Martin Reeves, Christian Stadler

Most technology revolutions have required accompanying applied innovations to unlock their full potential. Electricity in itself did not immediately translate into big productivity gains for industry. This only happened as new technologies like electric motors and social innovations like new factory layouts took hold.

Martin Reeves, Christian Stadler

A new technology can be novel, it can be useful, it can even generate massive value for consumers and providers, but without creating sustainable competitive advantage in specific applications, it can easily distract and divert attention and resources from more promising opportunities.

Enduring Success—What the History of Outstanding Corporations Has to Teach Us

For the last six years, Christian Stadler has led a team of eight researchers in a study of some of Europe’s oldest and best companies. They asked: What distinguishes companies that managed to perform at a very high level over very long periods from others that do not perform as well? To answer this question they selected a sample of companies that had turned in … [ Read more ]