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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Has anyone on your executive team attended a conference on strategy, innovation or disruption in the last year? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming? How did Microsoft not keep Google at bay?

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How Amazon Trained Its Investors to Behave

Harvard Business Review

Well, he's a hedge fund veteran who has always taken a skeptical view of Wall Street, treating it more as a loopy rich uncle than the efficient information processor of standard finance theory. Clayton Christensen has long complained that standard financial metrics can be enemies of innovation and growth. Most turn out not to.

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How to Build a Meaningful Career

Harvard Business Review

“Join industry groups, go to conferences, volunteer for a nonprofit,” advises Dillon. Christensen. Buckle down on your finances. Neglect your finances so that when you want to make a change, you don’t feel able to. Case study #2: Get your finances in order. Further Reading. Ethics Feature.

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The 4 Types of Innovation and the Problems They Solve

Harvard Business Review

Just as we wouldn’t rely on a single marketing tactic or a single source of financing for the entire life of an organization, we need to build up a portfolio of innovation strategies designed for specific tasks. Clay Christensen's landmark theory -- in under two minutes. Related Video. The Explainer: Disruptive Innovation.

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Investors Punish Amazon for Investing in Disruptive Growth

Harvard Business Review

Listening to Amazon's finance chief Tom Szkutak explain the miss, it was immediately apparent that Amazon's problem was not with the top line. On the conference call, Szkutak explained that significant capacity investments are being made in distribution centers so Amazon can continue to grow its core retail business.