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- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
making use of a local app-development company; using an outsourcing platform like oDesk; contracting with Dashfire, a friend's company that charges low fees for product development in exchange for equity; or finding and hiring a CTO or technical co-founder. Grinna must... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
sending appropriate instructions. With modern IT, these tasks are far easier than in the past. Morgantown's system attracted early complaints for its cost and visual intrusion. But Morgantown's PRT stacks up well against decades of shuttle bus costs—particularly given... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
and Migrating Clusters of Innovation Author:William R. Kerr Publication:Journal of Urban Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention for a technology migrate spatially following breakthrough... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
feels they are responsible—than ever before. The public itself is a powerful stakeholder that is increasingly demanding about issues ranging from the environment to employee benefits. With the incredible speed and reach of modern... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
money until those new values emerged. Because they did not run full speed down their initial path, they were better able to avoid early failures. Threat induced behavior tends to put too much emphasis on the initial (and usually... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
of new fintech entrepreneurs began to change that by improving the speed and ease of the small business customer experience, and making their financial activity more visible to potential lenders. Lagace: How much do small-business owners... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
assets and improve its profitability. However, Bhattacharya knows that these gains will be fleeting without the development of a trained workforce who can address 21st century industry problems with speed and creativity. This requires... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
solely on the merits of its strategic value to Oasys. He was forced to evaluate the strategic benefit alongside the likelihood of actually closing a deal, the specific terms of each deal, and especially the speed with which a deal could... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
printing technology platform, ZINK Paper. The case focuses on the frameworks ZINK has used to decide which markets to target and which business partners to choose. Caswell contemplates changes to the partnership model in an effort to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
Health's MegaBLAST. The best achieved both greater accuracy and speed (1,000 times greater). Here we show the potential of using online prize-based contests to access individuals without domain-specific backgrounds to address big-data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
Abstract Often considered one of the major forces behind economic growth and development, the entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies, thus increasing a country's competitive edge... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Abstract In the continuing quest for business growth, many CEOs are turning to their CIOs and IT organizations because technology is absolutely essential to two compelling sources of growth: innovation and enterprise integration. The View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
again, no one apologizes for this-is that patients can't choose their caregivers. They will get a Mayo Clinic diagnosis, and they will get it quickly, but it may not be a diagnosis from a specific, renowned doctor X. The system has been designed to favor View Details
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
we have people that are willing to stand up to him and do the right thing by their companies. I'm thinking somebody like Mary Barra at General Motors, where they've said you can't have a supply chain that goes around the world. Well, she's plunging full View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
Canadian facility that performs hernia operations only, has developed procedures to maximize surgical success rates, save patients money, and speed their recovery in a friendly, noninstitutional environment. The hospital's advertising... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
founded an open platform called SOFWERX to speed the rate of ideas to Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces, and the like. His team even sourced the idea for a hoverboard from a YouTube video. But how should things like SOFWERX and protypes... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
Office examination process. We randomize assignment of novice patent examiners to each process technology and provision of domain-specific expertise. Our analysis of examiner accuracy and speed in patent adjudication reveals, irrespective... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
cybersecurity. Revenues declined, criticism grew, and challenges of change remained. Watson businesses were new, unproven, and required change in nearly every aspect of legacy operations and culture. To increase speed and agility, Rometty... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
covering the 1483-km distance between Delhi and Mumbai. The project would create new industrial townships, high speed freight lines, six-lane expressways, airports, ports, and power plants. It would also give the country a unique... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
best—values-driven, self-organizing, able to move at lightning speed connecting global and local resources. This was the kind of global leadership and citizenship the fifth Integration and Values Team (IVT5) was charged with enhancing.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace