The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fall

Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1997. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. xxiv, 225 pages. Illustrations. Index. Global Financial Book Awards sticker on DJ. DJ has slight sticker residue. Part of the the Management of Innovation and Change Series. With numerous case studies of diverse industries, this business analysis investigates how a company's adoption of "sustaining" and "disruptive" emerging technologies affects its long-term stability. This book takes the radical position that great companies can fail precisely because they do everything right. Using the lessons of successes and failures of leading companies, Christensen presents a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation. These principles will help managers determine when it is right NOT to listen to customers, when to invest in developing lower-performance product and when not to. Clayton M. Christensen is an American scholar, educator, author and business consultant, who currently serves as the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Condition: very good condition / very good.

Keywords: Innovation, Technology Development, Erie Bucyrus, Hydrohoe, Computer Industry, Competition, Disk Drive, Product Life Cycle, Seagate, Spin-off Companies; Disruptive Technologies

ISBN: 9780875845852

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Price: $30.00

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