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The Industries Apple Could Disrupt Next

Harvard Business Review

That is, rather than employ a new technology to disrupt a company’s business model, an upstart disrupts the entire breadth of an entrenched value chain by wresting control of a critical asset. The record labels grumbled that Apple sucked the lion’s share of the profits out of the industry, but it was too late. for three years.

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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

Harvard Business Review

For example, AT&T had to spend almost $18 billion in a single year to upgrade its wireless networks to handle the onslaught of new traffic. Bharti's innovative business model converted fixed costs in capital expenditure to a variable cost based on usage of capacity. The trend is spreading. telecom providers should take notice.

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Big Companies Can Unleash Innovation, Rather than Shackle It

Harvard Business Review

Innovation increasingly involves creating business models that tap big companies' unique strengths. In late 2010 I visited The Mission Hospital (TMH) in Durgapur, a modest town by Indian standards (population about 1 million), nestled in India's northeast corner, near Bangladesh.