Strategy, Context, and the Decline of Sony - Sohrab Vossoughi. By Sohrab Vossoughi | 10:55 AM April 25, 2012 Sometimes it’s useful to be reminded that a great strategy is only great in context.
From the early 1980s and into the 90s, Sony’s was great. The unrivaled master of the consumer electronics world, its name was synonymous with cutting-edge technology, sophistication, and desirability. Reaction to CISCO's Strategic Innovation is a Sign of What's to Come. Reaction to CISCO's Strategic Innovation is a Sign of What's to Come. After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses. Ángel Franco/The New York TimesA set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica on the shelves of the New York Public Library.
After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print. Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books that were once sold door-to-door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and displayed as proud fixtures in American homes will be discontinued, company executives said. In an acknowledgment of the realities of the digital age — and of competition from the Web site Wikipedia — Encyclopaedia Britannica will focus primarily on its online encyclopedias and educational curriculum for schools. The last print version is the 32-volume 2010 edition, which weighs 129 pounds and includes new entries on global warming and the Human Genome Project.