Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

In his seminal work, The Innovator's Dilemma , Clayton Christensen made the point that for disruptive innovations to be pursued effectively, they require autonomous business units. Leaders must manage internal transfer pricing to ensure the development of viable business models. He was completely right.

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Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

That was the essence of Jill Lepore’s essay last year in The New Yorker about the “disruption machine,” in which she argued that, “disruptive innovation is competitive strategy for an age seized by terror” and referred to startups as “a pack of ravenous hyenas” intent on blowing things up.

Christensen 8

Christensen Disruptive Innovation Bureaucracy Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

These four elements set the stage for disruptive innovation to emerge, which suggests a more focused approach to national cleantech policy — and a path towards competing asymmetrically with China. Business Models: The right focus for scale equity is proven business models, not emerging technologies.

Disruptive Innovation 9

Disruptive Innovation Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2014

Dropbox didn’t just set out to offer superior performance; it targeted an entirely new customer set that wasn’t using existing solutions, with a business model that would undermine the incumbents’ most profitable customers. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship' Oculus, of course, was wildly successful.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Advice Disruptive Innovation CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

Businesses sometimes need to invest in new opportunities that do not fit the current business or current strategy well. Whenever a division has a business model that is different from that of the core businesses, the risk of subtracted value is particularly high: the corporate rules of thumb are often toxic.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Brand Disruptive Innovation Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

The most successful entrepreneurship is disruptive — a term entrepreneurs these days have donned as a magic mantle: “We have a disruptive business model, a disruptive technology, and will disrupt the market” goes the startup pitch.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Real Estate Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Breaking Out" stood proudly at the lunatic fringe of innovation. And the Australians — always up for trying something wild and new — saw fit not only to endure a speech on the topic but four years of public-private partnerships to test it, refine it, smash it apart, remake it, and test it again. at least warp drive. _.

Game Theory 8

Game Theory Open-book Innovation Disruptive Innovation 8