Disruptive Technology in a post-Covid world

MSCI would like to thank Costas Andriopoulos who is a Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Cass Business School, for useful discussions and insightful analysis of this megatrend, which have greatly facilitated the preparation of this article.

His research focuses on organisational ambidexterity: how companies can excel at both incremental and radical innovation.

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¹ https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/14/the-great-lockdown-worst-economic-downturn-since-the-great-depression/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2020/04/06/how-covid-19-crunch-compares-to-spanish-flu-greatdepression/#4f0f92261798
² https://www.ft.com/content/be05b46a-5fa9-11ea-b0ab-339c2307bcd4
³ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2020/05/08/additive-manufacturing-industry-grows-to-almost-12-billion-in 2019/#5f6a764a5678
⁴ https://news.yahoo.com/yorks-northwell-health-begins-3d-173444482.html
⁵ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-09/the-3d-printing-community-is-the-pandemic-s-unlikely-hero 6 https://www.protocol.com/3d-printing-found-market-in-coronavirus-pandemic

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