What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong (and Right) About Culture
By Jay Rao, Babson College
Startups are increasingly emulated by firms of all sizes, but which aspects of startup culture add value and which should be left behind?
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BusinessJay Rao is a professor of Strategy and Innovation at Babson College and teaches extensively in Babson Executive Education. His research on innovation and culture has appeared in the Sloan Management Review, European Management Review, and Design Management Review, as well as his 2012 book, The Discipline and Culture of Innovation. Dr. Rao has a Ph.D. from Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA and sits on the innovation advisory boards of Bancolombia and Firmenich.
By Jay Rao, Babson College
Startups are increasingly emulated by firms of all sizes, but which aspects of startup culture add value and which should be left behind?
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