Middle Income Trap–how to escape?
Intelligent opening of idea economy in leveraging natural resources, labor and knowledge offers middle trap escaping option.
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Idea Economy–making prosperity endless and transitory
Over the last 20 centuries, the population, per capita GDP, and average life expectancy have been growing simultaneously. How to explain such an apparent contradiction is a matter of concern.…
Lead User Innovations — how to make them successful?
Yes, many Innovation success stories emerged as lead user innovations. But they were primitive and costly, and they created appeal only to a few customers. For example, before becoming suitable…
Winner takes all market–innovation race ends up
Winner takes all market is an unfolding reality. Apple, ASML, TSMC, Toshiba, Nichia, Amazon, Sony, Ikea, and many others have disproportionate shares in their preferred markets. For example, TSMC has…
Triple Helix – addressing directional failure
Triple Helix refers to cooperation between the universities, industry, and Government for economic and social growth. Such collaboration between these three building blocks of a national Innovation system is evident…
ASML Monopoly in Semiconductor — where is magic?
How small the Transistor size, whether 5nm or 3nm, has been defining the success of silicon Innovation–fueling chip war. Where is the epicenter of $600 billion semiconductor innovation? It’s neither…
Netflix Disruptive Innovation – renting to streaming
Netflix Disruptive innovation is a textbook example of the rise of a startup and the fall of a giant due to technology discontinuity. The underlying reason has been the discontinuities…
Economies of Scope – innovation strategy from commonality
At the core of Apple’s magical success is the Economies of Scope. To leverage it, Apple has been using the same software technology core in all its products, starting from…
Network Externality – affecting innovation diffusion race
The network Externality Effect has been at the core of the success of Facebook, Google search engine, and many others. On the other hand, it has been a seemingly insurmountable…
Technological Economies of Scale – fuel startup success
Apple, Microsoft, Intel, and many other technology companies invest billions in developing new products and releasing the subsequent versions. But they charge only a tiny fraction of that R&D cost…
Car Evolution – competititive race in incremental innovation
Innovation is a synonym to Eureka with a big spark in a light bulb. But the car evolution offers us a different lesson. Unlike a big bang, Carl Benz’s automobile…
LED light bulb invention – Nichia rises due to GE’s decision failure
Why does the LED light bulb invention make Nichia a success and GE failure? For almost 100 years, Edison’s company General Electric (GE) was the global leader in the ever-growing…