Tag: Networked economy

If I were the CEO of FedEx
Innovation

If I were the CEO of FedEx..

One of the most important and most talked about topics in the recent times in business circles has been “Disruptive Innovation”. Thanks to the book written by Clay Christensen – “The Innovators Dilemma” and his ability to explain the phenomenon in a few industries, the concept of disruption and disruptive innovation has become a common lexicon in the business circles. One of the industries that is on the verge of being disrupted is the logistics industry. The entire logistics industry is based on the assumptions that production and consumption happen at different locations and hence there is a need for […]

Business Networks
Strategy

Building Sustainable Competitive Advantage in a Networked Economy

Sustainable Competitive Advantage One of the most fundamental pillars of any successful strategy is an organizations ability to create and sustain a competitive advantage, create a niche, business practice, product, service that only is a differentiator for the organization in the market. Some organizations use patents, some use product design (Apple), some use their ability to innovate and come up with new market categories (Uber, 3M, Proctor & Gamble), some use their ability to manage cost (SouthWest Airlines), some use their scale of operation& Gamble, Colgate), some use their customer focus (Amazon, Zappos, Ritz Carlton), some use a combination of […]