The Clayton M. Christensen Reader, Paperback

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The best of Clayton Christensen's seminal work on disruptive innovation, all in one place. No business can afford to ignore the theory of disruptive innovation. But the nuances of Clayton Christensen's foundational thinking on the subject are often forgotten or misinterpreted. To achieve continuing growth in your business while defending against upstarts, you need to understand clearly what disruption is and how it works, and know how it applies to your industry and your company. In this collection of Christensen's most influential articles--carefully selected by Harvard Business Review's editors--his incisive arguments, clear theories, and readable stories give you the tools you need to understand disruption and what to do about it. The collection features Christensen's newest article looking back on 20 years of disruptive innovation: what it is, and what it isn't. Covering a broad spectrum of topics--business model innovation, mergers and acquisitions, value-chain shifts, financial incentives, product development--these articles illuminate the impact and implications of disruptive innovation as well as Christensen's broader thinking on management theory and its application in business and in life. This collection of best-selling articles includes: ""Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave,"" by Joseph L. Bower and Clayton M. Christensen, ""Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change,"" by Clayton M. Christensen and Michael Overdorf, ""Marketing Malpractice: The Cause and the Cure,"" by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott Cook, and Taddy Hall, ""Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things,"" by Clayton M. Christensen, Stephen P. Kaufman, and Willy C. Shih, ""Reinventing Your Business Model,"" by Mark W. Johnson, Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning Kagermann, ""The New M&A Playbook,"" by Clayton M. Christensen, Richard Alton, Curtis Rising, and Andrew Waldeck, ""Skate to Where the Money Will Be,"" by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor, and Matth

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Clayton Christensen

economist american (1952-2020)

Clayton Magleby Christensen a fost un academician și consultant de afaceri american care a dezvoltat teoria „inovației disruptive”, considerată cea mai influentă idee de afaceri a începutului secolului XXI. Christensen a introdus conceptul de „disrupție” în cartea sa din 1997, *The Innovator's Dilemma*, ceea ce l-a determinat pe *The Economist* să-l numească „cel mai influent gânditor în management al timpului său”.