Nov 01, 2016 // Ron Adner and co-author Rahul Kapoor examine the shifts in technology that disrupt businesses and industries and the importance of timing these transitions.
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Aug 17, 2016 // Innovation and strategy expert Ron Adner says that innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum — instead, a web of participants often work together to find new solutions. But when they do, who’s in charge?
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Apr 05, 2016 // Quotes Ron Adner about the complexities involved with deploying military drones. Adner explains that any innovation poses ecosystem challenges, requiring organizational and infrastructural support.
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Mar 28, 2016 // Ron Adner uses Kodak as an example of disruption in the digital age. "Companies that learn the right lesson from Kodak’s failure—that learn to approach their competitive strategy with a wide lens that captures ecosystem dynamics—will be more likely to respond effectively to this new generation of disruptive challenges.
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Sep 15, 2015 // Ron Adner says Steve Jobs was able to dictate favorable terms for Apple to cell phone operators and app developers.
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Sep 14, 2015 // Ron Adner comments on “frenemy” relationships, in which competing companies work together on mutually profitable endeavors.
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Sep 05, 2013 // Being nominated for a Thinkers50 award is largely considered akin to being nominated for an “Oscar” in management and leadership thinking.
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Jun 07, 2013 // The failure last month of green-tech start-up Better Place, which promised to free drivers and nations from oil dependence and revolutionize transportation, has generated both attention and derision.
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Apr 22, 2013 // The threat and opportunity presented by the emergence of cheaper, faster, better innovations has captured the attention of established firms, hopeful startups and investors of all kinds. But while cheaper, faster, better often wins, it doesn't necessarily win right away.
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May 30, 2012 // The Chevy Volt was crowned European Car of the Year for 2012 on March 5. But the celebration was muted by GM’s decision—three days earlier—to halt the Volt production line due to a lack of consumer demand.
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May 09, 2012 // The innovator's quest has been to find the win-win proposition: a great new product that can create differentiated value for consumers while supporting differentiated profits for the producer.
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Mar 13, 2012 // In a Future Tense article today, Steve LeVine ponders the electric car’s troubles—low sales, companies shuttering—and wonders what the cause may be: Is the electric car a premature innovation?
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Mar 02, 2012 // Ron Adner describes two key factors that plague the electric car market.
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Can Electric Cars Crack the Mass Market? — WALL STREET JOURNAL
A Sad Lesson in Collaborative Innovation — HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
Case Study: The Ecosystem Behind Innovation — FINANCIAL TIMES
The Tunnel Vision of Electric Car Manufacturers — SLATE
From Walkman to iPod: What Music Teaches Us About Innovation — THE ATLANTIC
The Three Hidden Blind Spots That Will Crash The Electric Car — BUSINESS INSIDER
Amazon vs Apple: Competing Ecosystem Strategies — HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
Apple's New Fraud Problem: Cracked Walls and Broken Promises — WIRED
The Innovator's Blindspot: Even Your Best Ideas Will Fail If Your Partners Don't Innovate Too — FAST COMPANY
Why Great Innovations Fail: It's All in the Ecosystem — FORBES
How The Kindle Stomped Sony, Or, Why Good Solutions Beat Great Products — FAST COMPANY
Why Great Products Lose to Good Solutions: Sony vs Amazon in the eBook Wars — CNBC
Get Ready For Ads In Books — THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Bold Retreat: A New Strategy for Old Technologies — HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
The iPad: A Dubious Bet For Publishers — FORBES
Kindle's Days Are Numbered: Long Live Kindle — THE HUFFINGTON POST
Match Your Innovation Strategy to Your Innovation Ecosystem — HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
BlackBerry's Next Killer App — FORBES
Reconfiguring and Discovering Innovation — MSNBC
The Real Secret Behind Apple's Success — THE MOTLEY FOOL
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Stories of Innovation Mistakes — THE MISTAKE BANK