Disruptive innovation! [[electronic resource] ] : a special report

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910449664803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005
• ISBN: 1-280-50881-7; 9786610508815; 1-84544-297-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (60 p.)
• Collana: Strategy and leadership ; ; v. 33, no. 3
• Disciplina: 658.4; 658.401
• Soggetti: Leadership; Strategic planning; Technological innovations; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of contents; Editor's letter; The networked idealist's advantage; Transformational innovation; From breakthrough to value creation; Leadership: experience is the best teacher; Consumer decision process modeling: how leaders can better understand buyers' choices; How the balanced scorecard complements the McKinsey 7-S model; Disruptive scenarios Four futures: privacy battles and chatty networks; Value pioneering - how to swim in your own ocean; Using experience to teach yourself; Quick takes
• Sommario/riassunto: In this issue, which focuses on innovation, we offer an intriguing article on a new form ofinnovator, the network idealist. You may be somewhat familiar with the network idealistconcept because of what they do: for example, Craigslist, the free online classified adservice, competes with newspapers; Kazaa, a file-sharing service, upended theentertainment industry; Skype, a voice-over-internet telephony service, worries thetelephone industry; MoveOn, revolutionized US political funding; and Linux, aprogrammer network, developed a software system that now threatens mighty Microsoft.