product market performance; and an informational role, signaling higher firm quality to investors,” the researchers say.

IPO 52

IPO Venture Capitalist Finance Advertising 52

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

For instance, Snapchat’s recent IPO filing revealed that the company grew revenues by 600% (to $404 million) in 2016. The explosive growth of ride sharing is a big reason why Hertz reported dismal quarterly results in November 2016, leading to a 23% drop in its market value. Many of them have been growing at a ferocious pace.

Innovation 8

Innovation Bureaucracy IPO Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2018

magazine as the founders of the fastest-growing startups in 2015, the average age at founding was only 29. The age finding is similar using firms with the fastest sales growth instead, and founder age is similarly high for those startups that successfully exit through an IPO or acquisition. For the people selected by Inc.

Succession 15

Succession IPO Entrepreneur Biotechnology 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

True platform innovators aren’t just market matchmakers using data-driven algorithms to drive better buyer-seller matches; they invest in new value creation. In platform markets, cultivating user capability becomes as strategically important as reducing transaction costs. What really makes them work?

IPO 8

IPO Human Capital Insurance Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Strategic alignment, for us, means that all elements of a business — including the market strategy and the way the company itself is organized — are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfillment of its long-term purpose. Superior technical innovation is at the heart of its strategy and its organizational design.

Banking 13

Banking Strategy Film Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Icahn later reduced his buyback request to $50 billion, and in April 2014 Apple’s board approved a $30 billion program to be carried out by repurchasing its shares on the open market — either by just buying shares outright or doing it indirectly via accelerated share repurchases. trillion on buybacks (51% of net income) and another $2.3

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Hedge EPS Price 9