The productivity J-curve describes the historical pattern of initially slow productivity growth after a breakthrough technology is introduced, followed years later by a sharp takeoff.

A J-curve is a trendline that shows an initial loss immediately followed by a sharp gain. In a chart, this pattern of activity would have the shape of a capital "J".

Early-stage venture capital has a return profile dubbed the “J-curve.” Given a cohort of startups in a venture portfolio, the failures of that cohort tend to materialize quite quickly.

Investor interest and participation in private markets continues to grow. In this post, we’ll discuss strategies that can be used to potentially eliminate the J-curve in a private markets ...

Most estimates of Indian manufacturing productivity find a slowdown in the 1990s. This has puzzled analysts, given that 1990s reforms were deeper and wider than the 1980s reforms that raised the ...

Innovative new businesses that succeed in many other industries also follow the pattern of “hockey stick growth” – where revenue shoots up sharply in a curve shaped like a hockey stick ...