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Roth4 SM Lecture PPT C07 Final
Roth4 SM Lecture PPT C07 Final
Business Strategy:
Innovation,
Entrepreneurship,
and Platforms
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The AFI Strategy Framework
Exhibit 1.3
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Learning Objectives
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Innovation Is a Competitive Weapon
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The Speed of Technological Change Accelerates
Exhibit 7.1
Source: Depiction of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Consumer Electronics Association, Forbes, and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.
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What Causes Rapid Technological
Diffusion and Adoption
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Idea, Invention, Innovation, and Imitation
Idea
• Abstract concepts or research findings
Invention
• Transformation of an idea into a product
• The modification and recombination of products
Innovation
• Commercialization of an invention
Imitation
• Copying a successful innovation
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Entrepreneurs
Examples:
• Reed Hastings: Netflix
• Elon Musk: Tesla Motors, Solar City, SpaceX, PayPal
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Strategic and Social Entrepreneurship
Strategic Entrepreneurship
• Pursuit of innovation using strategic tools
• Combining entrepreneurial actions
• Creating new opportunities
• Exploiting existing opportunities
Social Entrepreneurship
• The pursuit of social goals AND a profitable business
• Example: Jimmy Wales at Wikipedia
• Goal: provide knowledge on very large-scale
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The Five Phases of an Industry Lifecycle
1. Introduction
2. Growth
3. Shakeout
4. Maturity
5. Decline
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Industry Life Cycle: The Smartphone Industry
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Exhibit 7.4
Introduction Stage
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Network Effects in the Introduction Stage
The positive effect that one user has on the value of a product for
other users
Example: Apple’s iPhone and the creation of apps
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Exhibit 7.5
Growth Stage
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Product vs. Process Innovation During Growth
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Exhibit 7.7
Shakeout Stage
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Maturity Stage
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Decline Stage
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Crossing the Chasm Framework
Source: Adapted from G.A. Moore, Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers, New York: HarperCollins, 1991, 17.
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Exhibit 7.8
Technology Enthusiasts
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Early Adopters
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Early Majority
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Late Majority
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Laggards
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Crossing the Chasm Framework: Mobile Phones
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Exhibit 7.9
Features and Strategic Implications
of the Industry Life Cycle (1 of 2)
Life Cycle
Stages
Introduction Growth Shakeout Maturity Decline
Life Cycle
Stages
Introduction Growth Shakeout Maturity Decline
Type of buyers Technology Early adopters Early majority Late majority Laggards
enthusiasts
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Innovation: Markets and Technologies
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Incremental vs. Radical Innovation
Incremental Innovation:
• Builds on established knowledge
• Results from steady improvement
• Targets existing markets and technology
Radical Innovation:
• Novel methods & materials
• Entirely new knowledge base
• Or, recombination of existing knowledge
• Targets new markets and technology
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Why Incumbent Firms Tend to
Focus Only On Incremental Innovation
Economic Incentives:
• They must defend their position
Organizational Inertia:
• They have formalized processes and structures
Innovation Ecosystem:
• They rely on certain suppliers, buyers, complementors
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Architectural vs. Disruptive Innovation
Architectural Innovation:
• Existing technology leveraged into a new market
• Known components, used in a novel way
Disruptive Innovation:
• Leverages new technologies in existing markets
• New product / process meets existing customer needs
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How to Respond to Disruptive Innovation
Continue to innovate
• Stay ahead of the competition
Guard against disruptive innovation
• Protect the low end of the market
Disrupt yourself
• Don’t wait for others to disrupt you
• Called “reverse innovation”
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Pipeline vs. Platform Businesses
Pipeline Business
• Linear transformation through the value chain
• R&D, then design, then manufacture, then sell
Platform Business
• Enables interaction between producers and consumers
• Enable matches among users
• Provides infrastructure and governance
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The Platform Ecosystem
SOURCE: Adapted from Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey G. Parker, and Sangeet Paul Choudary, “Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy,” Harvard Business Review, April 2016.
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Exhibit 7.13
Advantages of the Platform Business Model
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