Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. When Edison developed a commercially viable light bulb, he was able to convince Morgan to advance him $30,000 for the Edison Electric Light Company. Championing change is hard.”

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Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 80

The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

I heard a cautionary tale from “George” the former VP of marketing at a mid-sized biotechnology company about how a bogus forecast helped propagate a disaster. After a few experiments, they pronounced it ready to ship to customers, and did not need to go through a formal development process. Bad management? Sounds like it.

Biotechnology 41

Biotechnology Groupthink CFO Stress 41

Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

Similarly, the increased development of 3D games, 3D mobile devices, and 3D movies has stimulated the demand for true 3D displays both in consumer and enterprise applications. Drug Research —The applications for drug design and biotechnology using 3D displays can be exponential.

Technology 102

Technology Content Video Globalization 102

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 2, 2015

Dan was the president of a biotechnology company where I served in my first middle management role. The reason why I remember these meetings so fondly was because they ended up opening doors to opportunities I had never imagined taking on when I first started in this management role.

Biotechnology 100

Biotechnology Learning-by-Doing Audience Middle Management 100

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Organizations invest billions annually on a success curriculum known as "leadership development," which ends up leaving so much on the table. Training and development programs almost universally focus factory-like on inputs and outputs — absorb curriculum, check a box; learn a skill, advance a rung; submit to assessment, fix a problem.

Development 17

Development Biotechnology CIO Short-term 17

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 16, 2011

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. Are You Using Dialects To Develop Your Employees’ Skills?

Bureaucracy 203

Bureaucracy Compliance Learning-by-Doing Engineering 203

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. American companies and academic institutions possess unique competitive advantages in developing these global leaders.

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Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 12

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

However, the research also highlights the significance of diverse educational, industrial, and organizational backgrounds among managers and board members in fostering innovation in research and development (R&D), thereby generating both economic and social value.

Diversity 98

Diversity Innovation Biotechnology Short-term 98

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

We also find that companies in developed areas plan to hire in other developed regions (e.g., North America in Western Europe and vice versa) and many countries in developing regions are moving into developed regions (e.g., Global business Talent management' Asia into North America).

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Health Care Talent Management Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2018

” “Our goal,” it stated, “must be to develop the talents of all to their fullest.” The talents of all are not being developed to their fullest, and many U.S. ” Unfortunately, this goal hasn’t been met. industries face acute skills shortages.

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Education Company Biotechnology Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

As multinational corporations pursue opportunities in emerging markets, they're bound to stumble if they overlook the developed economies, and vice versa. Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies.

Globalization 13

Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2018

She was on the legal compliance team at a fast-growing biotechnology company. In fact, she was not brought into the discussion until campaigns were far along in their development and it was too late for her to influence the marketing team’s decisions. Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting? Elizabeth Grace Saunders.

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Restructuring How To Compliance Biotechnology 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The reason for the interest in in part because the industry has suffered from poor returns on investment over the last decade; indeed, some sectors, including biotechnology, report negative aggregate returns. Because of three significant challenges innovators face in emerging markets: Innovation ecosystems are not well-developed.

Marketing 15

Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology IPO 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2014

I learned this while leading a turnaround of NPS Pharmaceuticals , a biotechnology company that now specializes in creating treatments for rare diseases. While recruitment errors happen, the performance evaluation highlights those shortcomings and gives the manager and the employee a chance to correct the situation.

Company 9

Company Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation.

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Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2011

And that's true in many areas: New devices, pharmaceuticals, and surgical techniques regularly get developed and incorporated into practice. And biotechnology and medical devices are among the leading areas for venture capital funding. Will hospital managers search for efficiency, or continue to manage volume?

Health Care 15

Health Care Biotechnology Mayo Pharmaceuticals 15

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

There have also been great leaps forward in biotechnology and even people without investment experience in the industry can find a niche sector to become involved in. From computer hardware and software to technology service providers, app developers and data processing, the potential for growth is seemingly limitless.

Health Care 67

Health Care Biotechnology Energy Insurance 67

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Your company has just developed an amazing new product. Years of development, energy, and, of course, money have gone into it. Having observed management teams for decades as a mutual fund and portfolio manager, I have watched numerous companies vanish after a disastrous launch of a product or service.

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Productivity Products Biotechnology IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Many wonder why an academy company like P&G, historically known for developing talent, did not, or was not able to, promote a successor from within its ranks. What kind of signal did this choice send to P&G''s top managers? We now see they are also struggling to do a good job managing their own talent responsibilities.

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Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Used to its full potential, this is predictive medicine — the ability to integrate and analyze known disease characteristics with a specific patient’s history and health status, and use the resulting insights to change outcomes and inform new directions for life sciences research and development. They’re also sharing risk.

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

When you put all these pieces together around education and health care, it’s clear that Cuba is likely a champion of investment in the development of human capital—but for the last 50 years it has an extremely low economic return on this investment. And secondly, the business model for Cuban biotechnology has been laughably bad.

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Tourism Human Capital Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Chirotech specializes in biocatalysis and chemocatalysis, two important subspecialties of biotechnology and chemistry that help develop key biological and chemical intermediates needed for the efficient production of medicines. Besides Dr Reddy's, several leading Indian firms are pioneering polycentric innovation: Tata Motors.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Develop Creative Discontent. This industry is fueled by advances in chemistry and biotechnology that allow the use of pharmacological and cosmetic therapies in areas where, earlier, surgical intervention was needed. Once they find it, they work on finding radical ideas and developing business proposals for top executives to review.

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Clark recommends listing the “concrete skills you need to develop in order to be successful at pursuing your passion full-time.” Seek out training opportunities to help you develop the skills you need for your project. Managing yourself Career planning Professional transitions' Patch weak spots.

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Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

By managing the three key properties of networks that either propel you forward or hold you back—breadth, connectivity, and dynamism—you can develop a stronger network and use it as an essential leadership tool. This article will show you how to reinvent your network, by managing these three critical dimensions.

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How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

Without those, the institutions managing the billions of sector dollars won’t be able accurately to assess the risks they are taking and, more important, the returns, both financial and social, they hope to generate. First, impact investing needs time to develop. Impact Investing in the Future: Developed clusters across the spectrum.

Development 8

Development Microfinance Biotechnology Exit Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Not competitive threats. Not rising costs.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

In virtually every advanced field, whether it’s information technology, biotechnology, agriculture, or renewable energy, America holds a leading position. They are founded on new principles and new conceptions, which in turn are painstakingly developed by research in the purest realms of science.” vincent tsui FOR HBR.

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Innovation Company Competitive Advantage Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Throughout this period, we have run a strategic execution exercise with executive groups focused on managing new, uncertain, and complex situations. With an average group size of 16, comprising senior executives, MBA students, general managers, scientists, teachers, and teenagers, our observations have been consistent.

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Diversity Team Biotechnology Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. Its most successful division, mobile telephony, was looking for a new head of software development at headquarters in Seoul. I’ll have 25 developers reporting to me.”

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Case Study Career Biotechnology Course 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

For example, a wide variety of clean technologies (including wind, solar, and hydrogen) are vying to power vehicles and cities at the same time that a wide variety of medical technologies (chemical, biotechnological, genomic, and robotic) are being developed to treat diseases. Consider the 2×2 matrix below.

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Uncertainty Industry Bottom-up Technology 22

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

trillion in government support for seven "strategic emerging industries," including alternative energy, biotechnology, next-gen IT, high-end manufacturing equipment, and advanced materials. Many wealthy societies have low human-development scores (e.g., It pledges $1.5 The contrast between the U.N.'s

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First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

However, I fear that Mexico continuing its existing trade-based economic strategy will not necessarily produce different results in the long term — as it wouldn’t for any other developing country. For instance, breeding programs have developed cows to produce milk that is low in fat and high in omega-3 oils. When the U.S.

Cooper 14

Cooper Long-term Industry Health Care 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Republicans generally favor developing a pipeline of diverse candidates through director advocacy and mentorship, while Democrats are more likely to favor requiring that every director slate include diverse candidates, or that boards implement targets for diverse membership. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

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Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8