Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

As Dick Morley — an MIT manufacturing innovator with deep experience in the auto industry — put it to us, "the trouble with big companies is that they take nice high-risk, high-return opportunities, then manage the risk out of them to the point that there's no return left." Certainly, that's a fair accusation.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Innovation Intellectual Capital Mission Statement 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

In 1989, Alan Kay said it takes at least 10 years for an innovation to get from the lab into everyday life. And, if we have the intellectual capital, maybe get a pied-à-terre. Change management Innovation Strategy' A client recently asked me to comment crisply on the future. I came up with these observations.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Innovation Business Model Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

What China makes is generally low-priced, with razor-thin profit margins, is available from almost any emerging market supplier, and contains little distinctive or proprietary intellectual capital. This may all change as China innovates and grows.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Magazine Pharmaceuticals Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi recently acquired Boston-based Genzyme to tap into America's intellectual capital in biotechnology. America fosters risk-taking and innovation by entrepreneurs who become global leaders. Nestle, Unilever, and Novartis have several business units based in the U.S.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. When a company misses the future, the fault invariably lies with a small cadre of seasoned executives who failed to write off their depreciating intellectual capital. Strategy gets set at the top.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. When a company misses the future, the fault invariably lies with a small cadre of seasoned executives who failed to write off their depreciating intellectual capital. Strategy gets set at the top.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

It governs an organization's cultivation of its intellectual capital—how it leverages what it already knows how to do, and how it evolves its offering based on changing market demands. You see evidence of companies' different DNAs in the ways they react to risks and opportunities.

Software 13

Software Intellectual Capital Maturity Customer Loyalty 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Our research has found that embedded sustainability drives financial performance through mediating factors such as innovation, operational efficiency, risk reduction, employee recruitment, engagement and retention, customer and supplier loyalty, competitive advantage, reduced cost of capital, and improved marketing and sales.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2012

Most organizations, however, still view social media as a threat to productivity, intellectual capital, security, privacy, management authority, or regulatory compliance. In just a few years, social media has come to dominate many of our personal communications. We collaborate daily, sometimes productively, sometimes not.

Media 17

Media Organization Intellectual Capital CIO 17