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Three Headwinds for Facebook's IPO

Harvard Business Review

Three factors could impede Facebook's growth: Increasing Shift to Mobile Utilization will Continue to Hurt Advertising Through its website, Facebook has built a massive advertising business. display advertisements online. display advertisements online. Growth in revenues for Google was inevitable.

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How Advanced Analytics Is Changing B2B Selling

Harvard Business Review

From targeted online advertising to more precise recommendation engines, consumer markets are bursting with innovation around machine learning and advanced analytics. Marcus Winther/Getty Images. Any product that requires some expertise to use is a candidate for analytics innovation.

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The Danger of Turning Cynical About Silicon Valley

Harvard Business Review

As Lerner writes, “Venture funding does have a strong positive impact on innovation. On average, a dollar of venture capital appears to be three to four times more potent in stimulating patenting than a dollar of traditional corporate R&D.” By contrast, only 2% of deals went to social companies.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

Having a practical, agreed-upon definition of innovation makes it easier to set goals for innovation, to allocate resources to innovative projects, to plan a cadence of innovative product launches, to target advertising on high-value breakthroughs, and to measure innovation performance. Comprehensive innovation metrics.