Amazon innovation chief: 'We are failing and will continue to fail' Emprendimiento 

Amazon innovation chief: ‘We are failing and will continue to fail’

Jeff Bezos, Chairman and founder of Amazon.com . Drew Angerer/Getty Images LONDON — What does it take to build one of the most valuable new companies of the last quarter century? A high tolerance for failure, apparently. Amazon’s vice president for global innovation policy and communications, Paul Misener, gave […] Lee el artículo completo aquí Amazon innovation chief: ‘We are failing and will continue to fail’

Leer más...
10 must-read books for leaders in the digital business age Liderazgo 

10 must-read books for leaders in the digital business age

Editor’s note: This story’s Twitter giveaway has ended. Today, both business leaders and CIOs need to be all-around leaders, capable of high-level strategy, smart about digital transformation, and close to customers. Above all, you must inspire and motivate the people who work for you. We’ve picked out 10 books […] Lee el artículo completo aquí 10 must-read books for leaders in the digital business age

Leer más...
Why Venture Capitalists Aren’t Funding The Businesses We Need Emprendimiento 

Why Venture Capitalists Aren’t Funding The Businesses We Need

If you’re looking for money to start a new business, it helps to be white, male, attractive-looking, and living in a place like Boston or San Francisco. Better still, you want to have gone to a top-ranked university. People with these sorts of profiles win the lion’s share of […] Lee el artículo completo aquí Why Venture Capitalists Aren’t Funding The Businesses We Need

Leer más...
How to improve student educational outcomes: New insights from data analytics Educación 

How to improve student educational outcomes: New insights from data analytics

By applying advanced analytics and machine learning, we have identified factors that play a critical role in student achievement. A well-educated citizenry is an economic and social necessity. Policy makers, educators, and parents all over the world want students to understand and be able to apply their knowledge of […] Lee el artículo completo aquí How to improve student educational outcomes: New insights from data analytics

Leer más...
The 7 Habits of Successful Academic-Innovation Leaders Educación 

The 7 Habits of Successful Academic-Innovation Leaders

Alex Brylov / Shutterstock Given the pace of change in higher education today, it should come as no surprise that colleges and universities are investing in research and development labs dedicated to academic and business-model innovation. Done right, these labs have the potential to transform institutional cultures. But investing […] Lee el artículo completo aquí The 7 Habits of Successful Academic-Innovation Leaders

Leer más...
The Psychology Behind the New iPhone’s Four-Digit Price Tecnología 

The Psychology Behind the New iPhone’s Four-Digit Price

Apple made headlines by announcing that the price for its new iPhone X (a fancy term for 10) will range from $999 to $1,149. These prices are commanding attention because they are significantly higher than the base prices of the two other iPhone models that were also announced, the […] Lee el artículo completo aquí The Psychology Behind the New iPhone’s Four-Digit Price

Leer más...
Los unicornios no salvarán la economía, las empresas emprendedoras sí Emprendimiento 

Los unicornios no salvarán la economía, las empresas emprendedoras sí

Los unicornios del mundo, esas start-ups respaldadas por inversores de capital riesgo y valoradas en más de 1.000 millones de dólares (unos 940 millones de euros), han recibido mucha atención mediática últimamente. Ahora mismo, Google News proporciona alrededor de 16 millones de resultados sobre Uber y otros siete millones […] Lee el artículo completo aquí Los unicornios no salvarán la economía, las empresas emprendedoras sí

Leer más...
Best Business Books 2016: Strategy Opinión Personal 

Best Business Books 2016: Strategy

Illustration by Adam McCauley Yossi Sheffi The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected (MIT Press, 2015) * A TOP SHELF PICK Robert Salomon Global Vision: How Companies Can Overcome the Pitfalls of Globalization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer Friend & Foe: When […] Lee el artículo completo aquí Best Business Books 2016: Strategy

Leer más...