Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. Anyone who has operated inside a big corporate will tell you that for any project, you might have an executive mandate. The realities of operating in large companies mean that this is far from always true.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

But in our view, Apple faces a deeper problem: the industries most susceptible to its unique disruptive formula are just too small to meet its growth needs. Apple has seemingly served as an anomaly to the theory of disruptive innovation. And Nielsen has no reason to cede control of it.

Industry 9

Industry Wireless Advertising Content 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Maybe in 2010 it would have lured a young engineer from Google named Kevin Systrom to create a mobile version of the site. Today the company has annual revenues above $20 billion, competes in healthcare and electronics operations and derives significant revenues from document solutions. The right lessons from Kodak are subtle.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

Also, Consumer Reports issued a "does not recommend" on the iPhone 4 (in 2010). Nothing on the scale of "Think different" was created by Jobs more than a decade after that iconic campaign. Bad product reviews: One word: Ping. No iPad mini at all. Executive exodus: In 2008, Tony Fadell, senior vice president of the iPod division, stepped down.

Marketing 11

Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The shutdown will be completed by early 2014, bringing to a close a dramatic story of rise and fall at the hands of disruptive technological innovation, or what we have called “ big bang disruption.” At its peak, the company operated 10,000 stores. In 2010, the once-unbeatable company declared bankruptcy.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Intangible Assets Retail Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

And now, we’re in the middle of a massive disruption from the move to mobile, as teenage platforms try to adjust to the rapid transition from the PC-web-browser centric ecosystem to the mobile-app-centric ecosystem. From around 1990 to 2010 Microsoft arguably ruled the information-technology industry.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Advertising Marketing Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

In April 2010, V.R. He believed that the most disruptive innovations don't occur inside a single domain, but at the intersection of multiple diverse domains (such as the arts and the sciences). Ferose became the managing director of SAP Labs India, one of fifteen global R&D centers of the German software giant SAP.

Innovation 9

Innovation Attrition Software Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A little-recognized NSF report released in September 2010, the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) , said that only 9% of public and private companies engaged in either product or service innovation between 2006 and 2008. Apple, the single exception, operates as a startup. and the level of employment.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12