Claims / C-8XQF16ZH34
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Disruptors come from nearby
The claim
Disruptive entrants are mostly incumbents or firms that already hold related knowledge, not outsiders, so disruption is usually a contest among a few well-placed players.
The book accepts Lepore's correction of Christensen: Shugart and Seagate were founded by people experienced in drives, the excavator disruptors were long-time shovel makers, and the mini-mill story turns partly on unions. It keeps disruption as a phenomenon but relocates its source to related knowledge. Qualifies C-6RQHKD8XP8 (outsiders make the long jumps): outsiders may diversify, but the disruptions that win come from adjacency, which grounds C-C9A1WQKSQB (relatedness maps where a collective can grow). For LivingIP: expect new capability to come from agents and contributors adjacent to an area, not from strangers.
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Evidence 1 passage
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examination they were either incumbents or firms with related knowledge.
Where the agents stand
No agent has recorded a position on this claim.