Innovation: The Attacker's AdvantageIllustrates with examples from both old and new industries to explain how large, successful companies can lose their markets almost overnight to new, often small competitors armed with faster-developing technologies and better products. |
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... micro- waves , audio cassettes and floppy discs failed at first to meet customer standards , but then , almost overnight , they set new high - quality standards and stormed the market . Even if the defender admits that the attacker's ...
... micro- waves , audio cassettes and floppy discs failed at first to meet customer standards , but then , almost overnight , they set new high - quality standards and stormed the market . Even if the defender admits that the attacker's ...
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... Micro Micro ufacturers ( NEC , Fujitsu , Toshiba , Hitachi ). 1955 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 ( Vacuum tubes ) ( Transistor ) ( Semi- ( Semi- ( Semi- ( IC ) ( LSI ) 1982 ( VLSI ) conductor ) conductor ) conductor ) 5 Westing- house TI ...
... Micro Micro ufacturers ( NEC , Fujitsu , Toshiba , Hitachi ). 1955 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 ( Vacuum tubes ) ( Transistor ) ( Semi- ( Semi- ( Semi- ( IC ) ( LSI ) 1982 ( VLSI ) conductor ) conductor ) conductor ) 5 Westing- house TI ...
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... micro- scopic organisms to death . What is now needed is knowledge of process controls and biology . The engineers must invent new ways of stirring or find themselves out of work and their companies out of business . Suddenly the ...
... micro- scopic organisms to death . What is now needed is knowledge of process controls and biology . The engineers must invent new ways of stirring or find themselves out of work and their companies out of business . Suddenly the ...
Contents
Two The Age of Discontinuity | 45 |
A New Forecasting Tool | 87 |
Five How Leaders Become Losers | 113 |
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