Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Two in particular are corporate venture funds, which invest in start-ups outside companies'' walls, and internal idea contests. Corporate R&D too often focuses on refining technologies that are already in use. But cutting back on research funding doesn''t work either. You can see why: For decades in the U.S.,

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Two in particular are corporate venture funds, which invest in start-ups outside companies’ walls, and internal idea contests. Corporate R&D too often focuses on refining technologies that are already in use. But cutting back on research funding doesn’t work either. You can see why: For decades in the U.S.,

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Governments have long invested in specific industries, offered tax holidays, and rolled out other policies to attract companies to particular regions with the goal of creating jobs and growing the tax base. If job creation is the primary policy goal, then all forms of entrepreneurship need to be explored. But it is much more than that.

Incubator 11

Incubator Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies 11

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. This is evidenced by the number of venture funding deals , which grew some 200% between 2010 and 2014.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Incentives Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2011

Your goal is coopetition : to find a way to partner with your competitor in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources — without stealing customers or damaging anyone's credibility. Yet a creative collaboration with your biggest competitor may be the best opportunity for revenue and survival.

Travel 15

Travel Chief Executive Officer Venture Funding Magazine 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Just yesterday, on the front page of the New York Times , came a report about how "low-level engineers, product managers and prominent managers" from the executive ranks are leaving the company for high-profile companies such as Facebook as well as venture-funded startups of the sort that dot the technology landscape.

Tacit Knowledge 15

Tacit Knowledge Long-term McKinsey Venture Funding 15