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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

So one thing to emulate is to devote time peering into the future to understand: 1) key trends and how they will influence customer preferences, and 2) the emergence of new technologies and business models and how they will enable companies to deliver new value. 2010): 253-269. [6] 2] Cawthorne, Tesla vs Edison, pg.

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The Media Industry is the Canary in the Coalmine

Harvard Business Review

Take, for instance, the automotive industry's pursuit of information services like GM's OnStar and Ford's Sync, even BMW's iDrive. A great deal of the argument made in 2010 by those in favor of U.S. Whole new value chains are being created--and that demands new business models and new revenue models in particular.

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Elon Musk’s Patent Decision Reflects Three Strategic Truths

Harvard Business Review

Traditional automakers define themselves by their role within the automotive industry. Their position within the industry defines their business strategy. Witness, for example, the way Tesla is selling their Model S directly to consumers as opposed to replicating the traditional dealership model.

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CEOs Must Engage All Stakeholders

Harvard Business Review

It closed out the 2010 fiscal year with €11.97 There are many examples of crowdsourcing, open innovation, and new business models that tap into the creativity of people from anywhere in the world today. It has resulted in positive cash flows, occupancy of over 90%, and higher levels of customer and employee satisfaction in 2010.

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Many Companies Still Don’t Know How to Compete in the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

Every industry, no matter how traditional — agriculture, automotive, aviation, energy — is being upended by the addition of sensors, internet connectivity, and software. By 2010, Kodak had clawed its way to No. Today, it is occurring at the level of ecosystems. The Internet of Things is a good example of this change.

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18 of the Top 20 Tech Companies Are in the Western U.S. and Eastern China. Can Anywhere Else Catch Up?

Harvard Business Review

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? From 2010 to 2017, the market cap of GAFAM companies increased by $2.6 Winner-take-all economics favored the companies in the U.S. trillion.