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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years

Harvard Business Review

In the second quarter of 2018, its international streaming revenues exceeded domestic streaming revenues for the first time. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage.

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 8 Years

Harvard Business Review

In the second quarter of 2018, its international streaming revenues exceeded domestic streaming revenues for the first time. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage.

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Why Winner-Takes-All Thinking Doesn’t Apply to Silicon Valley

Harvard Business Review

Given that news, it seems that businesses that have dominated their markets are learning that the magic elixir of network effects and winner-takes-all advantages are about as reliable as cures for baldness. From around 1990 to 2010 Microsoft arguably ruled the information-technology industry.