0404 | Do IPOs Hurt Innovation?

Published on February 22, 2013. Updated on November 30th, 2023.

0404 | Do IPOs Hurt Innovation?

Interesting new research from Shai Bernstein at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business suggests that companies that go public experience a significant decline in innovation post-IPO. Top talent leaves and the talent that stays is typically less productive. Hitting an Innovation wall doesn’t have to be the fate of all companies post-IPO, you just have to train your investors properly.

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1 thought on “0404 | Do IPOs Hurt Innovation?”

  1. Sean G.

    Innovation is no longer the domain of the “experts”. A pipeline of new ideas can be sustained by leveraging the collective intelligence of your crowd. Spigit can help. http://www.spigit.com

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