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Business Definition for: Tipping Point
- the moment in time at which an emerging trend or idea achieves the critical mass which enables it to gain momentum, spread rapidly, and become dominant. The term was introduced by Malcolm Gladwell in his book The Tipping Point (Abacus, 2001), which compares the development of trends and fashions to the sudden spread of epidemics and suggests that change is not a gradual process, but takes place in sudden dramatic shifts. In the same way as a small weight will tip the balance of a pair of scales in equilibrium, a small change in organizational strategy may have major effects. The concept has been applied to leadership and change management. A related concept is strategic inflection point.
Wiktionary Definition for: Tipping Point
- #(''catastrophy theory'') the point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences
- the point in time at which some new technology becomes mainstream
Additional Resources
- Zimbabwe crisis at tipping point: Tsvangirai
- LONDON AFP — Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday that the crisis-hit country was at a "tipping point", in a telephone interview with BBC television. Questioned about whether Zimbabwe was on the edge of a "moment of liberation," Tsvangirai responded: "I think that this is a...
- Research articles 2007-03-18
- NetSuite: Where's the Tipping Point for On-Demand ERP?
- Larry Dignan ZDNet submits: NetSuite N delivered a solid quarter, indicated it was gaining traction with its OneWorld ERP suite and took a few jabs at SAP’s Business By Design. The larger question: Where’s the tipping point for on-demand ERP? That question was raised by JMP Securities...
- External links 2009-08-02
- Truck Sales: Past the Tipping Point?
- Truck Sales: Past the Tipping Point?RE: Truck Sales: Past the Tipping Point?We can't blame no one for this increasing gas problem. And one of the most affected are the trucks because this is one of the vehicle type that really guzzling gas. They should think of some solution like installing...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- The Tipping Point Toward New Media
- The Tipping Point Toward New MediaRE: The Tipping Point Toward New MediaAs a member of the film production industry, we've watched HD render 16mm and 35mm film almost useless at the advertising/commercial level. If film industry professionals don't get up to speed on HD technology, they need to look for...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- NASA Space Funding Reaches Critical Tipping Point
- With the submission of the final findings of the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, NASA and lawmakers determining the agency's budget face several critical questions but none so much as funding.Just days before NASA launches the first Ares I-X test rocket -- the current future of the agency's space...
- News items 2009-10-25
- Earth's Climate Approaches Dangerous Tipping Point
- NEW YORK, New York ENS — --> A stern warning that global warming is nearing an irreversible tipping point was issued today by the climate scientist who the Bush administration has tried to muzzle. James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- With MOG, Will Music Subscription Services Hit a Tipping Point?
- Music blogging site MOG will soon introduce an all-you-can-stream music subscription service, placing it in direct competition with existing services Rhapsody and Napster. Expected to go live by Thanksgiving, the new service — called "All Access" — will provide ad-free streaming from a library of 5 million songs for a...
- News items 2009-10-13
- The Tipping Point for Talent Management
- In Malcolm Gladwell's book, an innovation or change can suddenly appear through small, almost incremental steps, none of which by it is especially noteworthy. But the combination of these seemingly minor events can cause organizations to be shaken, countries to be impacted and people to break out of established behavioral...
- White papers
- Fight Against Tobacco Addiction Reached "Tipping Point" In The U.S. During 2006 Reports Free & Clear
- SEATTLE -- Last year marked the tipping point in the fight against tobacco addiction according to Free & Clear([R]), a national leader in coaching-based tobacco dependence treatment. The United States now has more former smokers than current smokers. Further, over half of Americans now live in a city or state...
- Research articles 2007-02-12
- Truck Sales: Past the Tipping Point?
- Nobody could be surprised that consumers have turned away from big, gas-guzzling pickups and SUVs and toward more fuel efficient cars and crossovers. But industry analysts are slack-jawed at the speed at which demand for trucks has gone from merely eroding to downright collapsing. Not surprisingly, the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- A Tipping Point for Virtualization
- Dana Gardner submits: Virtualization has certainly taken off, but less attention gets directed to how to better manage virtualization, to gain better security using virtualization techniques, and also to find methods for compliance and regulation of virtualized environments -- without the pitfalls of complexity and confusion.We seem to be at...
- External links 2008-10-02
- The Tipping Point; As global institutions falter in the face of mounting challenges, business has to play an increasingly active role.
- Byline: Klaus Schwab (Schwab is founder of the World Economic Forum.) The year 2005 may be remembered as a tipping point of globalization. While the rise of China and India captured the minds of ordinary citizens in the West, we saw for the...
- Research articles 2005-11-28
- Wireless revolution underway in British business; PC World predicts that 2005 will be the tipping point for wireless adoption by UK PLC.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-4 August 2005-PC WORLD BUSINESS: Wireless revolution underway in British business; PC World predicts that 2005 will be the tipping point for wireless adoption by UK PLCC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04082005 Three-quarters (75) of UK businesses are actively using some...
- Research articles 2005-08-04
- Wesupply and Aberdeen Research Group: the on-demand tipping point in supply chain.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-13 February 2006-Wesupply: Wesupply and Aberdeen Research Group: the on-demand tipping point in supply chainC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13022006 Wesupply is sponsoring a unique benchmark report to be published by Aberdeen in late March covering the use of On-Demand Supply...
- Research articles 2006-02-13
- No. Calif. Business Marketing Association Presents "The Mobile Internet at Its Tipping Point. What's Next?"
- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Northern California Business Marketing Association NorCal BMA has announced its Wednesday, May 28th meeting program, "Reaching the Mobile Marketplace in 2010." The featured keynote speaker is Steve Lamont, Partner, Crimson Consulting Group. In case you haven't looked recently, we're quickly approaching the "tipping point" in...
- Research articles 2008-05-09
- Tipping point for CMSA convention
- CMSA's Twelfth Annual Convention "Approaching the Tipping Point?" will be held Monday, June 12 to Wednesday, June 14 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. This year's convention, co-chaired by Larry Duggins of ARCap REIT, Inc., Peter Horos of Allstate Insurance Corporation and John Mulligan of Merrill Lynch & Co.,...
- Research articles 2006-03-22
- Google's Android Could Signal a Tipping Point in Smartphones, Says ABI Research
- If Google's ambitions for its recently-launched Android smartphone operating system are fully realized, the new OS will represent a tipping point in attitudes towards the whole concept of a smartphone. This tectonic shift will affect consumers, handset manufacturers and, most critically, mobile network operators. According to ABI Research director...
- Research articles 2008-10-09
- E-Books Reach a "Tipping Point," Triggering Explosive Growth
- My email in-box is humming this week with people sharing anecdotes about the growth in popularity of e-books. An industry report is about to be published that reportedly finds a growth rate of 400 percent for e-books during Q-1 this year. So I decided to ask an...
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- The Roots The Tipping Point
- THE ROOTS The Tipping Point Geffen Philadelphia hip-hop's finest eschew their famed organic arrangements on their sixth studio effort, resulting in their most exuberant, raw, and rap-centric work yet. MC Black Thought has never been more lyrically dexterous, channeling his rage about the state of hip-hop, U.S. politics, and...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- Letterman vs. O'Brien May Be the Tipping Point on TV's Non-Sensical Age Bias
- Even before I was far into the latter half of the 18 to 49 demographic, I found it bizarre â€" and depressing â€" that the TV market was pretty much built on the belief that once a viewer hits the age of 50, they are worthless to TV advertisers, and...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
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