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How Corporate Venture Capital Helps Firms Explore New Territory

Harvard Business Review

A good idea faces so many obstacles en route to market today that it''s a wonder we have any innovative products at all. Effective means of boosting innovation already exist, but not enough companies are making use of them. I''ll describe both, but first let''s look at what''s wrong with some of the traditional sources of innovation.

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How Corporate Venture Capital Helps Firms Explore New Territory

Harvard Business Review

A good idea faces so many obstacles en route to market today that it’s a wonder we have any innovative products at all. Effective means of boosting innovation already exist, but not enough companies are making use of them. You know those baby sea turtles that get eaten by birds and crabs on their way from the nest to the water?

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Startup Accelerators Have Become More Popular in Emerging Markets — and They’re Working

Harvard Business Review

Unfortunately, mismatched goals between investors and entrepreneurs as well as a potential cultural bias may both prove to limit the positive effect that accelerators have in emerging market contexts. It’s not all about venture funding. 5 Principles for Innovation in Emerging Markets. Related Video.

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What the CVS-Aetna Deal Means for the Delivery of U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

To lower the cost of premiums, Aetna and CVS, UnitedHealth and Optum, and undoubtedly others are creating a marriage of the financing and delivery of care. When reducing cost and improving service is the goal, reducing hospital services or moving those services to much lower cost settings becomes the target.

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

and China take the lead in tech innovation. And a recently released report suggests that Europe’s digital divide problem extends way beyond the Atlantic; Europe is a distant third behind North America and Asia for $100 million plus financing for VC backed companies. Investing in innovation capacity. million jobs.

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