Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

From 2012 to 2015, the number of global corporate venture capital deals almost doubled, and their investments quadrupled, to $29.1 Among the 30 top companies in seven of the largest industries, almost half had a VC-fueled accelerator in 2015, up from just 2% in 2010. Harnessing Big Potential While Minimizing Risk.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

The most recent study, conducted in October 2015, surveyed 933 U.S. adults sampled at random from a consumer research panel. This is up from only 76 companies operating in just 6 industries 2 years ago. since 1999. Tech startups like Uber and Airbnb comprise the majority of on-demand firms.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Technology Survey Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Compare that to Whole Foods, whose latest 10-K filing makes far fewer references to price, and cites low prices not only as a clear risk factor, but also one which contributed to its recent declines in operating income and net income. A 2015 study by Consumer Reports showed price differentials for organic foods ranging from -13% to +303%.

Price 8

Price Retail Competitive Advantage Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For instance, in analyzing a five-year sample of almost 1,150 papers, we identified at least 12 techniques, visible in the chart below, that can be readily applied and combined with each other within a process. When it comes to recommendations, is there room for improvement in the way Amazon and Netflix operate?

Company 8

Company Fashion Apparel Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Some of the most influential papers from the 1970s featured simple correlations and occasional regressions on cross-sectional data for modest samples, any of which might be rejected out of hand today. Social life and the operation of organizations increasingly leave more or less permanent data traces, like the contrails left by jets.

Management 8

Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. Collectively, our sample accounts for about 60%–65% of total U.S.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, IoT is at the peak of Gartner’s 2015 hype cycle, which suggests the next phase will be disillusionment, and it will be years before we see real productivity gains. Operations in a Connected World. The internet of things (IoT) and industrial internet in the United States, Industrie 4.0 Insight Center.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Engineering System Efficiency 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

After one of her patients dies on the operating table, a lawyer for the patient’s family discovers that the surgeon deliberately withheld the mortality data. Indeed, in a series of experiments , we found that, overall, the 1,700 people in our samples were much too forgiving of deliberately undisclosed information.

Information 8

Information Productivity Products Game Theory 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Compounding both problems, since presidential elections are a relatively rare event, our historical data is limited; in other words, the sample size is relatively small and outdated. The small-sample-size problem crops up in other places, too. Consider a company with a successful operation in the U.S.

Politics 11

Politics Trends How To Sample 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

But affiliation doesn’t guarantee enthusiasm, as this sample of survey comments reveals: “On sabbatical from the Democratic party”; “Republican, unless they keep acting like goofballs”; and “Independent (especially this year!). We did not find any notable differences by age group or education.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8