Re:Space Stasis (Neal Stephenson)
by cpeterso on Thursday February 03, 2011 @03:11AM
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Corporations have the same challenge, some times called the "innovator's dilemma" or "cash cow disease". For example, Microsoft struggled when the web (and thus IE) threatened Windows' dominance.
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Re:Space Stasis (Neal Stephenson)
by yummyfajitas on Thursday February 03, 2011 @08:17AM
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Indeed. Corporations only saving grace in this regard is that they can fail before they get too bad.
(In the old days, they also had to worry about Gordon Gekko style takeovers/restructuring. Not so much these days.)