"Faced with disruption brought about by digitalization, multinational corporations are realizing the value of partnering with external actors--including start-ups. However, while established corporations and start-ups do have complementary capabilities that could result in win-win collaboration,...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Prologue Microsoft's Startup Partnering Journey -- Microsoft: A Case Study in Startup Partnering -- Phase 1 Getting Startup Partnering Off the Ground -- Phase 2 Extending and Deepening Startup Engagement -- Phase 3...

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed many of the weaknesses in our current systems of government and commerce. In this essay, I provide some historical context to the recent era of "hyper-globalization." I then present multiple factors-economic, social, political, technological, and...