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Friday, August 14, 2015

Netflix Effect: Creative Destruction

Good piece with lots of numbers.  Had not heard the use of the term.   By Mark Perry. Was reminded of this by look at books and the internet.  Would like to see the same data for other industries. 

" .... The success of Netflix is an excellent example of “creative destruction,” a term originated in the 1940s by economist Joseph Schumpeter, who described it as the “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new structure. This process of creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.” In fact, Netflix has been so disruptive to existing industries, that its impact is now being referred to by some as the “Netflix effect.” Here are a few examples of the “Netflix effect” and the industries that have been “Netflixed.” ... "

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