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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. They’re “traditional” matchmaker businesses that have been operating platforms for connecting different groups of customers. To get a flavor of their operations, you can watch Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch in reruns of the television show Taxi.)

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

When Comcast rolls out a new “triple play” pricing scheme, is that a break­through? In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation. Balance: the mix of different types of innova­tion (product, service, pricing, distribution, operations, etc.);