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The Myth of the Intrapreneur

Harvard Business Review

These products are all held up as legendary examples of the power of intrapreneurship — entrepreneurial creativity and innovation within large, established organizations. Lastly, companies need (8) skills and talent that are differentiated from traditional R&D or new product development roles. xefstock2/Getty Images.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything,” wrote Paul Krugman more than 20 years ago. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. During much of this time, it has been shareholders, not workers, who have reaped the benefits of higher productivity.

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How to Find and Hire the Right Digital Talent for Your Organization - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business Review

Incubators/accelerators/catapults – Create or sponsor an organization or space that supports startups. You must be clear about why you are participating, and set up to maximize that benefit – for example, rotating internal staff through the incubator.

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Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?

Harvard Business Review

By living in different cultures, they encounter new products, services, customer preferences, and communication strategies, and this exposure may allow the transfer of knowledge about customer problems or solutions from one country to another.

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Why Does Teach for America Spawn So Many Entrepreneurs?

Harvard Business Review

The question is whether TFA's seemingly prolific production of entrepreneurs is fact or simple hearsay. Its success, however, as an educational entrepreneurial incubator, suggests that it is a potential source not only of future leaders and innovators in education but as a model for educational leadership creation in itself.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Is your company ready to compete in a world of smart, connected products ? ” In this world, customers expect their suppliers to surround their products with data services and digitally enhanced experiences. Melody Ivory , a User Experience Product Manager, told me, “I was about employee number 30 in February 2012.

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A New Model for Innovation in Big Companies

Harvard Business Review

Internal innovation presents a number of challenges, including but not limited to the inherent risk of promoting new ideas; complacency and attachment to the status quo; and the actual amount of capable people with the time to effectively build new ideas into workable products.