The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 29, 2020

Each year INSEAD produce a global innovation index, which chronicles the abilities of various countries around the world to support the creation of innovation. It looks at everything from the legal infrastructure, the ease of creating a business, the quality of academia and availability of finance.

Venture Funding 89

Venture Funding GDP Incentives Innovation 89

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

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.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

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. Corporate R&D too often focuses on refining technologies that are already in use.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

But ongoing changes in policy, technology, and industry culture are now creating unprecedented opportunities for those with just the right kind of crazy. Four dynamics are driving this new era of health care innovation: Finally, there is a financial incentive to innovate. Consumer technology offers direct access to patients.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Funding Entrepreneur Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Over the years, there have been numerous efforts, ranging from the Bayh-Dole Act , of 1980, to numerous initiatives to revamp technology transfer offices within government agencies, but nothing really seemed able to speed new discoveries out of the labs and into the marketplace. This, of course, was not an entirely new idea.

Entrepreneur 12

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Conference Course 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Think about it: If our military can create a highly complex surgical theater anywhere in the world within hours, it’s not a stretch to think the knowledge and technology exists to take care of elderly, sick people in their own homes. Most care-delivery systems today don’t have processes for innovation and problem solving. .”

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Incentives Venture Funding 8