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IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI - Course Catalog

the Internet changed the landscape of the tech sector. Nearly every category incumbent across B2B and B2C was disrupted by Internet-first startups that dominate today’s “most valuable companies” list. Will history repeat itself as we... View Details

19 Apr 2017
News

Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

Silicon Valley’s name is dominant in the history of entrepreneurship. So where does that leave other cities that want to get in on the action? On April 13 in Spangler Auditorium, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a panel of area business... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

misuse of social media, and cyber attacks are just a few of the threats to continuing prosperity that we see dominating the headlines every day. How can capitalism be sustained? And who should spearhead the effort? Critics turn to... View Details

18 Nov 2013
Op-Ed

Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?

committing to an approach that may need to fundamentally change—something that is harder to accomplish at scale. That said, the pursuit of coveted "network effects," with winner-take-all rewards to the dominant platform and a high number... View Details

Keywords: by Chet Huber; Technology

Profile

Alex Slusky

has paid off. “By differentiating ourselves from the ordinary VC,” says Alex, “we have grown from a nascent start-up in 1997 to a partnership that now manages $2 billion in assets today. If you look at the West Coast PE industry, you’ll see that it is... View Details

29 Jun 2019
News

Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa

sector, it's dominated by male businessmen, basically. We know that Africa actually has the highest participation, the highest percentage of women business owners and business leaders across the world. However, when you look at this into... View Details

04 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 4

India on firm size dynamics and reallocation of resources within industries. Following deregulation, resource misallocation declines, and the left-hand tail of the firm size distribution thickens significantly, suggesting increased entry by small firms. However, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
News

Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

dominant architect of the building boom in the early 20th century. But the Depression ended all that. Nothing like 740 or 834 was built for another 75 years. What newer additions to the New York skyline will future generations be... View Details

Keywords: April White

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

A New Ecosystem for Business and Society

dominant form of organization has been of a hierarchy. Now and in the future, Clark said, many more people in the organization will be responsible for taking action and initiating strategic activities. As the old hierarchy is beginning to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring

by Stuart C. Gilson (John Wiley & Sons) News of major job cuts, bankruptcies, mergers, and buyouts seems to dominate the headlines these days, as global economic forces put pressure on companies to adapt in pursuit of higher market value.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

05 Jul 2022
Op-Ed

Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams

“address book” for collaborating on video is pretty seamless. And messages in Teams can be emailed easily if necessary. (Of course, some companies are “Google shops” and use Gmail, but Outlook is dominant in many industries.) "The... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

Vietor noted, privatization was the dominant force in Europe. "In the past two decades," he said, "the public enterprise sector has been reduced to about 7 or 8 percent of GDP." Each of the three panelists in the... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation

13 Jul 2016
Blog Post

How To Hire A Millennial

business “should be measured by something more than just its financial success.” So if a company’s dominant message is that it revolves solely around its financial performance, that organization may wow stock analysts but lose the talent... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

10 Mar 2021
News

Vision: A Unicorn Evolves

Medina and his cofounders had courted at GroupTalent were interested in Outreach’s product, but usage wasn’t growing as quickly as the founders had hoped. Plus, the company faced the challenge of making their software compatible with numerous applicant tracking... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; technology; startups; leadership

01 Mar 2008
News

Alumni Books

four-year research program that spanned 25 industries, identifying long-term winners and what they do differently, Capon talked to marketing mavens from across the global economy and presents their insights in five broad groups: picking markets that matter; selecting... View Details

Keywords: Noel Capon; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

well. Most successful enterprises are adept at refining their current offerings, but they falter when it comes to pioneering radically new products and services. Kodak and Boeing are just two of the more recent examples of once dominant... View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

16 Jul 2020
Blog Post

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

have to encourage women a few times if you want to close these gaps.” It's important to note, Coffman says, that these studies also show that men have less confidence than women in their ability to shine in fields dominated by women.... View Details

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

technologies developed by the Sony Corporation. In this same astonishingly brief period, Japan's computer makers had become Europe's dominant suppliers of large computer systems and had captured the U.S. market in memory chips.... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

01 Sep 2015
First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

strategy beyond markets. Very few studies have shown that a firm’s strategy increases policy performance; almost none have demonstrated a link between policy and firm profitability. Third, the topical areas of analysis appear to be limited. Environmental issues and... View Details