Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

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. Moreover, it forgot that it will continue to do well in China and India not just by keeping costs low but also by developing new technologies.

Globalization 15

Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 15

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).

Energy 14

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 14

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. China and India, in particular, offer attractive liquidity and investment opportunities VCs haven't seen for a while.

Marketing 15

Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology IPO 15

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. These firms also had higher-rated processes for innovation. Director Recruitment and Skills.

Innovation 14

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

billion to acquire the webOS operating system, Hewlett-Packard discontinued its webOS-based series of smartphones and line of Touchpad tablets — losing its bet on a webOS-everywhere future. The technology world has some harrowing examples that no innovation-based industry should ever forget. By answering these five questions: 1.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Biotechnology CFO 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. Dr. Mukesh V.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8

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. You can't run your global R&D operations from headquarters in Mumbai. facility in Cambridge Science Park.

Globalization 11

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 11

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. This tight connection between R&D, innovation, and production is present in sectors like biotechnology, advanced materials, and nanotechnology. But let's not kid ourselves.

Health Care 10

Health Care Biotechnology Industry Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

And 43% cited technology expertise, HR-talent management, international-global expertise, and succession planning as the skills missing most on their boards. pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences, health care equipment and services); Industrials (e.g., We also looked at results by industry and region.

Telecommunications 10

Telecommunications Health Care Biotechnology Real Estate 10

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

JUNE 23, 2015

Exciting applications have already been demonstrated across all sectors — from aerospace and medical applications to biotechnology and food production. In these cases, 3D printing has to compete with scale-driven manufacturing processes and rather efficient logistics operations. The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Tacit Knowledge Contract Manufacturing Biotechnology 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.” operational headquarters in Lexington, Massachusetts, which has been working with nearby Quincy College for the past several years.

Education 8

Education Company Biotechnology Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. Meanwhile, Democrats place greater importance on technology expertise and risk management.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 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. David was the president of the U.S. “Good news?”

Case Study 8

Case Study Career Biotechnology Course 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Mary Shelley told us nothing about the future of biotechnology, but the popularity and plausibility of Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus tells us a lot about 1818’s fears and aspirations for technology and its relation to society. What science fiction has always done brilliantly, though, is predict the present.

Class 8

Class Open-book Politics Biotechnology 8

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.

Uncertainty 22

Uncertainty Industry Bottom-up Technology 22