Monthly Archives: January 2018

Freedom to fail, freedom to innovate

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Eugene Ivanov

(This post originally appeared on InnovationManagement.se) Everyone seems to agree that innovation is a risky business: it involves a lot of experimentation, which often ends up in failure. High tolerance for failure, therefore, can be considered as a major prerequisite for … Continue reading →

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Innovation and VC investors

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Eugene Ivanov

Academic research provides abundant empirical evidence suggesting that corporate and socio-economic policies tolerating failure, both at individual and firm levels, foster innovation. For example, labor laws limiting firms’ ability to discharge employees at will were shown to stimulate corporate innovation. … Continue reading →

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