Development Disruptive Innovation Technology Wilde 
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 12, 2012
American efforts to jumpstart the development of a cleantech economy have not been wildly successful to date. It was only a few years ago that Governor Deval Patrick poured some $58 million into the company and their much-lauded breakthrough solar technology (String Ribbon).
Harvard Business Review
MAY 19, 2014
Even with a technological head start, wining the fight for incumbents’ most profitable customers is nearly impossible. Dropbox began with the difficulty of backing up and sharing important documents, and developed a system that was easier to use than carrying around a USB stick and less expensive than paid services like Carbonite.
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Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 1, 2012
They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. Leaders must manage internal transfer pricing to ensure the development of viable business models.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 22, 2011
I had worked for over a decade to develop relationships with Latin American business leaders, several of whom were on Forbes' billionaire list. Six years into my mid-career move, here are some lessons learned from my personal disruptive trajectory: If it feels scary and lonely, you're probably on the right track.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Every few years the same piece of technology gets re-announced, and it's as important as ever. In 1986, Lotus Development Corporation announced the latest version of its (at the time) wildly popular 1-2-3 spreadsheet, one that now sported a spiffy new "undo" feature. The feature? It was a big deal. Undo was new again a few years later.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 28, 2013
In a recent HBR article, Paul Nunes and I introduced the term Big Bang Disruption to signify innovations that, thanks to rapidly advancing technology, come out of the box both better and cheaper than alternative solutions already in the marketplace. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance?
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