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Identifying Opportunities for Disruptive Innovation

Strategos

Innovation that challenges well established industry business models promises opportunity for some and instills fear in others. We are drawn to stories of entrepreneurs who came up with brilliant ideas that disrupted the existing “rules of the game” by which industry players compete with one another. Disruption.

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Industry 4.0 – disruption or just a logic extension of WWW?

Innovation 360

Industry 4.0 is the name of the German government’s strategy for the fourth industrial revolution. The term first surfaced at the Hannover Messe Industrial Fair in 2011, with the theme Industry 4.0. The first three industrial revolutions were, in chronological order, the steam engine, electricity and electronics.

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Artificial Intelligence: Disruption or Opportunity?

Daniel Burrus

IBM Watson first shot to fame back in 2011 by beating two of Jeopardy’s greatest champions on TV. The accounting industry can benefit from this technology, as well. Many believe the technology will lead directly to massive job cuts throughout multiple industries. The post Artificial Intelligence: Disruption or Opportunity?

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Industry 4.0 – disruption or just a logic extension of WWW?

Innovation 360 Group

Industry 4.0 is the name of the German government’s strategy for the fourth industrial revolution. The term first surfaced at the Hannover Messe Industrial Fair in 2011, with the theme Industry 4.0. The first three industrial revolutions were, in chronological order, the steam engine, electricity and electronics.

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Innov8rs and The Alliance for Southern California Innovation Co-hosting Innov8rs Socal, 10-11 April 2024

Innov8rs

Our culture of reinvention enables leaders and businesses to thrive, disrupt, and compete like no other region in the world, so it is the perfect place to host the Innov8rs corporate innovation community,” says Andy Wilson, Executive Director of the Alliance.

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When Disruption Becomes Destructive: How Can Financial Services Companies Close the Innovation Gap?

Qmarkets

[caption id="attachment_40714" align="alignright" width="438"] The speed of change in the banking industry has CEOs more concerned than in any other industry. These banks recorded 58% growth between 2011 and 2016, a staggering number – that is until you review the performance of the industry’s newer entrants. trillion.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

He radically transformed the company from a classic conglomerate that did everything to one that focused on its core industrial businesses. GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment via the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytical software with a suite of products called the “ Predix Cloud ”. of the company.