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		IndianAstronaut on Feb 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan's Oldest Businesses Have Survived for More T... Imagine if those companies had pursued a policy of innovation and technological progress from the start.

wmf on Feb 12, 2015 [–]

They probably would have suffered from creative destruction and not survived for hundreds of years. Maintaining innovation over multiple technology generations is a unicorn's unicorn.

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