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Confronting a new-market disruption: When disrupting the disruptor is the only way to succeed

written by Thomas Bartman, Senior Researcher, Forum for Growth & Innovation

When our research team meets with executives, many of whom run some of the world’s most successful companies, one of the most…


Confronting a new-market disruption Part 3 — Car2Go

written by Thomas Bartman, Senior Researcher, Forum for Growth & Innovation

In my first post in this 3-part series, I presented an overview of New-Market Disruption. In my second post, I explained the mistakes managers make and what they should do…


BSSE theories go to Nigeria

written by Tracy Kim Horn, Community Manager, Forum for Growth & Innovation

A funny thing happened to my vision when I started working in academia a couple of months ago: the world that used to appear confusing, chaotic and sometimes random suddenly began…


Hardware as a Service — Integrating suppliers to lower costs for consumers

written by Thomas Bartman, Senior Researcher, Forum for Growth & Innovation

Chamath Palihpaitiya recently wrote about a phenomenon he calls HaaS, or Hardware as a Service, and its potential to transform the future of our…


Let’s put disruption back in its box

written by Derek van Bever, Director, Forum for Growth & Innovation and Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Disruptive innovation, properly and narrowly understood, offers a great deal of help to managers who…