For the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which industry entrants will succeed. Unfortunately, the theory has also been widely mis...
This article is part of an effort to capture the state of the art. We begin by exploring the basic tenets of disruptive innovation and examining whether they apply to Uber. Then we point out some common pitfalls in the theory’s application, how these arise, and why correctly using the th...
This article is part of an effort to capture the state of the art. We begin by exploring the basic tenets of disruptive innovation and examining whether they apply to Uber. Then we point out some common pitfalls in the theory’s application, how these arise, and why correctly using the th...
The terms disruptive innovation and disruptive technology are frequently used interchangeably. However, this is a mistake because the two ideas are quite different.Disruptive technologyrefers to a particular technology andonlythe technology. In contrast,disruptive innovationusually refers to theuseof that n...
'Disruptive innovation' is a term coined by Clayton M. Christensen in a 1995 paper at the Harvard Business School, marking the advent of disruptive innovation theory. One among many disruption innovation examples is the steel mini mills, which, in the 20th century, towed a dramatic disruptive...
The term is used (or overused) usually to show that one is “thinking outside the box.” Yet Disruptive Innovation isn’t about being wily or cunning, it is about passion and privation. Companies who seek it should be careful what they wish for. ...
Christensen CM (2006) The ongoing process of building a theory of disruption. J Prod Innov Manag 23:39–55 Google Scholar Christensen CM, Raynor M, McDonald R (2015) What is disruptive innovation? Harv Bus Rev 93(12):1–11 Google Scholar ...
Journalists in the late 20th century writing about Christensen and his theory of 'disruptive innovation' were usingdisruptand its variant parts of speech in a fairly narrow sense, describing a process in which new business entities successfully challenge established ones by initially focusing attention ...
Successful digital transformation initiatives result in a fundamental business model evolution, as described by Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation theory. Uber is an example ofdisruptive innovationand if it were created by a transportation company, like UPS, it would be hailed as the one of...
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