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“What does disruptive innovation really mean?” a conversation with John Mitchell

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What does disruptive innovation really mean? Defining disruptive innovation seems simple and yet I have found no simple answers. Disruptive innovation means very different things to different people: some use as a synonym for “big innovation”; others equate it with novelty. And, as there is mounting pressure to “think different”, disruptive innovation gets great publicity. This may come at the expense of clarity in…

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The Internet of Things is undermining product-based business models, according to Daniel Delorge (2/2)

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The Internet of Things started out as a RFID chip that was put on the products. This communicates information pertaining to time and location to other objects. With this kind of data, the refrigeration service provider will be, for example, collecting data on when their consumers consume their refrigeration service, where they consume it, and what their consumption habits are.  There’s a real question…

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Capturing value in a new 2,7 trillion dollar market: a conversation between Gilles Négrel and Guillaume Villon de Benveniste

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Telecommunications companies have seen their business model undermined. And yet, they have the opportunity to make the most of a new and promising market: the Internet of Things. McKinsey expects the Internet of Things to create 2,7 trillion dollars in value by 2025.

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The Internet of Things is undermining product-based business models, according to Daniel Delorge (1/2)

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A few days ago, I sat down with Daniel to discuss the potential of the Internet of Things. In its recent survey on breakthrough technologies that will create value, making these shows that the Internet of Things may create between $2.7 trillion and $6 trillion in value by 2025. Most of my discussion with Daniel revolved around understanding how the Internet of Things could…

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Gilles Négrel’s tips to Telecommunications companies to create more value

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Telecommunications companies have seen their business models undermined, due to disruptive innovations such as 3G, the smartphone and the PCs among others. Yet, Telecommunications companies can create more value on their markets by implementing several different strategies, according to Gilles Négrel.

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Innovation strategy deals with maximizing intangible assets, says Pierre Ollivier

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Intangible assets include many different aspects: brands, intellectual property, patents, know-how, and copyrights, among others like customers relationships, organization processes, information system, partners, etc. Companies have numerous intangible assets, and most of the time much more than they believe, according to Pierre.

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Disruptive innovations are undermining the business model of Telecommunications companies, according to Gilles Négrel

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Let’s paint a picture of how large players in telecommunications used to make their money 20 years ago. Large Telecommunications companies like France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Vodafone, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom among others, would secure their revenue based on a fee for a communication, according to Gilles.