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The Indian Fountain Pen : lessons from the Quartz Crisis – Pratap Lakshman

On May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 By chawm

At its peak the Quartz Crisis reduced the number of Swiss watchmakers from 1600 to 600, and enabled Japan take over the lead in watchmaking – Clayton Christenson’s “The Innovator’s Dilemma” was playing out a full 20 years before its publication. Both in the crisis and their subsequent recovery, there