The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 11, 2023

A recent study from Texas A&M University looks at the role innovation potential can play in terms of providing a sufficiently credible signal to reduce the impact insider sales have on perceptions of quality. “Our research, however, documents a positive effect on IPO valuation from informing investors of future innovation plans.

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IPO Reference Pharmaceuticals Document 114

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has thrust the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries into the limelight like never before. The analysis found that healthcare and pharma are neck and neck with the technology sector in terms of the area people would consider moving to, with both easily beating sectors such as finance and telecoms.

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Industry Pharmaceuticals Technology Finance 99

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

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Finance 131

Finance Incentives Education Pharmaceuticals 131

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 2, 2020

The growth in electronic medicines offers significant potential to better monitor the effectiveness of treatments, but new research from the University of Copenhagen also highlights the ethical and legal complications the technology brings. New capabilities. There are also issues surrounding the ownership of the patient’s data.

Ethics 75

Ethics Pharmaceuticals Uncertainty Self-aware 75

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 9, 2021

As AI has become more potent, there have been understandable concerns about how the technology can be policed so that it works for the benefit of all society rather than certain sections of it. A new paper from Lancaster University explores how AI can be effectively policed, and indeed who should do the policing. Trusting AI.

Document 87

Document Pharmaceuticals Discount Technology 87

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 21, 2012

An entrepreneur and veteran of the computer industry, Frank Moss spent his career bringing innovative technologies to market. Ten years ago he set out to make a broader contribution to the world, leading him to cofound a cancer drug discovery company and then to the MIT Media Lab, where he served as director from 2006 [.].

Entrepreneur 80

Entrepreneur Media Technology Innovation 80

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

model, which is supported by the Estonian government, demonstrates the paths to new business models that focus not only on providing services, but also on fostering a collaborative platform for all to innovate. The E-Residency initiative and its succeeding 2.0

Pharmaceuticals 69

Pharmaceuticals Entrepreneur Politics Globalization 69

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Financial Technology Will Be in Higher Demand. As more businesses move to virtual formats, the need for financial technology will continue to increase in 2021. Gayhardt states that Hong Kong is already increasing its use of advanced fraud detection, biometric facial recognition, and other innovative AI technologies due to the pandemic.

Retail 77

Retail Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals Technology 77

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

These CEOs had transitioned through the classes as a result of their educational performance and were highly present in sectors like technology, engineering, health, and education. .” Knowledge intensive There was also a preponderance of “social-class transitioners” in knowledge-intense industries.

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Class CEO Education Engineering 126

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

That we’re still largely waiting for such an immersive world to take hold, despite much-hyped initiatives, such as Second Life, perhaps underlines the difficulties the technology has had in keeping pace with such a vision. Digital twins. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1

Stephenson 109

Stephenson Wireless Christensen Automotive 109

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Countries around the world have made a concerted effort to try and encourage more young people to take an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), with an understandable belief that these topics are vital for the competitive edge of a modern economy.

Pharmaceuticals 73

Pharmaceuticals Education ROI Project 73

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Medium-term value drivers look forward to indicate whether a company can maintain and improve its revenue growth and ROIC over the next one to five years (or longer for companies, such as pharmaceutical manufacturers, that have long product cycles). As with the other measures, what is important varies by industry.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

By contrast, firms operating in areas such as online retail, pharmaceuticals, and information and communications technology, have all thrived. The researchers highlight the particular impact on businesses in the travel and hospitality sectors, who have all suffered due to the lockdown measures. Face-to-face interactions.

Pharmaceuticals 54

Pharmaceuticals Transportation Retail Long-term 54

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Always at the forefront of innovation, technologies pioneered by the military are often adopted by the commercial sector; companies looking for cyber knowledge or network engineering skills can find this expertise among veterans.

Agility 50

Agility Pharmaceuticals Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Take technology providers' technical support, with its long hold times "hopelessly complex interactions." Pharmaceutical patent expirations are increasing the use of cheaper generic drugs. Looking to take an unsuspecting industry by storm? To start, try eliminating customer pain points. BONUS BITS: Life-Saving Goes Social.

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Disruptive Innovation Innovation Pharmaceuticals Class 22

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Editor's note: This post is the first in a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Lack of consensus among players in a complex system is one of the biggest barriers to innovation. It's a classic change management problem.

Health Care 16

Health Care Innovation Pharmaceuticals Consensus 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2016

China has not been a huge technology innovator, despite being the world’s second-largest investor in R&D , but Chinese businesses have found ways to use innovations in processes, business models, and customer experience to their disruptive advantage. This presents Western companies with a fresh challenge.

Business Model 14

Business Model Innovation Company Apparel 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

In his 2008 book Patent Failure , Bessen and co-author Michael Meurer argue that after taking the cost of litigation into account, the effect of patenting in all industries except pharmaceuticals and chemicals was to reduce the profitability of innovation rather than to increase it. Innovation Technology'

Innovation 13

Innovation Pharmaceuticals Chemicals Software 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.

Innovation 15

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 15

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

New technologies, shifting regulations, and a heightened focus on biotechnology and pharmaceuticals meant that professionals needed to stay ahead of the curve. After years of balancing entrepreneurial ambitions with his own growing cardiac issues, Jim Kaveney, M.S.

Uncertainty 380

Uncertainty Biotechnology Industry Training 380

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

Innovation 14

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

We recently visited the brand-new R&D lab of Dr Reddy's , one of India's leading pharmaceutical firms. Besides Dr Reddy's, several leading Indian firms are pioneering polycentric innovation: Tata Motors. Polycentric innovation won't work in organizations that promote groupthink. Cambridge, U.K.

Globalization 12

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2018

That rule of life is no secret to pharmaceutical companies across the globe. Japan remains the world’s second-biggest pharmaceuticals market, behind only the United States and China. “Japanese leaders recognize the importance of encouraging medical innovation,” Eli Lilly and Co. Older people need more medicine.

Pharmaceuticals 8

Pharmaceuticals Health Care Industry Content 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Take technology providers' technical support, with its long hold times "hopelessly complex interactions." Pharmaceutical patent expirations are increasing the use of cheaper generic drugs. Looking to take an unsuspecting industry by storm? To start, try eliminating customer pain points. BONUS BITS: Life-Saving Goes Social.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Pharmaceuticals Class 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Managers and business analysts will often be called upon to conduct data-driven experiments, to interpret data, and to create innovative data-based products and services. Procter & Gamble's CEO, Bob McDonald, is convinced that "data modeling, simulation, and other digital tools are reshaping how we innovate." BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER.

Skills 21

Skills Pharmaceuticals Sample Business Intelligence 21

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. Finally, many industries are responding to the pressures of the last few years by differentiating themselves.

Resources 51

Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. In a world with severe healthcare resource constraints, mobile digital technology can be a major " force multiplier." There are now more than 5.3

Wireless 16

Wireless Health Care Pharmaceuticals Business Model 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

If the cost of innovation is falling, that should enable more of it from poorer countries, companies or cooperatives. If it's not, the already big and already rich will dominate innovation. Some of this may just be the product of the high regulatory costs in pharmaceuticals, but research by Harvard's F.M.

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Cost Innovation Wireless Disruptive Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2015

Recently, information technology research and advisory company Gartner compiled a list of top 10 strategic technology trends. In the pharmaceutical industry, technology is transforming the sales process. In the pharmaceutical industry, technology is transforming the sales process. Computing everywhere.

Trends 8

Trends Technology Pharmaceuticals Team 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. And that's true in many areas: New devices, pharmaceuticals, and surgical techniques regularly get developed and incorporated into practice.

Health Care 15

Health Care Biotechnology Mayo Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Venture capitalists are increasingly interested in emerging markets, and in working with local funds based in those markets (despite the fact that reverse innovation in venture capital seems counterintuitive). In effect, the VCs at Nadathur Holdings serve as the executive team for a miniature healthcare innovation ecosystem.

Marketing 15

Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology IPO 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

In pharmaceuticals, the largest company, Pfizer, is the result of decades of mergers. The current corporate entity is comprised of firms that used to be called: King Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth, American Cyanamid, Lederle, Pharmacia, Upjohn, Searle, SUGEN, Warner-Lambert, Parke-Davis and others. Economy Entrepreneurship Finance'

Pharmaceuticals 14

Pharmaceuticals Banking Chemicals Entrepreneur 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. Overall, it is a messy picture.

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CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2012

Technological innovation accounted for almost half of U.S. economic growth over the past 50 years, but the country's standing as the world's indisputable innovation leader is now at risk. At Merck, as part of our commitment to scientific innovation, we are working to foster the next generation of scientific leaders.

Education 16

Education Creativity How To Pharmaceuticals 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

While a dynamic, competitive economy rewards innovative firms with high profits and punishes poor performers with low profits, sustained aggregate profits suggest, instead, that firms are able to get away with higher prices because competition is limited. If so, then high profits portend diminished productivity growth.

Pharmaceuticals 14

Pharmaceuticals Politics Price Chemicals 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

high technology or pharmaceutical) that are investing in projects with uncertain long-range payoffs. Strategic cash provides protection against downsides (such as disruptive technologies, economic recessions, and market turmoil) and also offers the opportunity to capture upsides. How Should You Approach Strategic Cash?

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Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 15