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The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)

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A Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Clay Christensen’s work continues to underpin today’s most innovative leaders and organizations.

The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by 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 bestsellerone of the most influential business books of all timeinnovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything rightyet still lose market leadership.

Christensen 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, and provocativeand consistently noted as one of the most valuable business ideas of all timeThe Innovator’s Dilemma is the book no manager, leader, or entrepreneur should be without.

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A Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame.

His book, one of the most significant business books of the past 50 years, became a mammoth bestseller, and its title entered the language.” Fortune magazine

Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma is the foundational read for managing disruptive innovation.” Steve Blank, Silicon Valley serial-entrepreneur and academician, as seen in strategy+business magazine

This is an important read, even if you’re at the very early stages of growing a startup.” Drew Houston, CEO, Dropbox

Praise for The Innovator’s Dilemma and Clayton M. Christensen:

Forbes
[Clayton Christensen is] one of the most influential business theorists of the last fifty years.”

The Financial Times
The Innovator’s Dilemma achieves a rare feat: It is at once a satisfying intellectual solution to a long-standing business puzzle and a practical guide for executives and investors.”

Wired
. . . Required reading in Silicon Valley, where it has been championed by the likes of Steve Jobs, George Gilder, and Andy Grove.”

The Huffington Post
A seminal book.”

Bloomberg Businessweek
A holy book for entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley . . .”

Fortune
The notion of disruptive technology’ is one of the timeliest ideas of the Internet age. Coined by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, it’s at the heart of his influential book The Innovator’s Dilemma.”

About the Author

Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is the author of eight critically acclaimed books, including the bestsellers The Innovator’s Solution, How Will You Measure Your Life?, and Disrupting Class. Christensen is the cofounder of Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and the Innosight Institute, a nonprofit think tank.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 5, 2016
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1633691780
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1633691780
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.75 x 7 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ The Innovator's Dilemma Series
Best Sellers Rank: #29,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4 in Industrial Management & Leadership
- #36 in Strategy & Competition
- #44 in Strategic Business Planning
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Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. In addition to his most recent book, Competing Against Luck, he is the author of nine books, including several New York Times bestsellers — The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution, Disrupting Class, and and most recently How Will You Measure Your Life?. Christensen is the co-founder of Innosight, a growth-strategy consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and the Christensen Institute, a non-profit think tank. In 2011 and 2013, he was named the world’s most influential business thinker by Thinkers50.

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Customers find this book essential, praising its exhaustively researched content and series of fascinating case studies with commentary. Moreover, the book provides useful examples and great insights into innovation. However, customers disagree on its readability, with some finding it highly readable while others say it may not be an easy read. Additionally, the writing quality receives mixed feedback, with some finding it very well written while others note poor spelling and grammar throughout. The book's relevance and conciseness also draw mixed reactions, with some finding it still relevant today while others consider it dated, and some describing it as wordy.

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189 customers mention content, 176 positive, 13 negative

Customers find the book excellent and highly recommend it, describing it as the best business book ever.

This is a great book! Christensen opened my eyes to a new perspective on why some of the US' top firms fall behind due to "good" management....Read more

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...He is brilliant as well as incredibly humble. This is a must read for anyone interested in the business of technology.Read more

Good book for anyone who wants to venture into entrepreneurship or just see the pitfalls of sustaining and disruptive technologies/corporations...Read more

114 customers mention informative, 108 positive, 6 negative

Customers find the book informative, praising its excellent job of explaining core ideas through exhaustively researched content and fascinating case studies with commentary.

Very insightful and applicable to this very fast moving world. I would especially recommend it to technology enthusiasts and business strategists.Read more

Cogent concise and informative. One of the best books on strategy I've read in the last few years. Highly recommendedRead more

This book seemed to be very informative and was pleasant to read. The buying experience was great. I would buy through this person again.Read more

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41 customers mention relevance, 40 positive, 1 negative

Customers find the book relevant and useful, with many appreciating the numerous examples provided. One customer notes its importance as one of the most influential business texts.

...after publishing for 20 years, this book is still so mind blowing, relevant and inspirational....Read more

Solid theory and practical examples albeit a bit dated....Read more

...Clayton uses real life case studies of striking examples of companies successes and failures backed by data in easy to understand graphs....Read more

This book was very helpful for understanding how companies get disrupted by new products and services. Highly recommend this book.Read more

30 customers mention concepts, 28 positive, 2 negative

Customers appreciate the book's concepts, particularly its great insights into innovation and examples of disruptive technologies. One customer notes that the ideas laid out are supported by several experiments, while another highlights how it provides a clear path to monetizing potential innovation ideas.

Interesting concepts, although dated. This book is really hard to read though due to the proliferation of poor spelling and incorrect grammar....Read more

This book has some solid new views of the problem of innovation and how it affects extant organizations. But parts are pretty weak and diffuse....Read more

Very insightful, well written, the ideas laid out are supported by several expels and give insight how innovation penetrates the marketplace.Read more

Solid analysis of the innovator's dilemma, and great real-world examples of innovations and their inventors. Really liked it. Highly recommended.Read more

41 customers mention readability, 21 positive, 20 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's readability, with some finding it interesting and highly readable, while others note that it may not be an easy read.

I just enjoyed this book , so clearly written and easy to understand even for a non professsional in business development.Read more

Interesting concepts, although dated. This book is really hard to read though due to the proliferation of poor spelling and incorrect grammar....Read more

This an excellent and highly readable book describing how companies fail (and how they can succeed) at dealing with disruptive innovation....Read more

The pictures in the kindle version are just too hard to read, even in enlarged mode. Could use less words or chapters to deliver the concept.Read more

22 customers mention outdated, 7 positive, 15 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's relevance, with some finding it still relevant today while others note that the case studies are outdated.

This book used to be required reading, but it is woefully outdated and has lost relevance....Read more

Solid theory and practical examples albeit a bit dated....Read more

Classic but still relevantRead more

Interesting concepts, although dated. This book is really hard to read though due to the proliferation of poor spelling and incorrect grammar....Read more

19 customers mention writing quality, 13 positive, 6 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the writing quality of the book, with some finding it well written while others report poor spelling and grammar throughout.

Very insightful, well written, the ideas laid out are supported by several expels and give insight how innovation penetrates the marketplace.Read more

...The book is well structured and written in layman terms. The only drawback is that it gets slightly repetitive towards the end.Read more

The print quality and writing style feels dated. A bit wordy and boring in spots, taking a while to get to the points that matter.Read more

...The book is very well written and attempts to explain a phenomena which contradicts the analysis a graduate with an MBA might make....Read more

12 customers mention conciseness, 3 positive, 9 negative

Customers find the book wordy and complex, with one customer noting that the Kindle format cuts off parts of the words.

Very deep read. I can barely understand what it is saying, but the things I do understand are mind-blowing. Clayton is a genius!Read more

The print quality and writing style feels dated. A bit wordy and boring in spots, taking a while to get to the points that matter.Read more

Cogent concise and informative. One of the best books on strategy I've read in the last few years. Highly recommendedRead more

...Many periods have been converted to commas, and even some words have been changed (ex. "because" to "became")....Read more

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