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Are The Best Innovations For Society Those That Are Non-Disruptive?

The Horizons Tracker

When we think of innovation, we often do so through the lens of “creative destruction” The phrase, which was memorably coined by economist Joseph Schumpeter, suggests that innovation typically happens when an incumbent is gazumped by a new upstart. ” What is non-disruptive innovation? INSEAD’s W.

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Marginal Market Opportunities

Harvard Business Review

Many successful innovations work because they create a new market. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne of INSEAD have written a whole book about Blue Ocean Strategy as they call it, in which successful companies innovate their value propositions to attract customers who have never engaged with their type of product or service before.

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Apple Versus the Strategy Professors

Harvard Business Review

Steve Jobs' revival of the company began with a decision to narrow product lines down to a handful, and its big product successes of recent years have all been defined to a large extent by what Jobs and Apple's designers decided to leave off. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne , and it certainly sounds like what Apple has been up to.

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Toys ‘R’ Us Is Dead, but Physical Retail Isn’t

Harvard Business Review

As families moved out to the suburbs, and interstate highways improved distribution and logistics, a single location focused on a particular product area made a lot of sense. To understand the shift, just walk into your nearest Apple store, where you will find a limited selection of products and no cash registers.

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What Is Strategy, Again?

Harvard Business Review

And so, he famously argued, in addition to the fierceness of price competition among industry rivals, the degree of competitiveness in an industry (that is, the degree to which players are free to set their own prices) depends on the bargaining power of buyers and of suppliers, as well as how threatening substitute products and new entrants are.

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World Business Forum – Top 10 Speakers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Lafley - The former Chairman and CEO of Proctor & Gamble gave a clinic on innovation. I’ve never heard anyone speak so fluently on the topic of innovation. Smart leaders spend more time on creativity than productivity.&# A recognized expert on strategy and innovation he is also the author of seven books.

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