Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can Be Copied
Every business faces the existential threat of competitors producing cheaper copies. Even patent filings, market dominance and financial resources can't shield them from copycats. So what can we do — and, what can we learn from companies that have endured and even prospered for centuries despite copycat competition?

In today’s competitive environment where latecomers can replicate almost any product or service for less, and where intuition and market intelligence have been overtaken by machine algorithms, companies can no longer just be very good at what they do. The need to leap to new knowledge disciplines. The best leap repeatedly. And it’s the combination of two skills – mastery of the old and new – that empowers them with the best competitive advantage.
 
To discover how some companies not only survive but thrive for centuries, strategy expert Howard Yu identifies key trends from business history, skillfully extracting timeless lessons and applying them to today. He illustrates how managers can look to leverage technological shifts, increasingly ubiquitous connectivity, smart machines, and managerial creativity – in order to leap forward. Ultimately, Leap is a playbook for the future that shows how pioneering players can thrive by rethinking their business, their relationships with customers, and the very reasons they exist.
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Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can Be Copied
Every business faces the existential threat of competitors producing cheaper copies. Even patent filings, market dominance and financial resources can't shield them from copycats. So what can we do — and, what can we learn from companies that have endured and even prospered for centuries despite copycat competition?

In today’s competitive environment where latecomers can replicate almost any product or service for less, and where intuition and market intelligence have been overtaken by machine algorithms, companies can no longer just be very good at what they do. The need to leap to new knowledge disciplines. The best leap repeatedly. And it’s the combination of two skills – mastery of the old and new – that empowers them with the best competitive advantage.
 
To discover how some companies not only survive but thrive for centuries, strategy expert Howard Yu identifies key trends from business history, skillfully extracting timeless lessons and applying them to today. He illustrates how managers can look to leverage technological shifts, increasingly ubiquitous connectivity, smart machines, and managerial creativity – in order to leap forward. Ultimately, Leap is a playbook for the future that shows how pioneering players can thrive by rethinking their business, their relationships with customers, and the very reasons they exist.
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Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can Be Copied

Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can Be Copied

by Howard Yu
Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can Be Copied

Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can Be Copied

by Howard Yu

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Overview

Every business faces the existential threat of competitors producing cheaper copies. Even patent filings, market dominance and financial resources can't shield them from copycats. So what can we do — and, what can we learn from companies that have endured and even prospered for centuries despite copycat competition?

In today’s competitive environment where latecomers can replicate almost any product or service for less, and where intuition and market intelligence have been overtaken by machine algorithms, companies can no longer just be very good at what they do. The need to leap to new knowledge disciplines. The best leap repeatedly. And it’s the combination of two skills – mastery of the old and new – that empowers them with the best competitive advantage.
 
To discover how some companies not only survive but thrive for centuries, strategy expert Howard Yu identifies key trends from business history, skillfully extracting timeless lessons and applying them to today. He illustrates how managers can look to leverage technological shifts, increasingly ubiquitous connectivity, smart machines, and managerial creativity – in order to leap forward. Ultimately, Leap is a playbook for the future that shows how pioneering players can thrive by rethinking their business, their relationships with customers, and the very reasons they exist.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781610398817
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 06/12/2018
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Howard Yu is the LEGO® Professor of Management and Innovation at IMD Business School in Switzerland and founding director of its Future Readiness Center, which helps companies navigate strategic transformation. A globally ranked Thinkers50 member, he won the Strategy Award in 2023, building on earlier recognition from Poets&Quants as one of "The World's Top 40 Business Professors Under 40." He is also a LinkedIn Top Voice. Yu writes the widely read Substack newsletter One Inch Ahead and earned his doctorate at Harvard Business School.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How Competition Works 1

Part I What Happened

1 The Piano War: When Strength Becomes a Weakness 17

2 The First Advantage of a Pioneer: When Competition Works Like a Mudslide 41

3 The Second Advantage of a Pioneer: How Knowledge Is Harnessed 65

Part II What Will Happen

4 Leveraging Ubiquitous Connectivity: From Lone Genius to the Wisdom of the Crowd 93

5 Leveraging Machine Intelligence: From Intuition to Algorithm 123

6 Leveraging Managerial Creativity: From Big Data to Human Interest 151

Part III What Needs to Happen Next

7 From Insights to Organized Actions 185

Epilogue 207

Acknowledgments 219

Notes 221

Index 255

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