disruption - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Apr 2023
News

How Generative AI Could Disrupt Creative Work

09 Nov 2014
News

How A Small Radio Shop Overcame Disruption

January/February 2004
Article

Cheaper, Faster, Easier: Disruption in the Service Sector

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Scott D. Anthony

Keywords: Disruption; Service Industry

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October 21, 2022
Article

Climate Regulations Are About to Disrupt Global Shipping

By: Willy C. Shih

Ships that transport goods across oceans are collectively a major generator of greenhouse gases. Rules from the International Maritime Organization and the European Union aimed at curbing these emission promise to make transoceanic and regional shipping more expensive... View Details

Keywords: Shipping; Decarbonization; Environmental Regulation; Supply Chain; Disruption; Shipping Industry; Atlantic Ocean; Oceania; Asia; Europe; North and Central America

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April 2021
Background Note

HEAD vs. LEAD: Disruptions Originating at the High- vs. Low-End of the Market

By: Elie Ofek, Olivier Toubia and Didier Toubia

Twenty five years after it was initially proposed, Clay Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation continues to be a major reference for entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, and investors. However, the term “disruptive innovation” is often used in ways and contexts... View Details

Keywords: Market Entry; New Product Management; Targeting; Disruptive Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Product; Management; Innovation Strategy; Technology

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June 1998 (Revised July 1998)
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Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change, The Aurora Project, Managing Disruptive Change, and Corporate Management of Disruptive Change TN

By: Joseph L. Bower

Teaching Note for (9-397-113), (9-397-112), (9-397-114), and (9-398-121). View Details

Keywords: Change Management

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10 Feb 2020
In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

Even though the internet has been publicly available for almost three decades, executives at just about every company are wrestling with how to use digital technology to advance their business strategy. We asked professors from Harvard Business School’s Strategy Unit... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

Spring 2020
Article

From Disruption to Collision: The New Competitive Dynamics

By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani

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March 2000
Teaching Note

Disruptive Technology a Heartbeat Away: Ecton, Inc. TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

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Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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30 Oct 2023
News

How Susan Tynan Disrupted a Dusty Old Industry

21 Oct 2022
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Climate Regulations Are About to Disrupt Global Shipping

20 Dec 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Using Fintech to Disrupt Eastern Bank from Within

Keywords: Re: Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

2016
Working Paper

The Attenuating Effect of Banking Relationships on Credit Market Disruption

By: Stefan Dimitriadis and Mike Horia Teodorescu

This article examines how the relationship between banks and corporations moderates the effect of credit market disruptions. The 2008-09 financial crisis led to a dramatic restriction in the supply of credit to corporations via the syndicated loan market... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Relationships; Financial Markets; System Shocks; Banking Industry; United States

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Disrupted Routines: Team Learning and New Technology Adaptation

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard Bohmer and Gary P. Pisano

Keywords: Learning; Information Technology; Groups and Teams; Disruption

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2011
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The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators

By: Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen and Clayton M. Christensen

Some people are just natural innovators, right? With no apparent effort, they discover ideas for new products, services, and entire businesses. It may look like innovators are born, not made. But according to Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clay Christensen anyone can... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Disruptive Innovation; Competitive Advantage

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11 Aug 2020
News

Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead in an Era of Disruption

Keywords: capitalism

October 30, 2023
Article

How Susan Tynan Disrupted a Dusty Old Industry

By: Ranjay Gulati

Keywords: Leadership; Management Skills; Entrepreneurship; Risk and Uncertainty; Disruptive Innovation

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09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

managers make the right decisions to successfully build new-growth businesses. 1. Disruptive innovations spur growth. Companies have two basic options when they seek to build new-growth businesses. They can try to take an existing market... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

August 2019 (Revised March 2022)
Case

Lemonade: Disrupting Insurance with Instant Everything, Killer Prices, and a Big Heart

By: Elie Ofek and Danielle Golan

Launching its first products in the fall of 2016 in New York, insurtech startup Lemonade was on a mission to disrupt the insurance market by using AI and behavioral economics principles. The company offered renters, homeowners, and condo insurance and mainly targeted... View Details