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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

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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. They used new technology to hammer ad-supported media. Platforms are all the rage these days. Airbnb is the one exception.