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The Importance Of Corporate Venturing During Covid-19

The Horizons Tracker

The existing European financial SME instruments for scientific startups needs to be adapted and work more effectively with corporate venture funds so that small experiments in selected regions are supported. Tailor existing investment mechanisms towards tech transfer. ” Making it work.

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Enabling the Natural Act of Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

I met Slovenian entrepreneur, Sandi Cesko, in 2007 when his Ljubljana -based multi-channel retail operation, Studio Moderna , had about $70 million in sales. If you remove the barriers, then you don''t need to incentivize entrepreneurs to commit their natural act. Even better. Not" is not a typo. have spread like wildfire.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

Balance: the mix of different types of innova­tion (product, service, pricing, distribution, operations, etc.); differ­ent risk cate­go­ries (incremental improvements versus speculative ventures); and differ­ent time horizons. Efficiency: changes over time in the ratio of innovation outputs to inputs.