economic barriers have fallen and vast quantities of information are at their fingertips. They also scout for talent across the globe‚ tap investors wherever they may be located‚ and learn to manage operations from a distance – the moment they go into business. Take Bento Koike‚ who set up Tecsis to manufacture wind turbine blades in 1995. The company imports raw materials from North America and Europe‚ and its customers are located on those two continents. Yet Koike created his globe-girding start-up
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Draft: Please send comments to bailetti@sce.carleton.ca Prepare the right plan to commercialize your technology company’s innovation Introduction Technology entrepreneurs such as you need to prepare a commercialization plan. The commercialization plan describes how you will transform a promising technology into economic benefits for your company’s stakeholders (i.e.‚ customers‚ collaborators‚ founders‚ investors‚ employees). For many technology entrepreneurs the preparation of a commercialization
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Nohria‚ William Joyce‚ and Bruce Roberson © 2003 BY HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The dot-com boom of the 1990s had changed the rules of business forever‚ it seemed; all you needed was a sexy IPO‚ cold nerve‚ and the magic carpet of momentum trading. But even as entrepreneurs and venture capitalists were dismissing traditional business models as antiquated and conventional business wisdom as old school‚ we found ourselves wondering if they were right. For
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Threat of Global Gridlock by George Stalk‚ Jr. Reprint R0907T This article is made available to you with compliments of BCG. Further posting‚ copying or distributing is copyright infringement. The Threat of Global Gridlock COPYRIGHT © 2009 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by George Stalk‚ Jr. As our worldwide transportation network becomes less and less able to support the demands of a global economy‚ we’re heading straight into a crisis. A crisis? How can we be
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childless woman. This problem is caused by the barriers that women face in business. High level positions require managers to be forceful; however‚ women who qualify these requirements are often seen as aggressive and lacking in social skills. Two arguments are raised: “Should company leave their opinions at home and avoid this legal risk?” “Should the society give working mothers more equal and fair opportunities in business?” In my opinion‚ the maternal wall bias is a global concern. Many employers
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Four commentators offer expert advice. Reprint R0209A Paragon Tool is pouring money into growth initiatives. How long can it afford to wait for profits to bounce back? H B R CAS E ST U D Y Growing for Broke COPYRIGHT © 2002 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by Paul Hemp Look‚ you’ve got to grow. It’s what our economy is all about. Hey‚ it’s what our country is all about! Certainly‚ it’s what drives me. My father‚ Constantine Anaptyxi‚ came to
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OP Y It’s been 40 years since the advent of modern IT‚ yet few companies do it well. If you stick to three central principles‚ you can turn IT from a costly mess into a powerful weapon. Getting IT Right DO COPYRIGHT © 2004 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by Charlie S. Feld and Donna B. Stoddard Of all the members of the executive committee‚ the CIO is the least understood—mostly because his profession is still so young. Over the centuries
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THE IDEA PHOTOGRAPHY: GETTY IMAGES Companies always say employees are their most valuable asset. Kevin Ryan thinks that few of them act accordingly. He believes a CEO’s most important job is managing talent. hen I think about starting a business‚ my view is that the idea itself is worth between zero and very little. Most new companies already have competitors when they launch—and if they don’t‚ they soon will. DoubleClick‚ where I was CEO from 1996 to 2005‚ had dozens of competitors within
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the importance of this concern about organizational change. Today‚ more and more managers must deal with new government regulations‚ new products‚ growth‚ increased competition‚ technological developments‚ and a changing workforce. In 130 Harvard Business Review 1320 Kotter.indd 130 | July–August 2008 | Justine Beckett “IT MUST BE hbr.org 6/5/08 7:33:49 PM Best of HBR Choosing Strategies for Change response‚ most companies or divisions of major corporations find
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such as the actors’ mouths and Prominent Branding Puts Off Viewers weave the brand image throughout the ad. Experiments have shown that this can increase viewership by as much as 20%. One of the best examples of the technique is March 2012 Harvard Business Review 25 The solution: Utilize “brand pulsing.” Smart
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