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

by Clayton M. Christensen

How successful firms lose their lead

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Awards & Recognition

  • Bestseller

    A Businessweek bestseller

    Described as a Businessweek bestseller.

  • Editorial selection

    Named one of Amazon Editors’ 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime

    Named one of Amazon Editors’ 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime.

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How successful firms lose their lead

Clayton M. Christensen examines a business paradox: established companies can make sound decisions by the standards of their existing markets and still miss emerging technologies that reshape competition. Using examples of company successes and failures, he lays out a framework for understanding disruptive innovation and considers when familiar business practices may need to change. The book connects innovation to the challenge of managing established products and protecting market position, making its subject as much organizational decision-making as technology itself.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Managers and business leaders studying innovation and competitive strategy
  • Entrepreneurs interested in how new technologies can alter established markets
  • Readers seeking a framework for thinking about industrial management

Themes

Disruptive innovationCorporate strategyTechnology and competitionOrganizational decision-making

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Book overview

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors

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 bestseller--one of the most influential business books of all time--innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right--yet 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 provocative--and consistently noted as one of the most valuable business ideas of all time--The Innovator's Dilemma is the book no manager, leader, or entrepreneur should be without.
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