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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... engineer unusually productive in the chemical business aren't necessarily going to sustain him in biochemicals . He has ... engineers must invent new ways of stirring or find themselves out of work and their companies out of business ...
... engineer unusually productive in the chemical business aren't necessarily going to sustain him in biochemicals . He has ... engineers must invent new ways of stirring or find themselves out of work and their companies out of business ...
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... engineers realized they were wrong . The German process had different under- lying thermodynamics . They could be much more efficient . In fact , they were making a profit , despite their low prices . The failure of the Mexican engineers ...
... engineers realized they were wrong . The German process had different under- lying thermodynamics . They could be much more efficient . In fact , they were making a profit , despite their low prices . The failure of the Mexican engineers ...
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... engineer can change in the design of the product or process : the speed of the copier , the fuel economy of the engine , the fluff of the diaper . Engineers can change just about anything if they have enough time , money and help from ...
... engineer can change in the design of the product or process : the speed of the copier , the fuel economy of the engine , the fluff of the diaper . Engineers can change just about anything if they have enough time , money and help from ...
Contents
Two The Age of Discontinuity | 45 |
A New Forecasting Tool | 87 |
Five How Leaders Become Losers | 113 |
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