The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago I wrote about innovation and entrepreneurship in Norway and Qatar. The author believes that while lower costs of capital would certainly help raise the entrepreneurship rate, it would be most beneficial to entrepreneurs with lower skills. of physicians operating as independent owners in 2019, versus 48.5%

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Long-term Cost of Capital Engineering 111

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In The Good Jobs Strategy , Zeynep Ton, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, demonstrates how the best retail companies align their customer value proposition with their operations strategy and their approach to human capital. Who has these inspirational ideas and translates them into productivity-driving innovations?

Human Capital 12

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. Fostering innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. Below, I’ll expand further on these trends and explain how reversing them would reduce short-termism and revive growth.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2018

Consider today’s trends in M&A. Companies are seeking to be quicker on their feet and more innovative. These new organizations are likely to operate quite differently from traditional corporations. No one’s expecting or advocating a return to Standard Oil’s monopolistic behavior.

Incubator 8

Incubator Insurance Cost of Capital Competitive Advantage 8