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Even for Companies, the U.S. Is Split Between Haves and Have-Nots

Harvard Business Review

companies have enjoyed supernormal rates of return. And even if some firms have been stuck at the top of supposedly dynamic industries (Microsoft, Apple) for a rather long time, others have used innovation to rise rapidly (Facebook, Twitter). Overall corporate profits are at record highs of roughly 21% of GDP.

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The Disruption of Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

An organization's capabilities become its disabilities when disruption is afoot." – Clayton Christensen, The Innovator's Solution. Over the years, venture capitalists have been some of the most ardent students of disruptive innovation. They are acutely attuned to disruptive innovation, and their size makes them nimble.