On the Cusp

I have recently been reading two books
-The Rise of Collaborative Consumption @rachelbotsman
-The new capitalist manifesto @umairh
Both suggest that we are at the cusp of a revolution where new forms of business will emerge rapidly and old forms of business will all of a sudden seem fragile and unsustainable.
If the dotted line of the drawing above represents this cusp or moment of transition then what would you say about the companies on either side of the line?
Or if you looked at one industry in-particular then what would you identify as the failings of the old and the virtues of the new.
If you can understand this today then you have a good chance of being able to innovate these new forms tomorrow.  Either as a start-up taking advantage of the transition, or as an incumbent who is ready to reinvent themselves.
This image describes what I think the defining characteristics are of old and new.  It also gives a bit of a thinking framework to consider the old and the new of any business sector or market place.