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The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

by Clayton Christensen

In this book, Clayton Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices.

Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator’s Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation.

About Clayton Christensen

Clayton Christensen is a professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Clayton has written many other books including The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth, The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth, and Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. His work is cited by the world’s best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell.