The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2021

“Twitter sentiment is a comparatively novel signal in venture capital financing, and it is at the same time only a weak signal in comparison to patents,” the authors say. Despite this, Twitter activity did influence the VC investments.

Venture Capitalist 97

Venture Capitalist IPO Long-term Comparison 97

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 3, 2023

Indeed, across the 176 comparisons made across both explicit and implicit biases across various occupations, they found statistically significant differences about a third of the time. They scored lower than people working in more traditionally blue-collar jobs, like transportation.

Management 91

Management Diversity Benchmarking Transportation 91

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The researchers draw a comparison with an apple seed that has the potential to grow into something great, but that potential is far from guaranteed. “We The Global Innovation Index illustrates this, as they cite the inhibiting impact a shortage of human capital is having on the innovation potential of the nation.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Human Capital Comparison Education 100

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

” This ability to build upon what has gone before is the bedrock of successful innovation, so it’s perhaps no surprise that research from the University of Alberta suggests it’s equally crucial for successful crowdfunding.

Succession 110

Succession Entrepreneur Comparison Video 110

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In fact your talk matters little, in comparison to your walk. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? It is your walk that matters. I Think Not.

Leadership 353

Leadership Blog Brand Consultative 353

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 14, 2020

The eight companies were paired to enable comparisons to be made using pour prototype categories: board games, 3-D printers, household gadgets, and smartphone camera lenses. .” Creating a buzz. The researchers analyzed the strategies used by eight companies that had raised money via Kickstarter between 2012 and 2014.

Comparison 89

Comparison Bond Analysis Productivity 89

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Solyndra's example has been particularly stark: it raised over $1 billion in equity finance in addition to receiving a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, all prior to a cancelled IPO and the recent FBI investigation upon its bankruptcy. Click on the table below to see at full size.).

Energy 11

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

In Big Bang disruption, rule-changing innovation leads to the creation of entire product lines (or the destruction of whole markets) essentially overnight, with disrupters coming from outside the industry that they are disrupting. insurance aggregator beatthatquote.com in 2011 and has since launched price comparison sites in the U.K.,

Insurance 15

Insurance Disruptive Innovation Industry Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

China, by comparison, is rising in the WTO era. By comparison, China's FDI stock equals 8% of its GDP; more than 70% of that FDI consists of wholly foreign-owned enterprises (as opposed to joint ventures); and foreign firms produce half of China's exports and more than 90% of China's high-tech exports. Today, by comparison, U.S.-China

Comparison 14

Comparison GDP Technology Outsourcing 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

those who have the talent and drive to be inventive and enterprising) were happy at work, or at least felt that their ideas are being valued, they would contribute to innovation and growth in their employers' organization, rather than setting up their own company. Indeed, if entrepreneurial employees (i.e.,

Leadership 16

Leadership GDP Entrepreneur Incubator 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives. .”

Business Model 14

Business Model Technology Advertising Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2011

And what strikes me is how fast many parts of the globe are forging ahead — and how decrepit coming home can feel in comparison ( JFK airport , I'm looking at you ). Recently, I've been around the world and then back to the US of A. It's got me wondering: what is America still the best at? Consider this thought experiment.

Finance 15

Finance Comparison Banking Class 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

Startup accelerators support early-stage, growth-driven companies through education, mentorship, and financing. The accelerator experience is a process of intense, rapid, and immersive education aimed at accelerating the life cycle of young innovative companies, compressing years’ worth of learning-by-doing into just a few months.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Incubator Finance Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

In Big Bang disruption, rule-changing innovation leads to the creation of entire product lines (or the destruction of whole markets) essentially overnight, with disrupters coming from outside the industry that they are disrupting. insurance aggregator beatthatquote.com in 2011 and has since launched price comparison sites in the U.K.,

Insurance 8

Insurance Disruptive Innovation Industry Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Vital though near-term effectiveness is, the exchanges hold a longer-term potential—they can help reshape the organization, delivery, and financing of insurance. By providing software and counseling, the exchanges will help consumers make informed comparisons among these offerings. Not all of these innovations will succeed.

Insurance 9

Insurance Goal Health Care Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

It is designed to make one aspect of shopping, price comparisons, very simple. Thus, the simplicity of Amazons price comparison goes away. Unless you take the store price, remember what the sales tax rate is and open a calculator app, you cant make a precise comparison. Ran Spiegler (with co-authors) has studied such strategies.

Retail 14

Retail Price Comparison Nalebuff 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

Over the last 15 years, Internet giants have built platforms or utilities on top of the Internet that make innovation easier and faster. The trick for entrepreneurs and digital innovators, then, is to use a bricolage strategy to obtain modern digital infrastructure and tools to transform existing businesses or conceive and build new ones.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Airlines Construction Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Small businesses are also instrumental to our innovation economy; small firms produce 13 times more patents per employee than larger firms and employ more than 40% of high technology workers in America. Since 1995, small employers have created about two out of every three net new jobs65%of total net job creation.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

There are a myriad of African business conferences, but even the largest of these pales in comparison to the scope and visibility of this event. will not match, such as subsidized financing at scale and freedom from the pressure to show positive quarterly results. commercial engagement in Africa. How the U.S.

Comparison 8

Comparison Policies Influence Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

It has done this by popularizing one of the two or three really important financial innovations of the past 50 years, the index fund. In comparison with his financial sector peers, though, he’s a pauper. In finance, that’s a pretty hard case to make. Finance Leadership Motivation' The results have been astounding.

Finance 8

Finance Crisis Motivation CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2015

There’s no reason it can’t be better and more innovative — all the technical ingredients are there. No computational comparisons of time spent/managed in the immediate or distant past. But virtually everything about its tools and technologies is in flux.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware Review Drucker Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

By comparison, online lenders face capital costs that can be higher than 10%, sourced from potentially fickle institutional investors like hedge funds. Banks must focus on areas where they can build a distinct competitive advantage, and find ways to partner with or learn from the new innovators.

Banking 11

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

At the recent Nexus Global Summit on Innovative Philanthropy at the United Nations, which we attended, 600 largely millennial-aged participants from 41 countries representing nearly $750 billion in private and family wealth spent three days exploring and sharing case studies of social investments.

Commitment 9

Commitment Banking Class Entrepreneur 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

innovation system. Consumer Products and Banking and Finance are two other major concentration industries. Further research will be required to gain insights into the performance of immigrant leadership talent in comparison with the overall population of business leaders. jennifer maravillas for hbr. Where do they work?

Execution 9

Execution Training Education Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Marketplaces allow people to do apples-to-apples comparisons of health insurance products and prices through an online portal. By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing. Fostering innovation. A new consumer mindset. Financial challenges.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

link] mikemyatt Thanks for the great comparison between humility and narcissism. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? You are spot-on with your observations Ben.

Blog 415

Blog Brand Influence Open-book 415

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

As the era of China as the world’s low-cost manufacturer comes to an end, innovation has become the most important element in the state’s development blueprint. Given its ideological leanings, China presents itself as a unique experiment in the power of the state to help the economy become more innovative. in 2000 to 2.0%

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. However, even these commodity offerings can find ways to innovate and survive. As with all such innovations, a global standards war is under way. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

Insurance 11

Insurance Industry Policies Market Penetration 11

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A major report to the United Nations Millennium Summit calls for changes in the way in which peacekeeping operations are organized and financed. The product’s former innovation and dominance has somehow missed the mark in today’s business climate. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

One of the team’s central findings is that TDABC cannot be delegated to the finance function. Every Mayo value-improvement project tests one or more innovations for improving the value of care. The report includes a comparison of the actual time line and resources used with those planned in the charter.

Mayo 8

Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Paul Volcker famously said the only financial innovation to improve society in recent memory was the ATM. Malik nods toward this problem, writing of financial innovations: People race to try it, hoping to earn higher returns, and that works; for a while, anyway. Entrepreneurship Finance Technology' Not everyone agrees.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Finance Hedge Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. For comparison, they hold around 0.6%–0.7% on H-1B visas, boost the economy by increasing innovation, productivity, and sometimes even employment. jobs overall.)

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? Do you see the difference yet between politicians and statesmen? We simply need to restore principled leadership in Washington.

Blog 415

Blog Politics Short-term Long-term 415