Innovation versus complexity : what is too much of a good thing

Innovation versus complexity : what is too much of a good thing

A method for recognizing the point where innovation begins to become a source of complexity and destroy value.

Publisher: Harvard Business Review, novembre 2005

Date of publication: 2005

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Summary

For the authors, the main source of complexity is the excessive number of products that companies sell due to their excessive fascination with innovation. They describe a method for recognizing the point where innovation begins to destroy value.