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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you rolled-out a new product?

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Investors Punish Amazon for Investing in Disruptive Growth

Harvard Business Review

Listening to Amazon's finance chief Tom Szkutak explain the miss, it was immediately apparent that Amazon's problem was not with the top line. On the conference call, Szkutak explained that significant capacity investments are being made in distribution centers so Amazon can continue to grow its core retail business.

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The 4 Types of Innovation and the Problems They Solve

Harvard Business Review

Just as we wouldn’t rely on a single marketing tactic or a single source of financing for the entire life of an organization, we need to build up a portfolio of innovation strategies designed for specific tasks. Clay Christensen's landmark theory -- in under two minutes. Related Video. The Explainer: Disruptive Innovation.