N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As we stand at the crossroads of technological revolution and human intuition, it’s imperative to envision the future of executive search through the lens of both AI and emotional intelligence. High-level recruitment isn’t just about matching skills to job specifications; it’s about aligning visions, values, and cultures.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 16, 2023

The production of goods and services with smaller carbon footprints, also known as green technologies, is on the rise and presents numerous economic opportunities. “We are at the beginning of a technological revolution based on green technologies,” the authors explain.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2013

If you were looking for a theme song that captures marketing today, you could do worse than pick Queen’s anthem “Under Pressure.” Marketing is under pressure to show results, cut costs, and drive growth. Marketers should welcome it. In our experience, marketing can increase marketing ROI (MROI) by 15 – 20 percent.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

At that time it was hard for PARC to understand how much we needed to invest in a new technology before approaching partners to work together in commercialization. Potential open innovation partners can't always immediately envision later-stage business opportunities from early-stage technology seeds. You can invest iteratively.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2012

Can we get to the market without any technological miracles? Note what isn't part of the decision: an idea's net present value or return on investment. Consider some combination of the following criteria: Does what we hope to do fit our strategy? (If If you don't have an innovation strategy , go and create one.).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The market caps of just four companies, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, now exceed $3 trillion. Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2017

But I long for actions that go beyond admonitions to managers and boards to do better, that give both parties a better chance to stand up to capital markets players, like activist hedge funds, pressuring them to become too short-term focused. The Refresher: Net Present Value. Related Video.

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