N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Again, keep in mind that innovation and ideas are not one in the same. Disruptive innovation is rarely raw genius that bubbles-up, but rather the culmination of several things: a sound idea, vetted through great process, refined by innovative application and brought to market by outstanding leadership. Best wishes Tom.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. However, when it comes to developing the breakthrough technologies and disruptive innovations that will change people's lives, free markets are much better coordinators of economic activity. That was down from 9.7%

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2018

By 2011 the pulp and paper giant — the world’s oldest corporation, dating back to 1288 — had laid off over one-third of its 30,000 employees. Since 2011 the share price has more than doubled. Matt Lyon/Getty Images. The decline in demand for paper hit Stora Enso hard.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2010

What is disruptive innovation? An innovation that transforms a market or creates a new one through simplicity, convenience, affordability or accessibility. What is the best way to disrupt a market? Embrace the power of trade offs.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

This idea of peer-to-peer commerce, or the "sharing economy" as it is sometimes known, has spawned a new breed of innovations. The New York case is ironic in that the 2011 law was enacted to stop landlords from converting apartments into more lucrative hotel rooms — to protect tenants, in other words.).

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011). The eight steps are: 1) Create Urgency, 2) Form a Powerful Coalition, 3) Create a Vision for Change, 4) Communicate the Vision, 5) Remove Obstacles, 6) Create Short-term Wins, 7) Build on the Change. Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers. By Daniel H.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

Direct spending on business travel by domestic and international travelers totaled $249 billion in 2011. We''ll be able to get to Singapore by turning on our Apple TV — no walking to the special web-presence-enabled room powered by Cisco, even. Disruptive innovation' The effects could be catastrophic.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Almost every discussion of innovation today inevitably turns to the topic of “disruption.” Academics write about the power of disruptive innovation to transform one industry after another. Consultants have set up practices to focus specifically on helping companies become disruptive innovators.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

To meet these challenges, we believe academic medicine must embrace disruptive innovation in its core missions: educating the next generation of health professionals, offering comprehensive cutting-edge patient care, and leading biomedical and clinical research. Disruptive innovation Health Innovation'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

There are seven "next-generation" innovation writers and thought leaders that are worth watching (in alphabetical order): 1. He is one of the most thoughtful students of disruptive innovation you'll meet. The duo (who are affiliated with Innosight) wrote a great book with Clayton Christensen last year called The Innovator's DNA.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

What has escaped attention is that the device burst into a sector long insulated from the slightest threat of disruptive innovation. The FRC restricted WCFL’s hours and reduced its power. Soon, carriers everywhere — and, by 2011, all four national networks in the U.S. Eventually it was acquired by Amway.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

As Darrell Rigby argued in a 2011 HBR article , every 50 years the retail industry goes through a major disruption. From sitting at the kitchen table to waiting for a train, consumers have the power to browse, compare prices, and order from thousands of retailers competing for their attention.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013. Wide use of soft power to address hidden barriers to entrepreneurialism. Entrepreneurship Disruptive innovation Emerging markets East & Southeast Asia'

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