Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

The latter is according to Clayton Christensen, Michael Raynor, and Rory McDonald in their recent HBR article “ What is Disruptive Innovation?” ” They also write that “disruptive innovations originate in low-end or new-market footholds.” Zipcar counts as a disruptive innovation. Uber doesn’t.

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Disruptive Innovation Definition Innovation Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

The innovation research identifies the tyranny of large numbers as a common (and vexing) problem for leaders as companies grow, well documented by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in The Innovators Solution , Jim Collins in How the Mighty Fall , and by Scott Anthony on this blog.

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Ries Agility Market Segmentation Christensen 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

My own take is that Clay Christensen and his co-authors on the theory made a substantial contribution to our understanding of innovation. In particular, Christensen’s research offers a powerful lens for understanding why incumbents so often lose to upstarts attacking from the low end of the market.

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Disruptive Innovation Innovation Christensen Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

The right question is not whether its time to split HR, but rather why are leaders so much less sophisticated about talent than about financial capital?

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Charan Finance Human Resources Supply Chain 14