Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- About the BCG Henderson Institute -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Competing to Win the ’20s -- Chapter 1. A Bad Time to Be Average -- Chapter 2. Competing on the Rate of Learning -- Chapter 3. Getting Physical: The Rise of Hybrid Ecosystems -- Chapter...

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