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At a Voice of America blog Rita McGrath is quoted: “Universities have been slow to change…The basic business model of our higher education has not changed since the age of Socrates. It is some guy… Read more »

At Metro.US, the topic is discussed and Rita McGrath is quoted: First, know what you’re dealing with. According to Rita Gunther McGrath, associate professor at Columbia Business School, there are two types of grouches: “permanent”… Read more »

May 21, 2012Barbara Figge Fox suggests that readers have a look at Rita McGrath’s perspective on how digital technologies will reshape education. The blog post is at this link.

May 21, 2012Barbara Figge Fox suggests that readers have a look at Rita McGrath’s perspective on how digital technologies will reshape education. The blog post is at this link.

“This is a company that is desperately searching for focus and identity,” said Rita McGrath, associate professor at Columbia Business School. “Absent a CEO, it really falls to the board to provide that.” To read… Read more »

Gain maximum learning from each attempt. Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian MacMillan, in their classic Discovery-Driven Growth, emphasize the importance of documenting assumptions and taking steps to validate those along the way. They recommend creating… Read more »

Gain maximum learning from each attempt. Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian MacMillan, in their classic Discovery-Driven Growth, emphasize the importance of documenting assumptions and taking steps to validate those along the way. They recommend creating… Read more »

…let’s bring in Rita McGrath. The Columbia Business School professor says too many organizations are trying to solve today’s complex problems with outdated methods. In short, they’re trying to predict their way out of an… Read more »

Rita McGrath in an interview with Washington Post about the appointment of its new CEO, Scott Thompson, is quoted as follows: “My advice to Thompson is that you’ve got everyone’s attention, but now you have… Read more »

Bloomberg Business Week discusses why Cerberus Capital Management would buy AT&T’s Yellow Pages and quotes Rita McGrath: Rita McGrath, an associate professor at Columbia Business School, explained last month that while private equity investors often… Read more »

The Build Network blog discusses in detail Rita McGrath’s article in the European Financial Review entitled Finding Opportunities in Business Model Innovation.

At Social Innovation blog: Discovery driven planning is a distinct and unique paradigm of business development. It provides an alternative means of business development in an environment marred with uncertainty. Many new ventures that begin… Read more »