Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

If you're a product guru, maybe you need a business development or sales-oriented leader to get your vision to market. If you are great at the finances, an early-stage Excel ninja partner probably isn't be the top priority. Diversity on your founding team will give you strength. Different operational skills.

How To 15

How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Finance teams, which are not known for their flexibility to begin with, often have trouble changing their traditional planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes to accommodate radically new IoT business models. HR has the job of developing the human capabilities needed to capture the IoT opportunity. Human resources.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

They’re also likely to be paying an even higher premium for the acquisition, betting on a fast—although uncertain—development. However, only 11% described themselves as being either “mature” or “advanced” on the learning curve. So, what do you need to know to get up the learning curve?

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Company Learning Curve Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Let's say you're a newly appointed manager learning some finance for the first time, and you're trying to improve your recall of many new terms. Focus instead on a single development opportunity integral to your career. Does this opportunity require learning new terms, concepts, or narratives?

Short-term 10

Short-term Learning Curve Tools Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

Unfamiliar but important tasks often have a learning curve that makes how much time they’ll take to complete unpredictable. Likewise, when it comes to money, there are certain personal finance bloggers I like to read from time to time to help me stay on track.

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How To Crisis Management Learning Curve Goal 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

We include five categories of AI technology systems: robotics and autonomous vehicles, computer vision, language, virtual agents, and machine learning.). Our results suggest there’s still time to climb the learning curve and compete using AI. Machine learning is a powerful tool, but it’s not right for everything.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. With GE’s recent announcement to split off its remaining finance operations , and Honeywell also considering divestment, the pressure on these groups remains in force.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. They will benefit the most from being mentored.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8