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Archives for December 2007

December 20, 2007

Fail Fast, Fail Cheap - Merck rewards scientists for failure

Bob Cooper, over at the Kellogg Innovation blog, draws attention to a Business Week article on Richard Clark’s efforts to turn Merck around.  While the article itself is interesting, what caught my eye was the… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

December 20, 2007

Fail Fast, Fail Cheap – Merck rewards scientists for failure

Bob Cooper, over at the Kellogg Innovation blog, draws attention to a Business Week article on Richard Clark’s efforts to turn Merck around.  While the article itself is interesting, what caught my eye was the… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

December 20, 2007

Business Development Resources for New Entrepreneurs

As a sometime professor of entrepreneurship, I'm frequently approached by would-be entrepreneurs for help in fleshing out their business plans. While I enjoy doing this, it could very easily become a full-time job! I've therefore… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship

December 20, 2007

Columbia Faculty on “What is the Entrepreneurial Mindset”

Entrepreneurship is one of those terms that’s a bit like the old saw about art or pornography – “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it”.  If you want to bring… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship

December 20, 2007

Columbia Faculty on “What is the Entrepreneurial Mindset”

Entrepreneurship is one of those terms that’s a bit like the old saw about art or pornography – “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it”.  If you want to bring… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship

December 19, 2007

Dumbest moments in business 2007 – I do miss Business 2.0

Each year, I had come to look forward to Business 2.0’s compilation of idiotic things that happen in the world of business.  As that magazine is now unfortunately defunct, Fortune appears to be picking up… Read more »

Filed Under: Fun

December 19, 2007

Dumbest moments in business 2007 - I do miss Business 2.0

Each year, I had come to look forward to Business 2.0’s compilation of idiotic things that happen in the world of business.  As that magazine is now unfortunately defunct, Fortune appears to be picking up… Read more »

Filed Under: Fun

December 17, 2007

Google Docs Discovery-Driven Strategy

Jake Anderson, a Harvard School of Business student, has written a paper analyzing the disruptive nature of Google Docs… “Interestingly, the process of beta testing all of its programs through its general customer base continues… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

December 17, 2007

Google Docs Discovery-Driven Strategy

Jake Anderson, a Harvard School of Business student, has written a paper analyzing the disruptive nature of Google Docs… “Interestingly, the process of beta testing all of its programs through its general customer base continues… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

December 17, 2007

Tips for Cognitive Fitness

An article in the November Harvard Business Review recommends the following program for exercising your brain: Manage by walking about Read funny books Play games Act out (improvisation and acting) Find what you’re not learning… Read more »

Filed Under: Uncategorized

December 12, 2007

Fascinating study on R&D Spending and return on innovation by Booz Allen & Hamilton

My colleague, Gray Hammond, drew attention to this year’s installment of the fascinating study of innovation conducted annually by Booz Allen and Hamilton. To access the study click here Synopsis: Booz Allen Hamilton’s annual study… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

December 12, 2007

Fascinating study on R&D Spending and return on innovation by Booz Allen & Hamilton

My colleague, Gray Hammond, drew attention to this year’s installment of the fascinating study of innovation conducted annually by Booz Allen and Hamilton. To access the study click here Synopsis: Booz Allen Hamilton’s annual study… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

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