Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Those that do spend an evening discussing the challenges of digital disruption with us and some of the brightest MBA students on the planet. Invariably, each CEO we host recognizes two truths: Digital disruption will reshape their industry in one fashion or another and they must find a way to embrace these changes.

Christensen 8

Christensen Finance Innovation B2B 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

I have seen and worked with several entrepreneurs and CEOs that jump on the fashion band wagon or immediately implement any idea that pops into their head with almost no analysis. Regards, Steve [link] Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation – N2Growth Blog « Tech4buziness – Eng [.] I do agree with your basic premise though.

Blog 413

Blog Innovation Brand Strategic Planning 413

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

He's not only the controlling shareholder of Rose Park Advisors; our investment approach is based on his theory of disruptive innovation. When Clay is in the room, people want to hear from him. Next on deck is his son, Matt, the CEO and portfolio manager; then me. But here's the rub.

Christensen 16

Christensen Sports Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

This, in turn, derails them in one of two ways: they have to commit wholeheartedly to "fat" innovation — promising their senior executives a pathway forward and a certain amount of revenue, before they have tested their hypotheses, in exchange for funding. That is where the budget is determined, and the processes decided upon.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Chaos — and the broader catch-all, complexity — became an enormously fashionable economic topic for a few years.The physicist-founded Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico was the center of this work.

Decisionmaking 15

Decisionmaking Chaos Theory Hedge Marketing 15

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. Their job done, they fell out of favor in the ‘80s and ‘90s as focus came into fashion. True synergies across the diverse operations were often hard to see.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

But those impressive numbers may be eclipsed by a revolution in venture financing that is only being held back by final government approval: start-ups raising actual investment funds from individuals in exchange for equity or a share of profits. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8