1001 Listes: Strategic breakthroughs by a low-tech company in a high-tech world
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description: Most articles on strategic breakthroughs tend to concentrate on large, high-tech organizations. Yet the French firm 1001 Listes, which creates and manages wedding lists, has shown that it is possible for even a relatively small organization to generate strategic breakthroughs with standard off-the-shelf information technology. Its experience highlights two points that previous studies have overlooked: Breakthrough strategies are based on innovations in business models as well as innovations in technology, and breakthrough strategies may actually reduce a company's reliance on high-tech solutions as a means of maintaining its competitive advantage. Using Henderson and Venkatraman's (1993) model of strategic alignment, this article also outlines the nature of breakthrough strategies.
issued: 2026-05-12T04:29:55.473773
language: en
modified: 2026-05-12T04:29:55.473779
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keyword: information-systems
keyword: journal-articles
keyword: shsgestionhumanities-and-social-sciencesbusiness-administration
keyword: strategic-alignment
landing page: 1932-2054

1001 Listes: Strategic breakthroughs by a low-tech company in a high-tech world
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issued: 2026-05-12T04:29:55.489937
modified: 2026-05-12T04:29:55.464361
access URL: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00804328

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