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What So Many Strategists Get Wrong About Digital Disruption

Harvard Business Review

Given these network effects – as many proclaim – markets get “winner takes all properties”: the largest network will win, crowding out the remaining competitors (like MySpace and Google+). It is a misconception to think that network effects inevitably and always lead to a winner-take-all market.

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Revenge of the HourlyNerds

Harvard Business Review

These businesses have powerful disruptive potential because they can provide consulting at a fraction of the cost of traditional models, largely because they do not need to carry expensive fixed costs like recruiting, training, consultant “beach” time, and expensive real estate. Eden McCallum , for example, is a U.K.