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The Innovator’s Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
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The Innovator’s Dilemma explains why so many well-established companies fail dismally when faced with the emerging markets they create. This abstract focuses on one of the book’s central themes: disruptive innovation.
About the author
Clayton M. Christensen (1952–2020) was a professor at Harvard Business School and one of the foremost management researchers in the world. He wrote numerous books and more than a hundred articles. The Economist named his book The Innovator’s Dilemma as one of the six most important business books ever.
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- Anyone interested in why big companies are so vulnerable to disruptive technologies
- Business executives
- Anyone who wants to take advantage of technological innovations