Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Intermediaries or “trust brokers” do not have to be written out of the equation — or disintermediated — as many blockchain enthusiasts argue. However, even these commodity offerings can find ways to innovate and survive. As with all such innovations, a global standards war is under way. Insight Center.

Insurance 15

Insurance Industry Policies Market Penetration 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

I also love Uber as a student (and teacher) of disruptive innovation theory, because the challenges the transportation company is encountering as it seeks to expand into new cities helpfully illustrate how to assess an idea’s disruptive potential. Competition Disruptive innovation' It’s simple, and it works beautifully.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Disintermediation Business Model Price 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

What are the most innovative companies doing to position themselves? While they are focused on optimization, their shareholders continue to demand that they pay out greater dividends or engage in larger share buy backs instead of investing their profits for future innovation. Own and disintermediate the customer relationship.

Disintermediation 134

Disintermediation Cost-Benefit Analysis Short-term Long-term 134

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

We can see how content, community, and context come together in the owned media strategies of today’s most innovative marketers. In the sporting goods industry, Nike has created the Nike+ running community while UnderArmour is developing an owned media strategy around its recent acquisition of MapMyFitness.

Media 9

Media B2B Content Disintermediation 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

In both instances, the life-cycle management innovation involves using disintermediation to change how the customer interacts with the product. Broad expansion of such disintermediation in the pharmaceutical business could, of course, encounter numerous hurdles. Both Pfizer and. Lipitor's Long Good-bye.

Disintermediation 16

Disintermediation Industry Pharmaceuticals Price 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2011

It's media disintermediation at work! Lots of industries have been turned upside down by innovation over the years. The by-now-standard, Christensen-inspired corporate response to disruptive innovation is to create a separate operation, with different incentives and structure than the parent organization, to exploit the innovation.

Disruptive Innovation 15

Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Innovation Christensen 15

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 13, 2020

More effort and work to gather employee experience , voice of customer data, and systems to collect disintermediated people data – and share the macro effects then use micro-actions to make change and adust (much of this is using scaled technology) Managerial-leadership will become more distributed. ‘ – Dave Snowden.

Disintermediation 114

Disintermediation Short-term Maturity Case Study 114

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

Digital commerce and disintermediation have caused many customers to question the importance of having a sales relationship at all. So they help their companies with product development, marketing strategy, and customer service by serving as the Voice of the Customer internally. Great salespeople don’t imitate, they innovate.

Brand 8

Brand Disintermediation Price Long-term 8