The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail - Hardcover

Christensen, Clayton M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0875845851 ISBN 13: 9780875845852

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press, 1997

Synopsis

The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, renowned author Clayton M. Christensen.

His work is cited by the world’s best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller, innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right yet still lose market leadership. Read this international bestseller to avoid a similar fate.

Clay Christensen who authored the award-winning Harvard Business Review article How Will You Measure Your Life?” explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says a successful company with established products WILL get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices. Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator’s Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation.

Sharp, cogent, provocative, and one of the most influential business books of all time The Innovator’s Dilemma is the book no manager or entrepreneur should be without.

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Review:

What do the Honda Supercub, Intel's 8088 processor, and hydraulic excavators have in common? They are all examples of disruptive technologies that helped to redefine the competitive landscape of their respective markets. These products did not come about as the result of successful companies carrying out sound business practices in established markets. In The Innovator's Dilemma, author Clayton M. Christensen shows how these and other products cut into the low end of the marketplace and eventually evolved to displace high-end competitors and their reigning technologies.

At the heart of The Innovator's Dilemma is how a successful company with established products keeps from being pushed aside by newer, cheaper products that will, over time, get better and become a serious threat. Christensen writes that even the best-managed companies, in spite of their attention to customers and continual investment in new technology, are susceptible to failure no matter what the industry, be it hard drives or consumer retailing. Succinct and clearly written, The Innovator's Dilemma is an important book that belongs on every manager's bookshelf. Highly recommended. --Harry C. Edwards

From the Publisher:

A Business Week Bestseller

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0875845851
• ISBN 13: 9780875845852
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256