The Horizons Tracker
AUGUST 24, 2023
To shed light on the matter, the researchers analyzed the output of almost 880,000 Americans who patented inventions between 1990 and 2016. Their study revealed that immigrants have made a disproportionate contribution to innovation in the U.S. The high-skilled immigrants we have in the U.S.
The Horizons Tracker
JUNE 2, 2020
The data showed that the smallest exporters were shifting up to 46% of their export growth from the EU to other markets since the referendum in 2016, with slightly larger firms shifting around 19% of their exports. Sectors such as chemicals, food and drink, and textiles were among the most enthusiastic shifters. Tariff barriers.
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Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 25, 2017
That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. This vexing global challenge causes me to wonder, “What if the world’s innovators turned their sights on solving this problem?
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 17, 2018
Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making. Small Firms Are Not More Innovative.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 6, 2015
Continuous light interface production , or CLIP, uses chemical reactions to better control the transformation of liquids into solids. This technology starts with a plastic or metal powder, but instead of solidifying the powder with a laser, it uses chemicals sprayed from 30,000 tiny nozzles at a rate of 350 million dots per second.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 17, 2016
In everything it does, the company pays as much attention to its growth engine — its ability to manage innovation and launch consistently valuable products — as in any particular garment or device it sells. In April 2016, it filed for bankruptcy. One recent example is the collapse of SunEdison.
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