Smart Rivals: How Innovative Companies Play Games That Tech Giants Can't Win
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- Author：Feng Zhu
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Summary
A new， researched-based look at how traditional or smaller companies can better compete with Big Tech on their own terms—from a Harvard Business School professor and a former Bloomberg journalist。 Companies are fighting the wrong battle。 The consensus has been to learn the best practices from Big Tech and imitate them。 But new paths for growth aren't created by imitation; they're forged by radical differentiation。 In Smart Rivals ， Harvard Business School professor Feng Zhu and former Bloomberg journalist Bonnie Cao show business leaders how to create new competitive advantages by offering product features and benefits that tech giants and other competitors cannot match。 Zhu and Cao bring readers across the globe， revealing how big conglomerates—Coca-Cola， Ping An， and AB InBev—and scrappy upstarts—an Italian toll payment platform， a Chinese footwear retailer， a Nigerian media company， and scores of others—have managed to thrive by tapping into their unique capabilities。 Based on original research and insights gleaned from leaders in a wide-range of industries， Smart Rivals will help you find new capabilities that mere imitation could never provide and lead to new products， services， strategies， and advantages。
Reviews
Tanvi
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An easy read with the fundamental hypothesis being that traditional business need not try to compete to catch up with the digital natives like Amazon etc but rather outsmart them at their own game by crafting new ways of value creation for customers using tech。 I liked that they used examples from non American companies as well which makes for a greater accessibility。 Trouble with such books is that stories based on tech can sometimes become outdated quickly because tech itself is evolving so qu An easy read with the fundamental hypothesis being that traditional business need not try to compete to catch up with the digital natives like Amazon etc but rather outsmart them at their own game by crafting new ways of value creation for customers using tech。 I liked that they used examples from non American companies as well which makes for a greater accessibility。 Trouble with such books is that stories based on tech can sometimes become outdated quickly because tech itself is evolving so quickly， never the less interesting stories like how Coke is using AI to harvest data from users are bound to give you new ideas for your own work。 Overall it was an easy read as well。 。。。more
Katie
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I blazed through this one。 Short and sweet and to the point。 The problem was 。。。 it was a little too short and sweet， and not enough to the point。 The authors cover a variety of cases where traditional business have either succeeded or failed in their modern quest against big tech industry。 They argue that these companies must "craft their own path" and lean on what's special about not being digital-first。 We have to rely on the author's interpretation of these cases。 There's not really enough d I blazed through this one。 Short and sweet and to the point。 The problem was 。。。 it was a little too short and sweet， and not enough to the point。 The authors cover a variety of cases where traditional business have either succeeded or failed in their modern quest against big tech industry。 They argue that these companies must "craft their own path" and lean on what's special about not being digital-first。 We have to rely on the author's interpretation of these cases。 There's not really enough detail for the reader to judge。 On top of that， a lot of successes and failures appear to have been a factor of events beyond any company's control， such as world-disruptors like COVID-19。 Still， the argument could be made that some companies rose to the challenge better than others 。。。 I just couldn't place how traditional companies that acted as "smart rivals" outpaced tech giants there。 Going with the example: A traditional company goes digital in COVID-19; a digital one stays the course or buys up successful counterparts; each constrained by their starting points; and the economic world goes round。 I did enjoy reading about the diverse range of case studies， even if I wasn't quite on board with the smart rival concept。 From Anker to Zé to Coca-Cola， on to various countries' responses to big tech disruptions， there's enough variety of contemporary material to get a sense of modern business savvy in the digital age。Thank you to NetGalley and Harvard Business Review Press for the advance copy。 。。。more
H Paige
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A solid read。 I liked the breakdown of different company approaches。 Well written and easy to digest。 Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for the arc。
Darya
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