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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

A great idea may not be enough to build a great business. Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. Innovation Capital.

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Cisco's Flip Flop and (Mis)Managing the Obvious

Harvard Business Review

The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. Put aside, for the moment, that Cisco spent $590 million during a recession to buy into the camera business. Technology couldn't have been the issue. The current Flip web site shows no Wi-Fi-enabled cameras. What happened? This was obvious.

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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

telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. 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. But the solutions may not be housed on their own soil.

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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. The Healthy Heart program seeks to bring pacemaker technology to hundreds of thousands of Indians who desperately need it. During my visit I saw a pilot of Medtronic's innovative business model in action.