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How the Internet Saved Handmade Goods

Harvard Business Review

A recent article in The Economist , citing the work of Ryan Raffaelli at Harvard Business School, points to what it calls a “paradox” in the aftermath of disruptive innovation. billion in merchandise. Today’s rich trade in heritage goods is happening because of disruptive technologies, not in spite of them. cut of sales.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. Economic analysis finds that most of this productivity growth is accounted for by a few companies such as Walmart who used information technology to become much more productive. Architectural Innovation. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images.

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18 of the Top 20 Tech Companies Are in the Western U.S. and Eastern China. Can Anywhere Else Catch Up?

Harvard Business Review

The Information Technology Industry Council has identified at least 22 laws in 13 European countries that regulate the localization of data. Will Other Nations Develop Local Champions and Innovation Hubs? Many have tried but few have succeeded in developing substantial innovation hubs.

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How to Succeed in Business by Bundling – and Unbundling

Harvard Business Review

Or there are companies that are entirely focused on merchandise sales. That’s the question that’s always the hardest for an incumbent to ask, because that’s the classic innovators dilemma. Information & technology Internet Strategy' There are companies entirely focused on touring.

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