Most companies struggle to adapt to abrupt changes in their environment - a very slow adaptation witness Lego in the world of digital devices and online games. One of the main reasons for this is that they are locked in the established networks and fight to get out of these relationships and create new ones. The approaches businesses can use to build relationships with new potential partners, which are more suited to the opportunities and threats they face in the new competitive environment. The main barriers that prevent firms to gain access to these "networks for discontinuous innovation" and provides specific strategies that companies can take to overcome them. Task consists of three steps: finding the right partners to interact with and form a relationship with them, and then creation of high-performance networks. Following the recommendations proposed, firms will be more likely to create a high-performance networks for discontinuous innovation. "Hide
by Julian Birkinshaw, John Bessant, Rick Delbridge Source: California Management Review 19 pages. Publication Date: May 1, 2007 year. Prod. #: CMR365-PDF-ENG
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