Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Nothing pays off so well as a nonconformist strategy that wins. But unlike most Japanese innovations, it did not come from a big established firm. Organizations that entered when VC fundings were booming were increasingly likely to fail, and those financed in a VC funding boom were unlikely to make it to an IPO.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

Interestingly, individuals working in customer service, sales, production, logistics and R&D were more likely to feel that bureaucracy was growing than those working in functions like HR, finance, planning, purchasing, and administration. Bureaucracy frustrates innovation. Bureaucracy undermines empowerment.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Survey Politics Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. But for the most part, the general strategy of the rich countries was to reject the NIEO broadly. But where's the evidence for convergence?

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

So when Amazon reports below-consensus earnings, as it did Tuesday, and the share price jumps, as it did after-hours Tuesday and again Wednesday morning, the reaction isn't quite the puzzle it seems. Clayton Christensen has long complained that standard financial metrics can be enemies of innovation and growth.

Training 9

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 9

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Over the last few decades, innovation activity has become concentrated in clusters or ecosystems, where finance, academia, industry and entrepreneurs rub shoulders to allow the free flow of ideas. Innovating our response to Covid-19. In part these may be fed by the fact it is easy to find social consensus.”.

Innovation 82

Innovation Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Crisis 82

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

These conversations highlighted some attitudes and values that seemed to go a long way toward explaining Silicon Valley’s innovation identity. The kind of innovation that creates new markets always goes against the grain. Here are the ones that struck us most: Lace audacity with grit. Build platforms, not products.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

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. The team must develop collaboration strategies to meet these goals, prioritize the needs of complex patients, and tailor interventions to the specific needs of different subgroups.

Health Care 10

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Determined to get closer to their customers and become more agile and innovative, global organizations like IBM and GE are embracing the matrix organizational model. Influence and conflict management capabilities help leaders to build consensus around a common purpose and deliver the collaborative solutions that the matrix requires.

Management 14

Management Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Influence 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

There is strong bipartisan consensus that our current level of health care spending does not deliver sufficient value in terms of individual or population health. These efforts have addressed the infrastructure, processes, and financing (e.g., Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Insurance Short-term 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

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Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I have watched companies spend tremendous amounts of money, time and energy debating logos, taglines, color pallets, font styles, ad campaigns, positioning strategies, marketing messages, brand promises, etc., Good consultants build consensus and unify management focus, they do not splinter opinion. Thanks for sharing Tom.

Blog 303

Blog Marketing Succession Brand 303

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

Lean cost models that make use of globally centralized control functions (finance, compliance, legal, risk) will no longer be deemed sufficient. They must now pay far more attention to innovation and politics. Fourth are the broader demands for corporations to be socially responsible. ”

Politics 8

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

company takes on the legal identity of foreign subsidiary, usually in order to reduce its taxes — has become about as controversial as corporate finance topics get. We have some of our largest and most innovative companies doing this. I actually am optimistic that we can get there; there’s a fair amount of consensus about that.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

But the solution to this innovation logjam has emerged: blockchain. The New York–based venture capital firm Union Square Ventures (USV) broadened its investment strategy so that it could buy ICOs directly. The unstoppable force of blockchain technology is barreling down on the infrastructure of modern finance.

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