The Best Companies Aren’t Afraid to Replace Their Most Profitable Products
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Self-cannibalization is the only way to fend off startup competitors.
Innovation The Best Companies Aren’t Afraid to Replace Their Most Profitable Products by Howard Yu and Thomas W. Malnight July 14, 2016 Post Post Share Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Leer en español Ler em português Post Post Share Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print For a long time, the Silicon Valley funding model has been hailed as a powerful alternative to the stifling way corporate America works. Many are betting on the new generation of technology firms to unsettle the old guard. Today the number of unicorns—startups that valued at $1 billion or greater—is staggering. Fortune counted more than
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