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Archives for March 2010

March 29, 2010

Six Sigma is Deadly for Innovation - But then I’ve said that before!

Every so often, doubtless in a doomed bid to make the whole process of growth and innovation more predictable, some bright spark comes up with the idea of trying to apply six-sigma quality controls to… Read more »

Filed Under: Growth Options / Real Options, Innovation, Opportunities

March 29, 2010

Six Sigma is Deadly for Innovation – But then I’ve said that before!

Every so often, doubtless in a doomed bid to make the whole process of growth and innovation more predictable, some bright spark comes up with the idea of trying to apply six-sigma quality controls to… Read more »

Filed Under: Growth Options / Real Options, Innovation, Opportunities

March 26, 2010

Identifying Key Metrics for your business

Hello all— We’ve had a few requests to reprint our guidance on identifying key metrics for your business, which is a crucial bit of analysis to perform in order to get at the core dimensions… Read more »

Filed Under: Uncategorized

March 23, 2010

Venture Capital’s Struggle

Well, the VC business just isn’t what it was.  Blame Sarbanes-Oxley for making IPO exits harder.  Blame the popularity of VC (and private equity funding) which is now attracting ever-larger tranches of financing.  Blame the… Read more »

Filed Under: Uncategorized

March 8, 2010

Another Brick in the Pay Wall: Views on Publishing’s Future

At Columbia’s Public Offering blog, Rita McGrath discussed What Will the Publishing Industry Do Next?. “A new development is that the Web itself is starting to splinter. In the early days, you had one way… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

March 4, 2010

Rita McGrath’s Micropayments blog prompts more online discussion

Barbara Ballard of LittleSprings Design blogged about Rita McGrath’s Why I Hate Micropayments post on Harvard Business Review. To read the entire post and Rita McGrath’s Harvard Business Review post, click here.

Filed Under: News Archives

March 4, 2010

Rita McGrath’s Micropayments blog prompts more online discussion

Barbara Ballard of LittleSprings Design blogged about Rita McGrath’s Why I Hate Micropayments post on Harvard Business Review. To read the entire post and Rita McGrath’s Harvard Business Review post, click here.

Filed Under: News Archives

March 4, 2010

Why government does things inefficiently

Let me start off by stating that I have no knock against government – I have a degree in public policy and was a hard-working employee of the City of New York for many years,… Read more »

Filed Under: Uncategorized

March 2, 2010

The Flip Side of Stock Buybacks

In a recent Smart Money magazine article on BuyBacks, Rita McGrath was quoted: “It takes resources away from what they could be investing — innovation and growth,” says Rita Gunther McGrath, an associate professor at… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

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