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Ten lessons from a history of disruptions
There are many common reasons how and why business disruptions happen, and are resisted.
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Bounded by what they know, consumers cannot envision the future. It takes a disruptive innovator to resolve the problems they face.
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Disruption has felled many once-great companies, including Digital Equipment, Nokia, Sears, Kodak, Blockbuster, Borders as well as several newspapers and brick-and-mortar retailers across the world.
In his new book, Epic Disruptions, Professor Scott D. Anthony, a professor of strategy at Dartmouth College in the US, chronicles how a variety of disruptions down the centuries have reshaped industries and societies.
