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AUGUST 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in August 2023 curated just for you. He’s achieved extraordinary success and emerged as one of the greatest marketing minds of our time by doing things differently. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

Books 248

Books Leadership Venture Funding Learning-by-Doing 248

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2011

Like Samsung, we have found it critical to establish leadership in home markets first, we place a similar importance on mixing local and global talent, and we faced the same cultural integration challenges. These include forging new business strategies, marketing new products, and developing African growth strategies.

Venture Funding 16

Venture Funding Banking Participative Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. One of the most poignant summaries of the market for innovative technology solutions in education is that it is forever in its infancy.

Education 17

Education Innovation Entrepreneur Venture Funding 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

And when innovation programs do get launched, like an internal venture fund or an idea wiki, they tend to either be organizationally isolated or easily marginalized. For industry incumbents, the problem isn't a lack of resources or a shortage of human creativity, but a dearth of pro-innovation values, processes and practices.

Innovation 16

Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Just yesterday, on the front page of the New York Times , came a report about how "low-level engineers, product managers and prominent managers" from the executive ranks are leaving the company for high-profile companies such as Facebook as well as venture-funded startups of the sort that dot the technology landscape.

Tacit Knowledge 15

Tacit Knowledge Long-term McKinsey Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Campbell, the food company best known for its soups, is investing $125 million in a venture fund to help finance food startups, according to the Wall Street Journal. According to Forbes, 58% of startups successfully figure out a clear market need for what they have. Other large consumer companies are doing the same.

Company 8

Company Brand Venture Funding Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Top startups already have market leading solutions. Creating the Venture Client Model. Based on this insight, Gimmy proposed a radical rethinking and new corporate venturing tool to boost corporate innovation: the “venture client” model. Private VCs and other professional investors can provide the first two.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8