Opinion

May 5, 2020

Innovation in a time of crisis: a data-driven approach

Corporations need to be more savvy about when to build their own startup ventures and when to partner or buy.


Chris Locke

4 min read

The last six weeks have seen the largest economic shock in living memory, with half the world’s population currently under social distancing measures and a record 20m Americans now unemployed.

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