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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget

Harvard Business

Most innovation investments, such as product improvement, technological innovation, and research and development (R&D) traditionally aim at strengthening the innovation capacity of the organization. Nokia did have resources to develop a new operating system, but chose to stick with Symbian.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Revenue: $20B+ (2011). IBM was founded in 1911 and has a rich history of ingenuity, deep convictions, premier research and development, and trend setting. Finance Risk. IBM’s premier internship program for students pursuing software development and MBA degrees (but focused on those with technical backgrounds).

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

CEO Frans van Houten began an aggressive change process in 2011 to move power back to the regional business units. He installed heavy-weight market leaders in key growth markets (much as GE has done) to bring management attention to market development, commercial capability, and relationships with government entities.

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Subscription Businesses Are Booming. Here’s How to Value Them

Harvard Business

subscribers in 2017, and the industry as a whole has been growing at 200% annually since 2011. Moving from “top-down” valuation to “bottom-up” The default valuation method for finance professionals is “top-down” in nature. Case Study: Blue Apron.