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The Impact Climate Change Will Have On Healthcare

The Horizons Tracker

This is a very long-term trend with hard-to-predict consequences.” An expert interviewed for the study stated that sustainable healthcare practices and their alignment with global climate goals pose a challenge, but also present an opportunity for innovative design and operations.

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How Startups Can Accelerate Their Development

The Horizons Tracker

While the speed of the gestation period does not inherently guarantee long-term success, numerous studies suggest that rapid progress enhances the capacity of nascent entrepreneurs to acquire resources, outperform competitors, and establish a foothold in the market.

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Overcoming the Barriers to Corporate Entrepreneurship

Strategy Driven

How do organizations achieve longevity, the kind of longevity that survives long past the founder or any particular leader or leadership team? Customers are firmly in the “prove it to me” camp, and often it is best to seek new customers when pursuing entrepreneurial initiatives and innovative products and services.

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How Chinese Companies Disrupt Through Business Model Innovation

Harvard Business Review

China has not been a huge technology innovator, despite being the world’s second-largest investor in R&D , but Chinese businesses have found ways to use innovations in processes, business models, and customer experience to their disruptive advantage. This presents Western companies with a fresh challenge.

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The CEO's Frugal Innovation Agenda

Harvard Business Review

In sum, CEOs need a frugal innovation agenda. Frugal innovation is the ability to innovate cost-effectively and sustainably under severe resource constraints. Carlos Ghosn isn't the only CEO spearheading the frugal innovation revolution. These visionary CEOs aren't caving in to Wall Street's demands for short-term gains.

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The CEO's Frugal Innovation Agenda

Harvard Business Review

In sum, CEOs need a frugal innovation agenda. Frugal innovation is the ability to innovate cost-effectively and sustainably under severe resource constraints. Carlos Ghosn isn't the only CEO spearheading the frugal innovation revolution. These visionary CEOs aren't caving in to Wall Street's demands for short-term gains.

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How CEOs Can Make Smart Strategic Trade-Offs

Harvard Business Review

CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. On the other hand, a highly differentiated offering is no longer a guarantee of long-term value creation.

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