Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Artificial constraints, such as formal organizational hierarchies and belabored consensus-building processes, create waste and dampen motivation. Innovation can have a short shelf life, so entrepreneurs with great ideas but little business experience need coaching and infrastructure as much as cash.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Its earnings were down 73% from the quarter a year earlier and it missed the analysts' consensus estimate of $0.24 Listening to Amazon's finance chief Tom Szkutak explain the miss, it was immediately apparent that Amazon's problem was not with the top line. . per share by nearly a dime.

Christensen 12

Christensen Retail Long-term Incubator 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. New pediatric-primary-care models need to: a) pay for value not volume, and b) fund the entire system of integrated, comprehensive care, not just traditional medical care.

Health Care 9

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

Multinational banks are in retreat, and even digital businesses such as Uber and Airbnb have found their business models undermined in several countries by regulations introduced to protect the domestic suppliers they compete with. A third threat comes from increased demands for accountability.

Politics 8

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Money, equities, bonds, titles, deeds, contracts, and virtually all other kinds of assets can be moved and stored securely, privately, and from peer to peer, because trust is established not by powerful intermediaries like banks and governments, but by network consensus, cryptography, collaboration, and clever code.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The consensus is the challenges facing them will be daunting and organizations will be strained to finance and manage it. The transformation will necessitate substantial investments in finance, technology, human capital, operations, and infrastructure, and a substantial disinvestment of legacy resources in these areas.

Health Care 8

Health Care Industry Business Model Finance 8