The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, the duration needed for entrepreneurs to launch their ventures can vary, depending on how swiftly they shape their ideas, secure financing, develop prototypes, and undertake other essential steps. Engaging in the search for specific resources, customers, and partners, which often led to unproductive paths.

Development 59

Development Entrepreneur Long-term Planning 59

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

In Rich’s old, functional “silo-based” process, a marketing person with a new customer opportunity would contact their favorite R&D associate, the regulatory and quality assurance departments, packaging, and the plant. The schedule is visible and there is clear communication about what they’re working on.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

DuPont sent Donaldson Brown, a promising engineer-turned-finance staffer, to Detroit to sort things out, and sort them out he did. It is logically the product of return on sales times the ratio of sales to assets times the ratio of assets to equity. So it's time to address our measurement system seriously at the firm level.

ROE 13

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 13