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The Businesses That Platforms Are Actually Disrupting

Harvard Business Review

Uber’s global assault on the taxi industry is well known. It has mainly disrupted the hotel chains, which are not platforms, but it may well disrupt online booking sites, which are. Microsoft Windows, for example, has been the dominant platform for users, developers, and hardware makers for more than 25 years.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

It takes a systematic approach to build a systemic capability—whether that is Amazon’s logistics prowess or the near-flawless service you receive as a guest at a Four Seasons hotel. In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation. So it is with innovation.