Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

Clayton Christensen would agree with the intuition that Groupon displays but ignores: businesses should become profitable before they become big. The best way to manage a fledgling business is for managers to be impatient for profit but patient for growth.

Christensen 19

Christensen Fixed Costs Metrics Venture Funding 19

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Corporate executives seek to inject “Silicon Valley DNA” into their cultures, and policy makers point to venture-funded entrepreneurship as a solution for all manner of problems. While it can offer valuable lessons for other industries and other problems, the model is not universally applicable.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. And when innovation programs do get launched, like an internal venture fund or an idea wiki, they tend to either be organizationally isolated or easily marginalized.

Innovation 15

Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Trouble is, it’s hard to think of any business challenge where real pro­gress has been harder to come by. In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And it’s not just your company. What’s the problem?

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8