"Things move quickly in technology, which is why technology companies are fascinating to strategists the way fruit flies are for biologists — you can see an entire life cycle in a very short span of time." RITA McGRATH, blogs.hbr.org (5 June 2011) Columbia professor Rita McGrath points out that technology companies are these days proving very valuable to business academics - because they come and go like fruit flies! To read the entire post, click here.
- Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Rita McGrath's post at Harvard Business Review has been reposted by Bloomberg Business Week. To read the post, click here.
- Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Rita McGrath's most recent post at the Harvard Business Review: "Groupon is poised for its debut as a public company. One of the fastest growing of the recent hatch of Internet darlings, the deal-a-day company was worth $5.3 billion to Google just a few short months ago, in November of 2010. Somewhat astonishingly, Google's offer was spurned and the company set its sights on going public. The smart money went along, with Groupon valued at $15-20 billion, according to some observers anticipating rich pickings in the IPO-to-come." To read the entire post, click here.
- Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2011
The European Financial Review, June-July 2011 has published Finding Opportunities in Business Model Innovation by Rita McGrath. To visit the site and read the article, click here.
- Posted: Monday, June 27, 2011
Ted Garrison interviewed Rita McGrath for his Seize Opportunities through Discovery-Driven Growth article: “One of the things we are seeing very strongly is that companies that are successful in these truly turbulent environments have a pipeline of opportunities at all times.” She advocates that you need a series of approaches where you systematically go through and really conjure up opportunities. Once potential opportunities are identified, it’s a matter of screening and scoring them. I asked Professor McGrath what advice she had for contractors who want to grow their businesses in these crazy times. She responds, “The first thing they must do is segment their potential customers into places where there are still opportunities for growth or for reconfiguration.” Contractors might find opportunities for their applications in areas the company normally does not participate in, but where these applications are relevant. The second approach is to ask what skills and capabilities your company has developed that are relevant in a world that is moving very, very rapidly." To read the entire post, click here.
- Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2011
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January 30, 2012:
Complementary webinar tomorrow (January 31) “How the Growth Outliers Do It”
Just back from Davos! Tomorrow, Columbia Executive Education will be hosting a complementary webinar on an article that is in this months' Harvard Business Review …
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December 12, 2011:
Center on Japanese Economy and Business Symposium with Square Enix, February 21, 2012
On February 21, 2012, Professor Rita McGrath will participate in a symposium sponsored by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School. It …
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John Jung, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Alfa Group says...
Rita, I was privileged to be in attendance in Florida to hear your comments on Intelligent Failures. Your style is engaging and the material was presented …
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