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Innovation – Why Bezos Succeeded, While Lampert Failed at Sears

Adam Hartung

On May 1, 2003, KMart begins trading again. Nor did he focus on how to drive more subscriptions, or sell more advertising to traditional customers. Media is under change, and that change is being created by technology. He then should have invested that money in technology. So that was where he had leadership focus.

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Business model creation and innovation in China: not just copycats.

The BMI Lab Blog

We can summarize their business approach in the following points: The Chinese customers are avid buyers of technology. The American e-commerce giant acquired EachNet in 2003 for USD 180 million, with a willingness to step into the enormous Chinese market. How do Chinese innovators work?

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Debunking Disruptive Innovation – Why Disruptive Innovation is Not a Strategy

Leapfrogging

He argued that companies, and entire industries, can be “disrupted” by unforeseen competitors – new entrants that offer up products or technologies at a fraction of the cost yet with equal or greater benefits compared to current options. And, at first, they resisted including advertisements next to the search results. The result?