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How to Anticipate a Burning Platform

Harvard Business Review

In another example Innosight has researched, Xerox was forced to lay off nearly 40,000 of its 91,000 workers from 2000 to 2005 to return to profitability and make way for its transformation from a technology company into a services company. It's only this year, for the first time, that services revenue surpassed technology revenue.

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The $300 House: The Urban Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Each post will examine the challenge from a different perspective, including design, technology, urban planning and more. At this point, the commercial viability of a market-based approach to providing good quality housing in urban areas at prices affordable to low income customers is beyond question. The Use of Available Technology.

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Category Creation Is the Ultimate Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Starbucks and Keurig share two essential qualities that are typical in category creators: 1. Starbucks delivered not just high-quality coffee but personalization, badge value, and an affordable luxury experience. Much of Keurig's success comes from its superior brewer technology and wide variety of K-Cups.

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