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Why Preventing Disruption in 2017 Is Harder Than It Was When Christensen Coined the Term

Harvard Business Review

Over time, their products and services became better and better, and those innovative entrants moved up market, slowly increasing performance. When Christensen conducted the research for The Innovator’s Dilemma , he looked at industries that were asset-heavy. They are not asset-heavy. They are asset-light.

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Best Buy Can't Match Amazon's Prices, and Shouldn't Try

Harvard Business Review

The article, " Surviving Disruption ," represents our first attempt in two decades to outline the other side of disruption — how to manage legacy businesses. That 5% margin might come not from scale, but from the absence of stores, retail employees, and reduced working capital requirements.

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