Beyond Startup Disruption: Why Innovation Must Strengthen Industrial Ecosystems, Not Weaken Them
The growing tendency to equate disruption with innovation is reshaping economic policy and investment priorities. While technological progress remains essential, disruption-led growth can weaken SMEs, employment, and productive sectors when pursued as an end in itself. Sustainable innovation must expand productive capacity, strengthen enterprise ecosystems, and generate long-term economic resilience rather than merely accelerating market…