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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

The following article will demonstrate the pitfalls of turning an innovation into a market reality with a case study from the plastics industry. When it comes to the plastics industry, the chemical recycling company Carbios is an instructive example of this delayed patenting strategy. Turning Innovation into a Market Reality.

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Case Study: A Founder Steps Back from Her Start-Up

Harvard Business

Existing products had touted their cleaning power, but their ingredient lists were long and full of nasty-sounding chemicals that irritated the dogs’ skin. When the shampoo was ready, she’d started selling it to local retailers and developing a loyal customer base.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Kearney aims to provide support for companies by helping them stay ahead of new market developments and positioning them to capture new opportunities. Firm hires 2,000th employee. Innovation. Strategic IT. Automotive.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

IBM was founded in 1911 and has a rich history of ingenuity, deep convictions, premier research and development, and trend setting. They were a management consulting firm whose clients were chemical and petroleum companies. Chemicals and Petroleum. The cases are generally simple, open-ended “The client does X.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

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. The strategy worked until growth slowed in both developed and developing markets. 2: Shed the Layers (vertical health).

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How Royal DSM Is Improving Its Geographic and Gender Diversity

Harvard Business

But the ones who really understand the issue see gender balance as not just a numbers game but part of a broader, more strategic cultural shift that includes developing leadership teams representing geographically diffuse markets. The second phase was to attract and develop more local and international people.

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Why Sourcing Local Food Is So Hard for Restaurants

Harvard Business

He has written a case study about food safety testing and is the author of All Business Is Local. They don’t have as much as experience with USDA inspection procedures and their own internal inspection systems may not be as well-developed and operationally as reliable as those at the Tysons of the world.