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Overcoming the Barriers to Corporate Entrepreneurship

Strategy Driven

Clayton Christensen has described his initial “aha” moment as the realization that firms actually abandon some of their best innovations and entrepreneurial initiatives because their customers say they don’t want it. They have the luxury of waiting to see what tantalizing offer comes their way, and then deciding yeah or nay.

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Who’s Hiring (and Who Isn’t) in Five Charts

Harvard Business Review

And while Clay Christensen, Dina Wang, and Derek van Bever say the consultants are next , it’s not showing up so far in the jobs numbers. One sector that was booming up until the crisis and then tanked spectacularly was of course the financial-real-estate complex.

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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

See comments by Clayton Christensen and Mark Cuban ). Thus, the asset managers are more comfortable with hedge funds, real estate holdings, and trading strategies than in market opportunities in education. There are examples of universities forging ahead. It’s a game of responsibility hot potato. a better place to be.

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Africa’s Companies Need to Become More Like Training Schools

Harvard Business Review

In the hospitality sector, for example, they invest upfront into luxury real estate and equipment, but rarely into training programs. However, our experiences so far have highlighted opportunities for even broader impact through a different approach to in-house training at African companies. A ‘Training-Heavy’ Strategy.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Based on his personal experiences and interviews — with everyone from expert car salesmen to real estate salespeople — Cialdini's book is riveting and, yes, persuasive. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Based on his personal experiences and interviews — with everyone from expert car salesmen to real estate salespeople — Cialdini's book is riveting and, yes, persuasive. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail.

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