Architecturai Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established Firms Rebecca M. Henderson Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kim B. Clark Harvard University This paper demonstrates that the traditional categorization of innovation as either incremental or radical is incomplete and potentially misleading and does not account for the sometimes disastrous effects on industry incumbents of seemingly minor improvements in technological products. We examine
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Summarise the case + Answer questions given for each case + Use powerpoint slides to presents ideas and answers Case for each chapter: No. Case Assigned Group 1 Chapter 2: The Olympics: Branding on a global stage (p. 65) G1 2 Chapter 3 - Xerox: adapting to the turbulent marketing environment (p. 93) G2 3 Chapter 5 - Apple: the keeper of all things cool (p. 163) G3 4 Chapter 6 - Air Arabia: No frills flying across the Middle East (p. 201) G4 5 Chapter 7 - Aviva: one name‚ one
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integration‚ and diversification. I agreed with my teammates discussions of the CEOs of the companies. We discussed four CEOs: Neville Isdell‚ Coca-Cola CEO‚ Gary Kelly‚ Southwest Airline CEO‚ Mackey McDonald‚ VF Corporation CEO‚ and Anne Mulcahy‚ Xerox CEO. The corporate strategy that was used by Neville Isdell is growth and the planning function used is diversification. This is due to the fact that he is seeking to branch out by selling non-carbonated beverages. Such as Coca-Cola Black‚ a coffee
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Jobs along with his friend delight in working computers. They eventually form their own company. Apple Computers are begin making computers. At the Apple Steve Jobs was invited to see the graphical user interface which has been developed by the xerox. Xerox was the one developed the mouse and standard interface styles but the company thought that it was a silly idea and agreed to let Apple look at everything they had. Apple naturally stole everything they could. And on the other side of the story
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Alexis Clendenin Gabriel 21 March‚ 2013 English IV Senior Project Animals have souls. Should Animal Experimentation for Medical Research be banned? Throughout history‚ animal experimentation has played an imperative role in leading to new discoveries and human advantages. However‚ many people tend to forget the great numbers of animal that have suffered serious damage during the process of experimentation. Many people misunderstand the nature the lives that animals actually live‚ and are
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Several years ago while taking a Drawing and Design class‚ a project was assigned to create a functional child’s toy out of ordinary household items‚ otherwise known as junk. This construction assignment transformed into my personal mission because it demanded a skill set I was not comfortable with. In the end‚ it was not just the first place ribbon that affirmed my feeling of triumph‚ but the fact that my perseverance led to the achievement of my personal vision and goal. My hand-made creation
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superior performance. 3. Establishing effective goals: understanding the gap between your company and other leading companies will provide foundations to establish achievable goals. The Xerox case Xerox‚ the company invented the photocopier in 1959‚ is one of the best-practices companies in benchmarking. At first‚ Xerox was a leader‚ even
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08. The plaintiffs claimed that they are lawful owners and possessors of the suit houses. Bhaskar (PW No.01) in his affidavit of examination-in-chief categorically stated that he and other plaintiffs have purchased the suit houses from their respective predecessor in title under the registered sale-deeds. Thereafter‚ they have obtained the building construction permission from defendant no. 04 and raised construction of the suit houses. The plaintiffs in support of the above oral evidence placed
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Accounting and Finance Master Thesis No. 2002:53 Financial Statement Fraud - Recognition of Revenue and the Auditor’s Responsibility for Detecting Financial Statement Fraud - Tiina Intal and Linh Thuy Do Graduate Business School School of Economics and Commercial Law Göteborg University ISSN 1403-851X Printed by Elanders Novum Abstract Financial reporting frauds and earnings manipulation have attracted high profile attention recently. There have been several cases by businesses
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Human-Computer Interaction Introduction to HCI What is HCI? The study of how people interact with computers and to what extent computers are or are not developed for successful interaction with human beings. •What is HCI? “Human-computer interaction is a discipline concerned with the design‚ evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them” (ACM SIGCHI definition of HCI). •Creating usable systems
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