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What Happens When All Employees Work When They Feel Like It

Harvard Business Review

A five-day work week consisting of eight-hour days happens to be the social norm in many of our societies at present, but I have long thought that a company that disrupts that kind of social norm in its industry could potentially build a momentous competitive advantage out of it. Eden and McCallum’s idea was: Come work for us!

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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.