Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In dollar terms, small players—defined as those with sales less than $1 billion—grabbed approximately $15 billion in sales from their larger peers between 2012 and 2017. Whether this will help J&J in the long run, no one knows. Consultancy Catalina also revealed that 90 of the 100 top brands had all lost market share.

Brand 11

Brand Retail Incubator Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

The bar was set high: The district would need to create jobs, engage the surrounding community, inspire connection between the existing neighborhood and the broader city, preserve historical identity, and incubate entrepreneurship — all while making economic sense as a development. Long-term thinking with short-term flexibility.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models? Even a company as sophisticated as GE waited too long to reorient its lighting business away from incandescent bulbs. Testing, incubating, and investing in alternative models hedges against that possibility.

Business Model 8

Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

For the last 200 years, entrepreneurial prowess enabled by financial capital has powered a long surge of economic growth. Production capital took the lead over financial capital and real value over paper value, as Carlota Perez has so well demonstrated in her book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital.

Drucker 8

Drucker Long-term Short-term Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Patience and a long-term view. Palmisano warned against prioritizing shareholders or other constituents, calling this "a false choice," and explaining that "Long-term management is a serious challenge in a world driven by short-term thinking. Directness. He's personable, but blunt.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2015

Thanks to our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other devices, there is no longer a technology reason why we can’t be working every minute of every day. For example, research published in the journal Psychological Science shows that we engage in what the researchers call “creative incubation” during mind-wandering.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Incubator Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Actual retailers, though, have tended to stick with simpler techniques, such as simply looking at how long it has been since a customer last bought anything, and picking a cutoff period (nine months, say) after which that customer is considered inactive. Customers Decision making Information & technology'

Simon 10

Simon Retail Uncertainty Apparel 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

It invests heavily into research and allows promising projects to incubate at its Google X division. It invites academics to spend sabbaticals at the company, giving them access to Google’s unparalleled data sets, while they add to the firm’s knowledge and understanding of cutting edge technologies.

Company 8

Company Levitt Succession Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

As we enter the age of the Industrial Internet (GE’s term for that invisible web connecting all these brilliant machines), it’s up to marketers to define for regular people and business customers how this new reality will drive different outcomes. Long before customers are clamoring for specific solutions, marketing is setting the stage.

Innovation 16

Innovation Marketing Incubator Class 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2011

Since then, I've founded a new project and brand within the country's largest progressive think tank and am now working with ambitious social entrepreneurs to develop, experiment with, and incubate new ideas. CEL is an incubator for people-powered projects that use digital media and technology to engage communities in social change.

Innovation 15

Innovation Incubator Short-term Godin 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. How technology is changing the way we work. To address medium-term opportunities, IBM formed partnerships with hospitals (e.g., Can the elephant dance again?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Short-term ROI Long-term 8

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

They reinforce the value of the founding team, with the right combination of skills and personalities leading to more funds raised and greater long-term success for the business. ” The Kickstarter experiment was then followed up with an analysis of the startups participating in the Technion incubator program in Israel.

Skills 106

Skills Team Incubator Brainstorming 106

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

As we enter the age of the Industrial Internet (GE’s term for that invisible web connecting all these brilliant machines), it’s up to marketers to define for regular people and business customers how this new reality will drive different outcomes. Long before customers are clamoring for specific solutions, marketing is setting the stage.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Incubator Class 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Similarly, about one-fourth of all technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. First, we analyzed the effects of short-term cross-cultural experiences in a longitudinal field experiment. It suggests that public money may be better spent on building incubators for migrant entrepreneurs than on building border walls.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Do executives expect you to establish and incubate a growth businesses, act as a coach to existing teams, or focus on establishing a culture of innovation so that new ideas emerge organically? Develop a first-cut portfolio of short and longer-term efforts, with a few planned quick losses. Define your intent firmly but flexibly.

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

At The Data Incubator, we help companies hire data scientists from our big data fellowship. How long does the process take from filing? TN visa status is only available to citizens of Canada and Mexico, under the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). How long does the process take from filing?

Process 8

Process Outsourcing Long-term Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. The clients don’t have to own or maintain the technology. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

Americans have long believed in the importance of entrepreneurs to the health of our economy. In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. A Main Street small business might require a term loan from a bank to buy a piece of equipment.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Ask Atma

MAY 5, 2012

As technology-satellites, cellular networks, etc…- made the transmission and reception nearly instantaneously, this float collapsed. Today, technologies such as social media, smart phones, high-speed data mining, ubiquitously networked electronic devices, etc… have precipitated the collapse of the customer feedback float.

Business Model 93

Business Model Ries Agility Entrepreneur 93

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

firms have long had a simple mantra: “Invent here, manufacture there.” federal research investments enabled the invention of the magnetic storage drive, lithium-ion batteries, and liquid crystal display technologies that paved the way for the next generation of consumer electronics in the 1980s and 1990s, the U.S.

Innovation 10

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

We spent time with established digital players, midsize companies (including Box and Palantir), and startups, particularly those focused on FinTech and technology services. We met with leaders at private equity funds, venture capitalists, and incubators, including Andreessen Horowitz and Playground. Build platforms, not products.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

The general point is right — a dollar of investment in incrementally improving the core is almost always going to earn a greater near-term return than a dollar invested in a growth business that might take years to incubate. Sure, in the short term the company might be mildly better off. So,” the strategist continued. “If

Incubator 12

Incubator Business Model Competitive Advantage Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

Managers understand that having employees who understand the latest tools and technologies is vital to keeping a company competitive. At The Data Incubator , we work with hundreds of clients who hire PhD data scientists from our fellowship program or enroll their employees in our big data corporate training.

Training 8

Training Learning Curve Incubator Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Technology has forced music artists to completely rethink the way they approach their businesses. They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. We’ve all had to adapt.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2015

One of the biggest challenges in health care is how to provide innovative, high technology specialty care while reining in costs at the same time. Improving the transition to long-term acute care rehab. But it needn’t always be. Here’s how we did it.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Proposal Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

In the early stages, incubation and launch, historically venture capitalists and angels (in addition to the "friends, families and fools" beloved of the entrepreneurship literature) have provided seed funds for organizations to develop an idea. The venture capital industry has now become fairly large and robust.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

If we’re to prevent the enthusiasm for entrepreneurial ecosystems from also fizzling out, we need to get a better grip on what the term really means. In order to strengthen your regional entrepreneurship ecosystem, it is necessary to establish co-working spaces, incubators and the like.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Incubator Bureaucracy Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

In the 1990s it subsidized venture capital, incubators, university R&D, and technology transfer programs. The common approach is to incubate the business locally in Israel with a small development team, prove early product/market fit, and then build a sales and marketing organization abroad, usually in the U.S.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The concept of the resource curse emerged a few hundred years before the term was first coined by economist Richard Auty. The term describes the apparent difficulty many countries that have abundant natural resources have in terms of growing their economy. Institutional advantage.

Resources 78

Resources Innovation GDP Education 78

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2018

“You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology — it’s not only a great tool for democratization, but it’s a great tool for eliminating prejudice.” pm images/Getty Images.

Incubator 8

Incubator Company Technology Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Insight Center.

Innovation 13

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In particular, we see several interesting developments: Technology-supported peer learning is disrupting the old paradigm. Now in its 7th year, DAMCO’s investment in young commercial leaders has grown because the ROI of the program has been considerable, measured both in financial terms and in the growth of new business opportunity.

Agility 8

Agility Development Workshop Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

In addition to the ones regularly in the news, I have argued earlier in HBR that there is a fundamental crisis unfolding over the longer term: the continent is suffering from a “digital recession” – a loss of momentum in its evolution toward a digital economy. The UK leads Europe in “app economy” jobs.

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 9