Full name: The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

Author: Clayton M. Christensen Year: 1997 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Business, Management Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780060521998 9780062060242 0060521996 0062060244

In this revolutionary bestseller, Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen says outstanding companies can do everything right and still lose their market leadership -- or worse, disappear completely. And he not only proves what he says, he tells others how to avoid a similar fate. Focusing on "disruptive technology" -- the Honda Super Cub, Intel's 8088 processor, or the hydraulic excavator, for example -- Christensen shows why most companies miss "the next great wave." Whether in electronics or retailing, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know when to abandon traditional business practices. Using the lessons of successes and failures from leading companies, The Innovator's Dilemma presents a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation. Find out: ?When it is right not to listen to customers. ?When to invest in developing lower-performance products that promise lower margins. ?When to pursue small markets at the expense of seemingly ?larger and more lucrative ones. Sharp, cogent, and provocative, The Innovator's Dilemma is one of the most talked-about books of our time -- and one no savvy manager or entrepreneur should be without. Similar books: The Innovator's Solution by Clayton M. Christensen Seeing What's Next by Clayton M. Christensen Dealing with Darwin by Geoffrey A. Moore The Circle of Innovation by Tom Peters The Game-Changer by A. G. Lafley Get Back in the Box by Douglas Rushkoff The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter F. Drucker Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove Built to Last by Jim Collins Reengineering the Corporation by Michael Hammer Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore Remote by Jason Fried The Pursuit of Wow! by Tom Peters The Lean Startup by Eric Ries Chess Not Checkers by Mark Miller Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker The Choice by Eliyahu M. Goldratt Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming