Remember that business models now triumph products—and platforms triumph business models.
According to Kafatos and Eisner (2004), many of the great research triumphs are products of interdisciplinary inquiry and collaboration, including the discovery of the structure of DNA, magnetic resonance imaging, and human genome sequencing.
In reality all progress, all change, all triumph is the product of focus, grit and unyielding toil.
Great sporting triumphs are the product of the coming together of brilliant talent, hard work and a fanatical desire to win.
That will probably mean more marketing not less, but once-neglected (and cheaper) methods of selling direct, outdoor, guerrilla marketing, sponsorships and product placements may triumph over traditional print and TV ads.
But the triumph of the production is that, echoing O'Neill, it sees these damaged individuals as tragic products of a guilt-haunted Calvinist culture.
But there is much more to the soul of the Toyota machine than a dour, relentless pursuit of perfection in its car factories.Another triumph is the slick product-development process that can roll out new models in barely two years.
Similarly, in 2008, Obama's triumph wasn't primarily a product of his eloquence, or his messaging.
Mr. McCain's 18-point triumph in New Hampshire was the product of a grass-roots campaign of town meetings and what he calls "straight talk".
Actually, democracy's triumph in Russia was the product of a delicate sequence of events which made it possible for a minority movement to gain not only power but an air of inevitability.
