How Data Will Drive Business Strategy in 2014

Among all the recent year-end roundups and summaries was a surprising piece of business news. Blockbuster, the last surviving sentinel of the video rental industry announced that it would close its remaining 300 or so company owned stores across the United States. Many have been quick to credit Netflix with the decline of the once formidable Blockbuster. Indeed, the ubiquitous red envelopes and subsequent streaming services are an example of "Big Bang disruption"–an innovation that is not only cheaper, but better, too–according to Larry Downes and Paul Nunes in Harvard Business Review.

By Brooks Bell

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