Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The companies thriving today are operating by a new set of rules — Social Era rules. The failing organizations around us — many of which I explore in my new book , which publishes today — continue to follow the operating rules and ethos of Traditional Strategy. They live it.

Strategy 22

Strategy Disaggregation Reis eBook 22

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

So it began disaggregating return on equity into three components. Return on equity (net income divided by equity) results from multiplying three key operating ratios: Profitability (net income over sales). Operating efficiency (sales over assets). Financial leverage (assets over equity). Financial leverage (assets over equity).

Innovation 17

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

So it began disaggregating return on equity into three components. Return on equity (net income divided by equity) results from multiplying three key operating ratios: Profitability (net income over sales). Operating efficiency (sales over assets). Financial leverage (assets over equity). Financial leverage (assets over equity).

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2011

Patch has the potential to be a truly disruptive business. The startup is trying to build a platform that could replace a disaggregated network of local news sources. That's what disruptive businesses do; they displace their upmarket competitors by coming in with a low-cost, scalable offering. Consider the market.

Disaggregation 11

Disaggregation Advertising Business Model Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Work is being disaggregated into tasks that can be dispersed inside and outside of the organization — the “uberization” of work. IBM has been building a talent system that both aligns with and accelerates this phenomenon of the external disaggregation of work.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Disaggregation Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Pilots are a critical pool of talent for an airline; there must be a sufficient supply with appropriate skills to operate the airline. To answer these questions, we need to begin disaggregating work and understanding how automation and AI can differentially handle various aspects of work.

Airlines 8

Airlines Disaggregation Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The second innovation was called blockchain, which was essentially the realization that the underlying technology that operated bitcoin could be separated from the currency and used for all kinds of other interorganizational cooperation. These changes, and others, represent a pervasive lowering of transaction costs.

Disaggregation 8

Disaggregation Supply Chain Banking Innovation 8