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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. 2010): 253-269. [6] His ability to perform integral calculus in his head led his tutors to think he was cheating. 2] Cawthorne, Tesla vs Edison, pg. v=HfnFeJlkfZE. [5]

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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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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. The current Flip web site shows no Wi-Fi-enabled cameras. What happened? I'm sure Cisco has excellent reasons. Technology couldn't have been the issue.

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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.

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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. This was Keyne Monson.