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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

In prior blog posts, we have described how Western multinationals such as Xerox and GE are embracing polycentric innovation by sourcing more R&D capabilities from emerging markets such as India and China and integrating them into a synergistic global innovation network. Integrate with local innovation ecosystems.

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The $2,000 Car

Harvard Business Review

We call this phenomenon reverse innovation — any innovation that is adopted first in the developing world, and then later in the developed world. Surprisingly, such innovations defy gravity and flow uphill from the poor to the rich. Reverse innovation will become more and more common. Phase 2: Glocalization.

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Why Elon Musk’s New Strategy Makes Sense

Harvard Business Review

The second installment moves Tesla beyond the traditional car market, with a plan to reconfigure our cities, energy systems, and our impact on the environment. They then moved into the luxury market where they applied plenty of competitive pressure with the Model S. Let’s quickly review the company’s history.

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An Inside View of How LVMH Makes Luxury More Sustainable

Harvard Business Review

The companies that are most vocal about environmental and social issues tend to be big, mass-market brands — well-known retailers , consumer products giants , and tech firms that are telling a new story to consumers who increasingly care about sustainability. Managing Carbon and Energy.

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The Clean-Tech Economy at the Base of the Pyramid

Harvard Business Review

Perhaps it is here, and not in Americans' two-car garages, where the large early market for advanced battery technology resides. based solar energy companies produce systems that compete on price, opening up huge new mass markets for renewable energy? These examples make clear that the U.S.

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Rules For the Social Era

Harvard Business Review

Mass markets were a convenient fiction created by mass media. By loving TEDx, a volunteer army of people are saying they believe that smart ideas that get people to think more about their world is a cause worth putting energy into. That was why Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma became the bible of the boardroom.

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Predict the Future of Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Supermarkets became popular in the 30’s because the mass market had only recently gotten access to cars. But some will require different types of solutions to evolve areas of infrastructure like local government, law enforcement, energy consumption and creation, broadband access, and healthcare. Scalable Niches.