Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

Incumbents in these industries often own established brands, proprietary technology, and control of distribution channels. Meanwhile, increasing numbers of incumbents are being compelled to adopt these technologies to stay competitive, even as cost and productivity pressures become acute.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

The subject was intrapreneurship and it seemed like the organizers had collected an all-star panel; two Googlers, an early Facebooker, one of the recent additions to the Paypal team, and one of the IBM leads on the Watson project. It’s the continuous technological innovations that will exploit your fixed asset base.

Innovation 8

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Fixed Assets Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

At many companies the total cash investment in acquisitions, R&D, and fixed assets has not earned back its cost of capital after adjusting for the time lag in realizing incremental benefits. Today most if not all industries are impacted by digitization—mobile technology, big data, and the like.

P&L 8

P&L Fixed Assets Charan Delegation 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. Assets are important, but they are, increasingly, table stakes in most competitive industries; everyone in the game has them.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52