by sophie | Dec 2, 2016 | business
Being a CEO is harder than ever. The rapid pace of change in business and technology means that more and more companies will find themselves being disrupted. In fact, our latest research with MIT, in which we interviewed more than 1,000 CEOs (from 131 countries and 27...
by sophie | Nov 3, 2016 | business
Strategies : Highly successful companies don’t rest on their laurels. Instead, they constantly look to the future and explore all possible channels for business growth. When we enter discussions with potential new clients, we discuss the best way to try to...
by sophie | Oct 18, 2016 | business
For investors Having physical stuff just isn’t as great as it used to be. At home, we’re Marie Kondo–ing our way to minimalism, buying experiences rather than things, and using services — Netflix, Spotify, Uber — rather than owning assets such as movies, music,...
by sophie | Oct 4, 2016 | Articles
BigBooster is a unique international non-profit acceleration program for early-stage startups with cutting edge innovation in the fields of Bio Health, Informative Tech and Global Impact. Organized between Lyon (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France) and Boston (Massachusetts,...
by sophie | Sep 13, 2016 | Articles
Corporations are victims of the great training robbery. American companies spend enormous amounts of money on employee training and education—$160 billion in the United States and close to $356 billion globally in 2015 alone—but they are not getting a good return on...
by sophie | Jul 25, 2016 | business
From Harvard Business Review When Amazon decided to enter the Indian e-commerce market, it was clear from the outset that something would have to give. That something was the very business model that had made Amazon an internet powerhouse in the U.S. Amazon.com...
by sophie | May 3, 2016 | business
From Adriana Stan As we get into cars with complete strangers, sleep in the beds of people we’ve never met and lend money to others on the other side of the world, a powerful new currency is emerging — and it’s based on trust. What’s striking about the...
by sophie | Apr 30, 2016 | business
Smart devices, the data economy, smart cities, and medicine of the future are just some of the examples of solutions being pursued by the French government’s overarching industrial policy, Industry of the Future. The initiative, led by Emmanuel Macron, Minister...
by sophie | Mar 20, 2016 | business
By Merijn Helle, Vice President of Retail, SAP In a recent article McKinsey advocates the adoption of a two-speed IT environment to go digital. The authors state that ‘delivering an enriched customer experience requires a new digital architecture running...
by sophie | Feb 11, 2016 | business
By now we’re all familiar with examples of small and lean digital companies popping up out of nowhere and outcompeting larger, established companies. Insurgent startups, such as Instagram and Snapchat, manage to operate with far fewer resources than...
