N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
Disruptive Innovation (per the Christensen model) generally takes place in an industry dominated by an oligopoly and having an unserved segment ( towards the lower end in terms of profit margins and product capability) which attains visibility as a result of technological expansion in what is most of the time, a non-related field.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 16, 2011
In the first quarter of 2011, Groupon posted a net loss of $113.9 Clayton Christensen would agree with the intuition that Groupon displays but ignores: businesses should become profitable before they become big. Finally, reaching profitability quickly ensures that when outside financing dries up, the venture can succeed on its own.
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Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I recently received a letter from the IRS alerting me that it had made changes to my 2011 tax calculation. In the July-August 2010 edition of HBR, Clay Christensen wrote a remarkable article, How Will You Measure Your Life? Internal Revenue Service that made the mistake? What would our instincts tell us to do then?
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 21, 2011
To paraphrase from "The Music Man," I am a sadder but definitely a wiser girl after this first encounter with venture financing, as this experience has become a well of lessons from which I draw daily in my personal and professional life. My husband and I lost a painful lot of money. It was devastating. Lesson 1: Set clear boundaries.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 12, 2012
By some estimates, China has supported its domestic solar industry with $34 billion in loans; that cash, an ability to rapidly ape western technologies , and the competitive advantages of low-cost labor and limited regulatory restraints allowed Chinese companies to sweep away Western competitor after Western competitor in 2011.
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 13, 2011
Moore and Christensen tell us what to do, but their prescription is rarely followed. David Locke Innovation fails because of management, not the innovation. Unfortunately the approach you are taking is standard management, which in the case of discontinuous/radical/disruptive innovations fails. I look forward to hearing more from you.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 8, 2017
Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. Clay Christensen , Professor at Harvard Business School and Innosight co-founder.
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