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Case Study: Netflix and Disruptive Innovation
Case Study Readings
Text: Bourgeois, D. T. (2014). Information Systems for Business and Beyond. Saylor.org. Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY) Attribution.
Chapter 4
Kumar, N., Sharma, E., Matthews,B., & Baskov, V. (2015). Report prepared for Netflix business model analysis. Download the PDF file.
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Respond to the following questions:
Netflix was able to gain a competitive advantage over its chief rival Blockbuster. Discuss the Netflix value proposition and how it successfully gained an advantage over Blockbuster.
Identify and describe some of the technology innovations that Netflix was able to exploit and how these innovations contributed to competitive advantage.