Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

There are many ways that live "corporate whales" can cultivate entrepreneurship ecosystems — as investors with capital for ventures to grow, as customers who buy innovative products, or as marketing partners to give the small dynamic firms global reach.

Entrepreneurship 8

Entrepreneurship Company Training Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2011

At first blush, it would appear that entrepreneurship is alive and well in health care. The situation is such that if a physician from the 1950s were magically brought back to life today, he would recognize none of the technology that a contemporary doctor uses, but he would feel quite at home in the settings in which the technology is used.

Entrepreneurship 15

Entrepreneurship System Leadership Policies 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

Nonetheless, it was enough for VC Fred Wilson to concede that, “Yes tech is biased toward younger people.” Our data suggests that founders on the billion dollar list are younger than tech entrepreneurs in general. Entrepreneurship Tech industry'

Data 14

Data Entrepreneurship Comparison Industry 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2011

Due to the recession, they're making a comeback in the U.S., Hyundai captured market share and quickly increased its market share in part because of its Hyundai Assurance program in 2008 (the program offered to take the car back with no damage to the credit report in case of job loss). too : from 4.8% of households.

Design 16

Design Technical Review Entrepreneurship Training 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

But the reality for entrepreneurs outside of the established startup meccas is a difficult one: if you start a technology business somewhere other than the San Francisco Bay area, New York, or Boston, you’re stacking the deck against yourself. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital.

Entrepreneurship 13

Entrepreneurship Marketing Data Competition 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

We concentrate on two types of skills that are frequently referred to as the most important ones for the innovation success of a young firm: business skills and technical skills. In other words, if technical and business skills are complementary, firms may be able to profit disproportionately if they are equipped with both.

Training 8

Training Knowledge Base Data Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

In 2008, Coca-Cola, after six months of studying the needs of Brazil's growing lower-middle-class population, identified a core social issue — skills development among low-income young people — as a strategic focus that could improve the company's profitability. Can Technology End Poverty?

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System Technical Review Entrepreneurship Training 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

A 2010 poll by The Pew Research Center found that the public had a more positive view of them than any other institution in the country – they beat out both churches and universities, for instance, as well as tech companies. They provide income to their owners, but by definition are not job creators. .”

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Technical Review Policies Competition Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

If you want general hustle, do they have a track record of entrepreneurship, or at least holding a series of jobs? Dental lab techs, chemical equipment tenders, and medical equipment preparers are all jobs that require a degree at least 50% more often than they used to as recently as 2007. For salespeople, what have they sold before?

Entrepreneurship 15

Entrepreneurship Course Learning Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context.

Innovation 15

Innovation Entrepreneurship Policies Design 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

In 2008, I was on the business team at OnLive—a high-flying start-up in search of huge amounts of cash to turn a big idea into reality. Cool new technology, new market for AT&T, competitive pressure, etc. Entrepreneurship Innovation Sales' Pete worked tirelessly to help us understand all the players within AT&T.

Technical Review 10

Technical Review Entrepreneurship Video Analysis 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

That''s a big change from only five years ago, when UX wasn''t on anyone''s radar outside the tech world. In a 2008 New York Times interview , he said, "If I am going to be at the top of the car company, I want to be the owner-chef — with knowledge not just of its vehicles but their ingredients. All of it.".

Leadership 14

Leadership Design Product Development LEAN 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Spun out of Carnegie Mellon’s materials science research department in 2008, Aquion now employs 130 workers, manufacturing batteries to store electricity generated by intermittent renewable resources. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective.

Industry 12

Industry Training Competition Entrepreneurship 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013. In 2008, under the National Framework for Innovation and Enterprise (NFIE), the government launched the Early Stage Venture Investment Fund program.

Disruption 15

Disruption Entrepreneurship Marketing Software 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

Greece is finally showing signs of recovering from its 2008 crash. Technology-oriented firms face further obstacles, which have inhibited the country’s potential innovators since long before the current crisis, often forcing researchers to retract into fundamental research or academia instead of becoming entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship 13

Entrepreneurship Policies Competition System 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2014

After all, India’s growth has slowed to a crawl, with GDP expanding by less than 5% in the last two years compared to 9% per annum in the five years before 2008. This is partly due to the arbitrary interpretation of tax laws by venal revenue authorities. What exactly does that mean in a mixed economy like India’s?

Policies 13

Policies Technical Review Entrepreneurship Competition 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The world has changed a lot over the last five years, and events have occurred that changed the course of history for millions of people — the financial crisis of 2008, the Arab Spring, and the ongoing civil war in Syria, to name just a few. This year the Prosperity Index offers five consecutive years of comparable data.

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Change Entrepreneurship Trends Tools 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Today, Alibaba looks more like a conglomerate than a typical tech company, with a diverse set of businesses operating largely independently. That choice cuts to the heart of Alibaba, according to Porter Erisman, who served as a vice president at the company from 2000 to 2008, and whose documentary on his time there debuted in 2012.

Culture 11

Culture Entrepreneurship Project Course 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

One answer to that first question shows up in study after study: superstar firms are succeeding in large part due to information technology. His measure of IT better explains the rise in industry concentration than do measures of M&A or entrepreneurship. Bessen compared measures of industry concentration from the U.S.

Technical Review 8

Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneurship Competition 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Founder Bill Drayton led the way in fostering collaborative entrepreneurship for collective social change. In 2008, Pfizer was struggling with an unwieldy and costly model of obtaining outside legal help. Leaders of many nonprofits have shown themselves to be adept at this kind of community building.

Collaboration 13

Collaboration Entrepreneurship Groups Software Development 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Moore left his practice in 2008 to help build a movement around what is called the Ideal Medical Practices or IMP. However these can usually be overcome through planning, technology, and tenaciousness. From the Editors of Harvard Business Review and the New England Journal of Medicine. Leading Health Care Innovation.

Entrepreneurship 11

Entrepreneurship Technical Review System Big Data 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

If that seems counterintuitive, consider the “fundamental tension” that Wasserman presents in his book (and in a 2008 article for HBR) : founders can choose to be “rich” or to be “king.” Entrepreneurship Leadership transitions Tech industry'

Leadership 9

Leadership Entrepreneurship Case Study Study 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

It will make up 90% of the increase in the labor market between 2008 and 2018, with significant numbers of older Americans spurred by the need for supplemental income, given the bleak financial future they face in retirement. Statistics tell the story. Grey labor is the single largest cohort of the labor force and growing exponentially.

Competition 13

Competition Training Entrepreneurship Survey 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

As a younger, more tech-savvy group that is closely connected to their communities'' problems, emerging philanthropists are making smart, data-driven investments in both nonprofits and socially-driven SMEs. In Latin America, the abc* Foundation formed in 2008 to strengthen the culture of philanthropic engagement in the region.

Entrepreneurship 8

Entrepreneurship Brainstorming Data Groups 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

In the fall of 2007 and winter of 2008, two Harvard Business School colleagues and I held four forums with groups of about fifteen business leaders each in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the U.S. The recession had not yet begun, and after the crash in the fall of 2008, the popular view was that no one had seen it coming. In the U.S.,

System 12

System Meeting Groups Leadership 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up) — your world is awash with data. Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics. by Thomas H.

Entrepreneurship 8

Entrepreneurship Leadership Strategy Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

For example, Drew Houston''s March 2008 Digg video for Dropbox generated 70K signups for a product that hadn''t been released yet — and went a long way in confirming product-market fit. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship Product development' But failure of this test doesn''t invalidate your business model.

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IM Insights

MARCH 23, 2022

I was brought in to build a program in Rome that was themed around environmental tech. So I run the , the university startup incubator there and I also teach in the entrepreneurship center. So do you want me to just start the review went through ? So Gmail was in beta , I think in 2004 , Dropbox started maybe 2008.

How To 40

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

For example, Drew Houston’s March 2008 Digg video for Dropbox generated 70K signups for a product that hadn’t been released yet — and went a long way in confirming product-market fit. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship Product development' But failure of this test doesn’t invalidate your business model.

Video 8

Video Entrepreneurship Product Development Disruption 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The massive investment in infrastructure of the past 35 years, most recently as a result of the government’s 2008 stimulus package, will run out of steam by 2034 as the current population migration from the country to the city begins to slow. Enormous investments have been made in science and technology in Chinese universities.

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Meeting Entrepreneurship System Culture of Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

And after withering down to 40 employees during the 2008 housing crisis, the company now has 175 employees. Entrepreneurship Strategy Time management' Week after week, the field notes revealed that nearly every person in the room contributed at least one comment or joke during these 60-minute gatherings. Sales doubled in 2013.

Brainstorming 10

Brainstorming Entrepreneurship Meeting Groups 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Intrigued by technology and innovation, Achan took the initiative to develop two iPhone apps. Pat Flynn — now a successful blogger and podcaster whom I profiled in Entrepreneurial You — was an employee at an architecture firm who was laid off during the Great Recession of 2008. How did he make this unusual career leap?

Entrepreneurship 8

Entrepreneurship Industry Disruption Competition 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. Digital technologies are poised to change the future of work. Automation, big data, and artificial intelligence enabled by the application of digital technologies could affect 50% of the world economy.

Competition 8

Competition Artificial Inteligence Policies Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Fifteen European countries have been losing momentum since 2008 in terms of their state of digital evolution – this is what we mean by a digital recession – with the Netherlands coming in dead last in our momentum rankings. and China take the lead in tech innovation. tech companies. in Sub-Saharan Africa and 27.7%

Policies 15

Policies Entrepreneurship Culture Report 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

Because if only Congress and the American people could hear the voices of entrepreneurs, they might learn how key elements of this new patent reform bill will in fact enrich the giant technology multinationals at the expense of American job creation. technological and economic leadership in the world. prosperity.

Technical Review 16

Technical Review Software Review System Industry 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The correction for tech companies appears to be well underway. Then came October of 2008, the worst financial meltdown in decades. Seven years after that infamous day in 2008, we are a post-IPO company with a market cap of over $1 billion dollars. Looking back, the 2008 economic downturn may have helped us more than it hurt us.

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