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Management article
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Reference no. SMR64404
Published by: MIT Sloan School of Management
Originally published in: "MIT Sloan Management Review", 2023
Length: 9 pages
Topics: Innovation

Abstract

Only 16% of new corporate ventures succeed, mainly because there are few methodologies for reaching scale. The authors' research shows that successful companies use scaling paths. Such paths require a clarity of ambition; an understanding of the assets needed to access customers, capabilities, and capacity; and a willingness to use a variety of techniques to assemble those assets into a coherent strategy for attaining scale. This article offers leaders five lessons for blazing a scaling path.

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Abstract

Only 16% of new corporate ventures succeed, mainly because there are few methodologies for reaching scale. The authors' research shows that successful companies use scaling paths. Such paths require a clarity of ambition; an understanding of the assets needed to access customers, capabilities, and capacity; and a willingness to use a variety of techniques to assemble those assets into a coherent strategy for attaining scale. This article offers leaders five lessons for blazing a scaling path.

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