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First published in the United States of America by Portfolio/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2012

This revised paperback edition with a new preface published 2013

Copyright © Ron Adner, 2012, 2013

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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:

Adner, Ron.

The wide lens : a new strategy for innovation / Ron Adner.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 978-1-101-56132-4

1.  Technological innovations—Management.   2.  New products.   I.  Title.

HD45.A46 2012

658.5’75—dc23

2011041760

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