Disruptive Innovation Finance Price Productivity 
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
In 2007, Clayton Christensen co-founded Rose Park Advisors, a hedge fund devoted to investing in disruptive companies. The idea was to transform his theory of disruptive innovation into an investment thesis. Disruptive innovation can take several forms, and the market understands some types better than others.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 4, 2014
Today, almost every industry is vulnerable to the effects of digitization and to what Accenture calls “Big Bang Disruption.” Tencent and Alibaba, the two leading Chinese Internet companies, recently announced a collaboration with insurer Ping An to offer insurance products online. Google bought U.K. Germany, and France.
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Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Maxx and Marshalls—which compete aggressively on price. Price competition hurts. It also hurts the brands sold inside the stores, which in part explains why consumer product giants like Procter & Gamble are seeing their sales stagnate for products like Tide detergent, Gillette razors, Pampers diapers, and Crest toothpaste.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 30, 2014
In after-hours trading, the company’s share price fell 9% — representing $44 billion in lost market value. This kind of sharp price movement on seemingly modest news is not a new or isolated occurrence for Apple. Over the past 18 months the company’s stock price has careened from $705 (in Sept.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 4, 2014
Today, almost every industry is vulnerable to the effects of digitization and to what Accenture calls “Big Bang Disruption.” Tencent and Alibaba, the two leading Chinese Internet companies, recently announced a collaboration with insurer Ping An to offer insurance products online. Google bought U.K. Germany, and France.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 7, 2013
"Free" product competition strikes again and the latest casualty is Weight Watchers, whose CEO recently left the company in the midst of the onslaught of free weight loss and fitness applications. Meanwhile, Quicken did the right thing when they bought Mint.com , a free threat to their personal finance software.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 29, 2011
He adapted the moving assembly line process for the manufacture of automobiles, which allowed him to manufacture, market and sell the Model T at a significantly lower price than his competition, enabling the creation of a new and rapidly growing market. It was better cars, with better financing options.
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