DISH Networks, the owners since 2011 of video rental giant Blockbuster, announced Wednesday the shuttering of all remaining company-owned retail locations and of Blockbuster’s DVD-by-mail service. The shutdown will be completed by early 2014, bringing to a close a dramatic story of rise and fall at the hands of disruptive technological innovation, or what we have called “big bang disruption.”
Blockbuster Becomes a Casualty of Big Bang Disruption
When disruptive technology brings chaotic change, assets can become liabilities overnight.
November 07, 2013
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