The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Research from INSEAD suggests that the most common way of currently working with a startup is via a corporate venture fund. Not only do sponsors often regard the incubator as proof of their innovation prowess, but startups often regard acceptance into the incubator as job done. Successful partnerships.

Incubator 89

Incubator Entrepreneur Venture Funding Incentives 89

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2024

Research involving numerous accelerator programs and interviews with various stakeholders reveals that startups in these programs typically achieve higher funding and survival rates. These strategies, effective in the high-paced startup environment, are also applicable to broader organizational contexts for driving innovation and growth.

Succession 21

Succession Education Advice Environment 21

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Europe, on the other hand, led by Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden, spends a higher proportion of its international development funds supporting entrepreneurial and pro-business projects in developing countries. Of course, while Europe spends more than the U.S.,

Incubator 10

Incubator Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

Such a strategy limits an early venture's funding in order to force the business to develop a profitable business model and then invests heavily in growth once such a model is identified — Christensen terms such investments "good money" for incubating growth businesses and extols the strategy for three reasons.

Christensen 18

Christensen Fixed Costs Metrics Venture Funding 18

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. Another possibility may be corporate venture funds , which often have the technical expertise to evaluate hard tech investments.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

In Paris, an endeavor to reclaim the word “entrepreneur,” has seen the city open its doors to attract foreign talent with a recently launched tech visa aimed at encouraging foreigners to incubate startups on the city’s eastern edge. Venture funding for European digital groups in 2014 remained a fifth ($7.75

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8