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Fall and Rise of Strategic Planning (Spanish version)
Mintzberg, HenryArticle HBS-94107StrategyStrategic planning has fallen from the pedestal it occupied when it came on the scene in the mid-1960s. Strategic planning failed because it is not the same as strategic thinking. Planning is about analysis--about breaking a goal into steps, formalizing those steps, and articulating the expected consequences. Strategic thinking, in contrast, is about synthesis. It involves intuition and creativity. The outcome of strategic thinking is an integrat...Starting at €8.20
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Floodgate: On the Hunt for Thunder Lizards
McDonald, Rory; Burke, Alix; Franking, Emma; Tempest, NicoleCase HBS-617044-EEntrepreneurshipFounded in 2008, Floodgate pioneered the "micro-VC" category, a new type of investment firm that raised smaller funds and made earlier, smaller investments in technology startups than traditional venture-capital firms. By 2015, Floodgate had raised three funds totaling $225 million and achieved outsize success with investments in high profile startups like Twitter, Twitch, Cruise Automation, and Lyft. Floodgate measured success in terms of its co...Starting at €8.20