How Amazon turned their Services into a Platform

How Amazon turned their Services into a Platform

Amazon is a great example of a services provider that has truly innovated its offerings. It started as a book store but its business activities today involve selling an increasingly wide variety of items, even to the point of reselling its own capabilities as an...
Escaping the Commodity Trap

Escaping the Commodity Trap

The amount of time a product lasts in the market before a new and improved one takes its place is shrinking. As a result, even successful products can expect to enjoy an advantage in the market for a shorter time than in the past. Companies need services to grow and...
A Dynamic Business Model Framework

A Dynamic Business Model Framework

Under an open innovation model, the business model of the firm will be the key driver to determine internal and external innovation activities by the firm. The table below will be helpful to identify an organization’s current business model and to guide how it can...
Positioning Yourself to Exploit Secondary Markets

Positioning Yourself to Exploit Secondary Markets

While it is too soon to say that secondary innovation markets have arrived in most industries in most advanced economies, it is not too soon to plan for the emergence of secondary markets in your industry.  In industries like semiconductors, biotechnology, consumer...