Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Over the years, venture capitalists have been some of the most ardent students of disruptive innovation. Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well. They are acutely attuned to disruptive innovation, and their size makes them nimble. He was right.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

As noted management expert Geoffrey Moore told me with respect to high-velocity competition, "I''m not sure you ever want to be in the public markets." Its RAZR thin phone was a huge success in the mid-2000''s, and the market raved. Take Motorola, for instance. Take Motorola, for instance.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. Those who manage money for higher education, I propose, need to get much more interested in the market they are in.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

In the sense that financial markets and the economy in general are far more fragile than most mainstream economists contemplated before 2008, there was a bit of unlearning done in the 1990s and early 2000s. The 1987 stock market crash was a scare. None of them brought economic devastation in the U.S. I know I believed it.

Decisionmaking 15

Decisionmaking Chaos Theory Hedge Marketing 15