Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The work of two of the most important scholars in the field, Clayton Christensen and Richard N. One of the key tipping points in a market occurs when a company, in Christensen's language, overshoots a given market tier by providing them performance that they can't use. Foster , suggests considering five questions: 1.

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System Christensen Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

The transformational force that has brought affordability and accessibility to other industries is disruptive innovation. Today's health-care industry screams for disruption. But disruption solves the more fundamental question: How do we make health care affordable? xlv-xlvi by Clayton Christensen, Jerome Grossman M.D.,

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Health Care Disruptive Innovation Christensen Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Investors and lenders are betting on the company’s long-term potential to dominate a future that may feature autonomous vehicles, sustainable energy consumption, and the ability to upgrade easily as both hardware and software evolve. Tesla clearly doesn’t qualify under the traditional definition of a disruptive innovation.

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Supply Chain Automotive Disruptive Innovation Transportation 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In addition to using less energy to run machines, slashing paper use also saves large amounts of energy and water upstream in the paper production process. Meanwhile, the other stream of waste will create a potentially significant source of clean energy (adding to the sustainability win).

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Productivity Products Christensen Document 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

I heard people from all over the world arguing that the US government needs to grab the bull by horns, insert itself much more aggressively in economic planning, and start directing American economic resources to "new growth industries" such as clean energy , high-tech manufacturing, or advanced healthcare solutions.

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GDP Christensen Disruptive Innovation Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

One group wanted me to detail the essential habits of disruptive innovators (where I happily leveraged the great work on the innovator's DNA by Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen). Third, I had the privilege of serving as a reviewer for a handful of innovation contests and grant proposals.

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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.

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