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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The reality is that many businesses are quick to recognize great ideas, but they often have no plan for how to successfully integrate them into their business model. Moore and Christensen tell us what to do, but their prescription is rarely followed. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Thanks David.

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China, America, and Copycat Economics

Harvard Business Review

pace in the first quarter of 2010. Clayton Christensen's theories of innovation provide us a great lens through which we can understand this seeming paradox. When trying to build new growth businesses, Christensen observes that organizations need to employ an emergent strategy-making process. That was down from 9.7%

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31 Innovation Questions (and Answers) To Kick Off the New Year

Harvard Business Review

Consider it a summary of what's on my mind as 2010 comes to a close. create a new category, extend current business) or innovation mechanisms (e.g., new product, distribution channel, marketing approach). An innovation that transforms a market or creates a new one through simplicity, convenience, affordability or accessibility.

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Nigeria’s Big Gamble on One Indigenous Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

But there are further reasons for optimism, and lessons for companies looking to understand the power of indigenous entrepreneurs in emerging markets. The latest set of contracts, penned in 2010 , have run aground due to haggling over Chinese access to oil blocks and the threat of unfavorable regulation.

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Nigeria's Big Gamble on One Indigenous Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

But there are further reasons for optimism, and lessons for companies looking to understand the power of indigenous entrepreneurs in emerging markets. The latest set of contracts, penned in 2010 , have run aground due to haggling over Chinese access to oil blocks and the threat of unfavorable regulation.

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In Big Companies, Lean Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. A good management team will be dedicated to creating product market fit, otherwise the business will flounder. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out. Patient capital.