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Yahoo! Is! For! Sale!: Why Banks Should Care

Celent Banking

The announcement in December came on the heels of a nearly 12-month project aimed at spinning its 15% interest (worth $30 billion) in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, to its shareholders, a transaction that has been abandoned over tax concerns. It’s very simple: innovation is a game that is played for a full 9 innings.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014. Price: $7.9B. Price: $6.3B.

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Monitise to Emphasize API, On-Site Solutions in Strategy Shift

Fintech Labs Insights

Amid the revenue and profitability metrics in the recent trading update from UK mobile banking innovator Monitise was news that the company was shifting strategy from “purpose-built” platforms to standardized, cloud-based APIs in a bid to cut costs. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in London, U.K.,

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

Market volatility. He increased his holdings dramatically during the bear market of the mid-70s when GEICO was struggling. He prefers to invest in companies that are already successful (even if that success is undervalued by the market) and that have a strong chance of continuing success over the long term. Stock ownership.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

The early consultants changed that by using market research and data analysis combined with niche expertise to help companies manage their supply chains, improve their product positioning, and enter new markets to beat their competitors. State of Innovation Report. Many are still in wide usage today.

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When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 116 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. Understanding failure is crucial since so many accounts of innovation focus on the successes and so are affected by survivorship bias.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

JD.com took a huge risk by stepping into a major market and investor Capital Today made a $2.4B Semiconductor Manufacturing International generated huge returns for investor New Enterprise Associates when it built a semiconductor company with an experienced team in a fast-growing international market.

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