Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

As the new general manager of the Global Research & Innovative Technology Center (GRIT) at Hitachi Metals, Kenichi Inoue is tasked with creating an updated framework for research and development in advanced materials, helping his organization make the shift to a new approach to engineering and innovation in a disrupted world.

Engineering 8

Engineering Innovation Content Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

And a recent working paper out of the Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics ( DICE ), a think tank of sorts, focuses on the latter by exploring whether leveraged buyouts (LBOs) make firms more innovative. PE investors don’t typically invest in firms known for innovation. ” There were other limitations. .

LBO 8

LBO Innovation Sample Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

Recent headlines have focused on the debt ceiling , the recent credit rating downgrade , unemployment , and the other thorny fiscal challenges facing the United States. We should not take our eye off the really important ball: economic growth and the innovation process that underpins it. Though the U.S. This is what the U.S.

Politics 15

Politics Innovation Incentives Credit Rating 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

For someone like me who has spent his life designing products and thinking about how objects acquire personal and cultural meaning, it was a perfect gift. From Bernie Madoff to derivatives to the housing bubble to dubious AAA credit ratings, we continue to find new ways to encourage people to make financial leaps of faith.

System 13

System Crisis Credit Rating Banking 13