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Posted by m beduya on January 20, 2011 · 3 Comments
I have the kernel of a growth framework that can work for firms. It looks like a general framework for emerging markets development that I have been working on in SYNTHESiST for the past two years. I realized this while preparing for a brief talk on innovation and strategy with a leading multinational firm. This [...]
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Posted by m beduya on March 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The best marketing response for Amazon against Apple iPad Amazon has done today exactly as I said in my January 29 post, Apple iPad Intrudes on Amazon Kindle e-Reader Space, one day after Apple launched its iPAd the best marketing response to Apple. Today, at 4:08 pm Manila time, I received an email for the [...]
Posted by m beduya on October 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Tiny Tatua dives deep into milk to regularly deliver large payouts Tatua Cooperative Dairy Co Ltd of New Zealand shows another approach to adjacency. Instead of moving to an adjacent application (like BYD), Tatua dives deep into milk fractions and derives a more valuable mix of products to consistently return better payouts to its cooperative [...]
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Posted by m beduya on October 26, 2009 · 1 Comment
BYD goes from rechargeable batteries to electric cars BYD Auto is the prime example of successful innovation and entrepreneurship from the application of ‘adjacency’ strategy. BYD expects to become the largest car company in the world within five years – and with electric cars, at that. It will end up to be the most innovative, [...]
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Posted by m beduya on August 31, 2009 · 2 Comments
I think the Ayala Group sees great opportunity in the microfinance market. They can put together a strong strategy – I will attempt here to cobble up one from a grab bag of MBA buzzwords, hahah!- and have a source of strong growth in financial services in the coming years. That is if Ayala can [...]
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Posted by m beduya on July 15, 2009 · 2 Comments
The New York Times yesterday, July 13, 2009, reported. “Microsoft Office 2010 Starts Ascension to the Cloud.” (Click this link to NYT: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/microsoft-office-2010-starts-ascension-to-the-cloud/?scp=1&sq=Office%202010%20cloud&st=Search). Two months ago, on May 9, I predicted that Microsoft will install browser-based version of Excel, PowerPoint, Word in my Post #53, Opportunity from Adjacency. I did make the same prediction some [...]
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Posted by m beduya on May 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
(Start of Part 2 of 2) For Blue Ocean, McCafe of McDonald’s is a great example of adjacency. Zach’s Investment Research reports on Friday, May 8, “McDonald’s strong U.S. sales were fueled by its popular line of healthier chicken snack wraps, and by its successful recent rollout of McCafe coffees.” McCafe was first tried out [...]
Posted by m beduya on May 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I coin the phrase “Opportunity from Adjacency” for the approach to innovative entrepreneurship using the industry value chain. Two such approaches are currently popular. The “Profit Zone” finds opportunity in adjacent links with financial analysis as the starting point. The “Blue Ocean “ finds opportunities in adjacent links with product-market analysis. This post will have [...]
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Posted by m beduya on April 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Another insight to brew into the mix comes from marketing view of the product-life cycle. In this view, the first half is also a fight about product attributes. The classic example is Betamax vs. VHS. The second half is about consumer needs like convenience, price, brand, status and experience. (Start of Part 2 of 2) [...]
Filed under Adjacencies in Value Chains - Business Model x Technology, Books and Journals, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization · Tagged with adjacency, Clayton Christensen, commercialization, disruptive innovation, dominant design, invention, opportunity-seeking, product-life-cycle
Posted by m beduya on April 19, 2009 · 3 Comments
Professor Christensen’s disruptive innovation was one of the most important research insights in the late 1990’s. As the book’s sub-title suggests, it seeks to explain why large, great firms with the best management still fail. This post fulfills my promise in Utterback (Post #5 here) to feature Professor Christensen when the chance arises. In the [...]
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Posted by m beduya on April 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Opportunities for innovative entrepreneurship are more specialized than those for general or replicative entrepreneurship (See Post #28) because, by definition, it is based on new knowledge. Science in today’s world has a broader definition to also include social sciences where advanced mathematical or statistical techniques are used to simulate and test hypotheses. For example, the [...]
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