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Succeeding with disruptive innovation—examples and thesis misguiding?

Billions of dollar risk capital are flowing to profit from the possibility of disruptive innovation. But do we have enough clarity about what it takes for succeeding with disruptive innovation?…

Third industrial revolution is the outcome of a series of creative waves of destruction due to the invention and continued progression of the Transistor

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Third Industrial Revolution—software & data

Unlike the past two industrial revolutions, innovations have been unfolding in the software and information space driving the third industrial revolution. The transistor is the technology core. Continued progression of…

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Disruptive Innovation Examples

Disruptive innovations, often, appear as magical outcomes. However, careful analysis of disruptive innovation examples reveals underlying repeatable patterns. These patterns are useful for incumbent firms to predict and respond to…

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Evolution of Smartphone as Disruptive Innovation

The evolution of cell phones to software-centric smartphones has changed the economies of production and competition. The leveraging of economies of scale, scope, and externality effect has powered the evolution…

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Software Business Model for Automobiles

As soon as we drive our new car out of the showroom, the vehicle’s value starts diminishing. However, that does not happen for software running on our smartphone. Like the…

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Edge in Battery Threatens Tesla

For the enigmatic CEO, the skyrocketing share price has been hoisting the winning flag of Tesla’s Electric Vehicle journey. As opposed to speculating the time frame by which Tesla will…

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Unified Theory of Innovation and Transformation

Innovation is at the core of the market economy for offering us continued prosperity. Waves of innovation transform products, jobs, skills, firms, industries, countries, and our way of getting jobs…

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Innovation Economics in Market Economy

As opposed to labor and natural resources, innovative ideas dominate wealth creation. Starting from the idea of the automobile to the idea of storing data on semiconductors, there are numerous…

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Engineering Management in Innovation Era

Engineering management has many connotations, and they have been evolving. Let’s have an acceptable definition, to begin with. Engineering management in the innovation era involves the ability to i. interpret…

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Frugal innovations get stunted—why don’t they keep growing?

Every community, region, and country benefits from creative outbursts. To serve purposes better, creative minds come up with ideas of products, often by integrating available technologies more appropriately. There are…

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Autonomous Vehicles in Death Valley!

Mainstem media, including The Economist, ran dozens of articles spreading the news that “Autonomous vehicles are just around the corner.” Furthermore, even Think Tanks and academic publications were echoing the…

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Flash Memory as Disruptive Innovation

The pen drive is very handy for storing data. Many of us have several of them. A 250 GB flash drive costs as little as $20. However, the uprising of…

Disruptive Innovation

Succeeding with disruptive innovation—examples and thesis misguiding?

Third Industrial Revolution—software & data

Disruptive Innovation Examples

Evolution of Smartphone as Disruptive Innovation

Software Business Model for Automobiles

Edge in Battery Threatens Tesla

Unified Theory of Innovation and Transformation

Innovation Economics in Market Economy

Engineering Management in Innovation Era

Frugal innovations get stunted—why don’t they keep growing?

Autonomous Vehicles in Death Valley!

Flash Memory as Disruptive Innovation

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