The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Working with startups is something many organizations strive to do in order to tap into the innovation and ingenuity such partnerships can bring. Research from INSEAD suggests that the most common way of currently working with a startup is via a corporate venture fund. Successful partnerships. Successful partnerships.

Incubator 80

Incubator Entrepreneur Venture Funding Incentives 80

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In the creative economy, innovation is more important than ever. Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance. Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. We all get it: innovation is the lifeblood of every organization.

Innovation 15

Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2024

These strategies, effective in the high-paced startup environment, are also applicable to broader organizational contexts for driving innovation and growth.

Succession 22

Succession Education Advice Environment 22

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

remains iconic for its innovation and entrepreneurial culture, its foreign aid apparatus devotes a mere 1% of its spending to entrepreneurship programming (according to my own calculations and those of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs ). While the U.S. Of course, while Europe spends more than the U.S.,

Incubator 11

Incubator Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Corporate executives seek to inject “Silicon Valley DNA” into their cultures, and policy makers point to venture-funded entrepreneurship as a solution for all manner of problems. For deeper technologies, you can’t always innovate at a venture capital cadence, where you have to get big super fast.”

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

Piecemeal policies, like angel tax credits, loan guarantees, reduced payroll taxes, direct investments, government venture funds, etc., Mayor Thomas Menino launched the Boston Innovation District in 2010 with his fifth inaugural address. Economy Entrepreneurship Innovation' have spread like wildfire.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8