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PLAYING IT SAFE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS THING YOU CAN DO

Innovation 360 Group

One , these companies operated in highly regulated markets. In 2015, they filed for bankruptcy, finally ceding their throne to mobile rideshares like Uber and Lyft. It’s not a coincidence that Stockholm’s Spotify suddenly sprouted up in 2008, among the ruins of music industry giants.

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

Whereas Schumpeter describes an entrepreneur as disequilibrative – destroying the pre-existing stage of the equilibrium ((Kirzner, 1999) – Kirzner chooses to describe the role of the entrepreneur as more equilibrative – entrepreneurs systematically displace disruptive conditions in order to create stabilized market conditions (Kirzner, 1999).

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The 10 Telltale Signs of Future Troubles for WalMart

Adam Hartung

If we look closely at events at WalMart we can see telltales of problems destined to emerge for the retailing giant: 1 – In March, 2008 WalMart sued a brain damaged employee. WalMart had never been able to convert its success formula into a growing business in any international market, but Mexico was supposedly its breakout.

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Can Netflix Double Pivot to Be a Media Game Changer?

Adam Hartung

Think about Blackberry, that gave us the smartphone business then lost it to Apple and its creation of the app market. These were some really big companies that saw their market shifts, but failed to “pivot” their strategy to remain competitive. By 2008 Netflix reached $1B revenues, reducing Blockbuster by a like amount.

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Four Innovation Paradoxes driving disruption

Innovation 360 Group

New entrants create new markets and destroy established markets. People from all over the world are competing in the talent market. There are innovations in business models, in value propositions for underlying services and products, in sales and marketing, as well as in internal structures such as processes and organisations.