Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

A hectic work schedule, increased responsibility, new technology, and the need to read and respond to a daily deluge of email and voicemail place huge demands on your work life. Over a five-year span, one of my clients in the biotechnology field kept moving up through the ranks, from manager to senior manager to VP.

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Tips Biotechnology Objective Learning-by-Doing 156

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

However, the research also highlights the significance of diverse educational, industrial, and organizational backgrounds among managers and board members in fostering innovation in research and development (R&D), thereby generating both economic and social value.

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Diversity Innovation Biotechnology Short-term 111

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 16, 2011

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. Are You Using Dialects To Develop Your Employees’ Skills?

Bureaucracy 233

Bureaucracy Compliance Learning-by-Doing Engineering 233

Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

” ~ Arianna Huffington A hectic work schedule, increased responsibility, new technology, and the need to read and respond to a daily deluge of email and voicemail place huge demands on your work life. To thrive in this role, he needed to develop new skills for dealing with a never-ending stream of demands.

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Tips Biotechnology Objective Learning-by-Doing 120

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

There have also been great leaps forward in biotechnology and even people without investment experience in the industry can find a niche sector to become involved in. Technology. Technology is innovation and looks likely to form the foundation for much of our society for the foreseeable future. Financial sector.

Health Care 66

Health Care Biotechnology Energy Insurance 66

Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

Leapfrogging advances in materials, photonics, optics, and electronics have precipitated a rising demand for 3D display technologies. Similarly, the increased development of 3D games, 3D mobile devices, and 3D movies has stimulated the demand for true 3D displays both in consumer and enterprise applications.

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Technology Content Video Globalization 98

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. Innovation Capital. A great idea may not be enough to build a great business.

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Innovation Reputation Social Capital How To 83

The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

I heard a cautionary tale from “George” the former VP of marketing at a mid-sized biotechnology company about how a bogus forecast helped propagate a disaster. After a few experiments, they pronounced it ready to ship to customers, and did not need to go through a formal development process. I cringed when I heard the story.

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Biotechnology Groupthink CFO Stress 41

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2012

For the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become central to the socioeconomic development of nations. IT is good for developing countries — it empowers people and improves their lives.

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Information Technology Technology Information Trends 17

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Organizations invest billions annually on a success curriculum known as "leadership development," which ends up leaving so much on the table. Training and development programs almost universally focus factory-like on inputs and outputs — absorb curriculum, check a box; learn a skill, advance a rung; submit to assessment, fix a problem.

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Development Biotechnology CIO Short-term 21

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

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Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

As multinational corporations pursue opportunities in emerging markets, they're bound to stumble if they overlook the developed economies, and vice versa. Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies.

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Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The reason for the interest in in part because the industry has suffered from poor returns on investment over the last decade; indeed, some sectors, including biotechnology, report negative aggregate returns. Because of three significant challenges innovators face in emerging markets: Innovation ecosystems are not well-developed.

Marketing 15

Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology IPO 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2011

And that's true in many areas: New devices, pharmaceuticals, and surgical techniques regularly get developed and incorporated into practice. And biotechnology and medical devices are among the leading areas for venture capital funding. Virtually every day, there is information about a clinical study with a new way to treat sick people.

Health Care 15

Health Care Biotechnology Mayo Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Although US firms had pioneered and dominated the technology for two decades, they were now getting pummeled by cheaper Japanese imports. At the same time, the marketplace has become so fiercely competitive—and investors so demanding—that few are willing to take a flyer on an unproven technology. Killing Ideas Faster.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents to our survey see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just 21% think that technology trends are a major strategic challenge. We also found that a focus on innovation tends to go hand in hand with longer-term time horizons.

Innovation 14

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Chirotech specializes in biocatalysis and chemocatalysis, two important subspecialties of biotechnology and chemistry that help develop key biological and chemical intermediates needed for the efficient production of medicines. Besides Dr Reddy's, several leading Indian firms are pioneering polycentric innovation: Tata Motors.

Globalization 12

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Not competitive threats. Not rising costs.

Talent Management 10

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

Start-up companies tend to cluster in industries favored by venture capitalists (like biotechnology or information technology) or ones where there are relatively low barriers to entry (like restaurants). In 2010, Embrace entered into a partnership with General Electric to help scale the technology around the globe.

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Venture Capitalist Innovation Company Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Sure, with improvements in information technology and communication, some services are becoming more tradable and that creates opportunities for the U.S. Indian companies, for instance, are already doing quite well exporting services like software development, technical support, and back-office processing to America.

Health Care 11

Health Care Biotechnology Industry Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Develop Creative Discontent. You may ask, what are some risky investments that stand a high chance of failure but, if successful, enable larger technological leaps that promise earthshaking impact? Three major factors drive convergence: technology, competition, and the customer. Let’s say you’re in the energy sector.

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Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Many of the revolutionary technologies that make the iPhone and other products and services "smart" were funded by the U.S. This also stands in stark contrast to the steps that Apple, Google, and other technology companies take to avoid paying taxes. government's risky investments have had for technology-based corporations.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Biotechnology Fashion Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

It’s only recently, though, that advances in information technology have made it possible for predictive tools to access and manipulate big data, and to do so continuously — accelerating the generation of insights, and opening up opportunities to anticipate issues with unprecedented precision. Health Information & technology'

Health Care 9

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Despite the East Coast roots of technology entrepreneurship and venture capital (VC), by the 1990s Silicon Valley had gained a major advantage over the Cambridge-Boston area. The same underlying technologies (e.g., Silicon Valley dominates these platform technologies. stood at 22.6%, more than twice New England’s 9.9%

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Drucker Biotechnology Software Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The emergence of big data, as well as advancements in data science approaches and technology, is providing pharmaceutical companies with an opportunity to gain novel insights that can enhance and accelerate drug development.

Pharmaceuticals 8

Pharmaceuticals Incubator Health Care Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

P&G was able to combine Mach blade technology with its women’s skin care expertise to market women’s shaving products under the Gillette Venus brand. Gillette introduced new shave lotions, deodorants, and shower gels for men using P&G’s soap, lotion, and antiperspirant technology and expertise.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Biotechnology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2018

.’s “once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by competitors throughout the world.” ” “Our goal,” it stated, “must be to develop the talents of all to their fullest.” industries face acute skills shortages. .

Education 8

Education Company Biotechnology Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

In virtually every advanced field, whether it’s information technology, biotechnology, agriculture, or renewable energy, America holds a leading position. Take a look at any significant innovation, such as an iPhone , and you’ll find that most, if not all, of the technology came from some government program.

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Company Innovation Competitive Advantage White Paper 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

division of the Korean conglomerate Hanguk Industries, where Mark, a vice president of technology, reported to him. ” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. I’ll have 25 developers reporting to me.”

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Case Study Career Biotechnology Course 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Clark recommends listing the “concrete skills you need to develop in order to be successful at pursuing your passion full-time.” Seek out training opportunities to help you develop the skills you need for your project. Patch weak spots. ” Once you have a list of necessary skills, figure out how to acquire them.

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Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Career 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The researchers examined four thriving UIEEs in the electronics and biotechnology sectors in San Francisco and San Diego, comparing them with less successful efforts in Los Angeles. “The key is having a commercial opportunity that technology can solve. However, being ready to act when it does take off is crucial.

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Venture Capitalist Biotechnology How To Entrepreneur 71

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Paul Kennedy's seminal Rise and Fall of the Great Powers captures the way technological and economic advances have converted into strategic advantage, and how failure to "lock in" that edge accelerates imperial decline. Technik , then, is the technological quotient of civilization. It pledges $1.5 The contrast between the U.N.'s

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First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

That means new technologies and new competitors are hitting the market at an unprecedented rate. and technological uncertainty (can we make a desirable solution?) Technological uncertainty results from unknowns regarding the technologies that might emerge or be combined to create a new solution.

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Uncertainty Industry Bottom-up Technology 22

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Republicans generally favor developing a pipeline of diverse candidates through director advocacy and mentorship, while Democrats are more likely to favor requiring that every director slate include diverse candidates, or that boards implement targets for diverse membership. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

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Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

However, I fear that Mexico continuing its existing trade-based economic strategy will not necessarily produce different results in the long term — as it wouldn’t for any other developing country. For instance, breeding programs have developed cows to produce milk that is low in fat and high in omega-3 oils. When the U.S.

Cooper 15

Cooper Long-term Industry Health Care 15