N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

I’m always on the lookout for new practitioners entering the market where we have practice areas, disruptive technology, or changes in the landscape that could disintermediate certain aspects of the market. Political, legislative, regulatory, or compliance actions that could create a competitive imbalance in the market.

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Leadership PR Disintermediation Supply Chain 353

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. Thanks for adding value to the discussion Rick.

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 361

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

How smart are customer-centric firms that effectively train complainers to disregard or disintermediate their contact centers? This pathology recalls the famous Washington/Watergate political truism that, "The cover-up is worse than the crime."

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Disintermediation Call Center Core Competence Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2011

When I politely point out procurement's role in selecting, shaping and paying for partnerships, the answer I get astonishes: We can reimburse our suppliers and partners out of another budget. In other words, innovation occurs when we bypass or disintermediate procurement. What a disconnect. How healthy is that?

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Price Innovation Disintermediation TCO 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Intermediaries or “trust brokers” do not have to be written out of the equation — or disintermediated — as many blockchain enthusiasts argue. For example, a firm’s political risk insurance policy can take up to a year to underwrite, delaying any investments and cross-border capital flows.

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Insurance Industry Market Penetration Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

And you are naïve or spending too much time on your smartphone if you believe that a combination of economics, solution identification, product application, risk management, and political journey through the buyer’s organization is now handled predominately online in most buying scenarios and without knowledgeable and savvy sales help.

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B2B AIDA AIDAS Disintermediation 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

Own and disintermediate the customer relationship. This disintermediation of the customer account control is a hallmark of digital giants. . Policy makers must find a fine balance among political, economic, and societal cost-benefits. Facebook took 17 years and Bitcoin took only 12 years to achieve this milestone.

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