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Scott D. Anthony: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Anthony is the managing partner of Innosight, a global strategic innovation consulting and investment firm. Based in the firm’s Singapore offices since 2010, he has led Innosight’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific region as well as its venture capital activities (Innosight Ventures).

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

With the continued rapid development of technology taking the concept of globalization and turning it into hard reality facing businesses of all sizes, it is time for executives and entrepreneurs to examine their current business models from a disruptive perspective. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

That is the question that the Thinkers50, the biennial global ranking of management thinkers , seeks to answer. Or consider the influence of Clayton Christensen, who tops the new ranking. Christensen's influence on the business world has been profound. Who is the most influential living management thinker? It's a fair question.

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The Planning Fallacy and the Innovator's Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

While $300 million might sound like a ridiculously large number to small business owners or entrepreneurs, leaders in many global giants consider the amount a drop in the bucket. Innosight cofounder Clayton Christensen memorably termed this the "growth-gap death spiral" in his 2003 book The Innovator's Solution ).

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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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Three Year-End Innovation Takeaways from Asia

Harvard Business Review

Our soon ending year, 2010, has been fascinating. Silicon Valley remains the global hot spot of innovation, and America continues to churn out innovative companies like Groupon and Bloom Energy. There are three important things I will take away from this year: The West is overly discounting Asia's growth potential.

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Nigeria’s Big Gamble on One Indigenous Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

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. Clay Christensen’s research explores interdependent versus modular approaches to customer problems (pdf). Disruptive innovation Global business'