Does concentrated commercial leadership or dispersed commercial leadership more efficaciously explore value? Concentrated or dispersed commercial leadership describes whether a small or large range of firms, respectively, can commercialize potential services and products for a similar, though uncertain, technological opportunity. This is both a philosophical and a practical question. The philosophical viewpoint questions whether there's merit to letting a thousand flowers bloom. The practical viewpoint questions what happens when the market lacks room for such variety.
Index Terms:
dispersed leadership, concentrated leadership
Citation:
Shane Greenstein, "Room for a Thousand Flowers to Bloom," IEEE Micro, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 6, 93, May/June 2006, doi:10.1109/MM.2006.64