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- August 1994
- Teaching Note
Raychem Corporation: Interconnection Systems Division TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Teaching Note for (9-694-063). View Details
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- April 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Teaching Note
Teradyne: The Aurora Project & Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change, TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Teaching Note for two cases which may be taught in sequential class days or in a single extended class. View Details
- October 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
The ColorMatch Hair Color System
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Matthew Beecher
Describes the challenge of finding the right market for a product. View Details
- October 2000 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Nick Fiore: Healer or Hitman? (A)
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Many general managers face this predicament at one time or another: if I don't deliver the numbers, senior management won't invest in our growth. But what it takes to deliver the desired numbers may include layoffs and other undesirable solutions. Is it better to back... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Strategic Planning; Decision Choices and Conditions
Christensen, Clayton M., and Tara Donovan. "Nick Fiore: Healer or Hitman? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 601-062, October 2000. (Revised March 2007.)
- April 2000
- Teaching Note
Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992 (Abridged) TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Teaching Note for (9-300-002). View Details
- April 2000
- Supplement
Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992 (Abridged): Supplement II
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Supplements the case. View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., and Tara Donovan. "Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992 (Abridged): Supplement II." Harvard Business School Supplement 300-060, April 2000.
- April 2000
- Supplement
Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992 (Abridged): Supplement I
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Supplements the case. View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., and Tara Donovan. "Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992 (Abridged): Supplement I." Harvard Business School Supplement 300-059, April 2000.
- 2000
- Working Paper
Disruption, Disintegration, and the Dissipation of Differentiability
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Matt Verlinden
- August 2001
- Case
Aurora Health Care: Finding "a Better Way"
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Kevin M. Dwyer
The largest hospital system in Wisconsin is trying to respond to new threats from nontraditional care providers. This case presents the hospital's dilemma as it tries to create change from within. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; SWOT Analysis; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Kevin M. Dwyer. Aurora Health Care: Finding "a Better Way". Harvard Business School Case 602-043, August 2001.
- November 2018
- Article
Disruptive Innovation: An Intellectual History and Directions for Future Research
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Rory McDonald, Elizabeth J. Altman and Jonathan E. Palmer
The concept of disruptive innovation has gained considerable currency among practitioners despite widespread misunderstanding of its core principles. Similarly, foundational research on disruption has elicited frequent citation and vibrant debate in academic circles,... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Metrics; Systemic Industries; Technology Trajectories; Disruptive Innovation; Theory; History; Competitive Strategy; Research
Christensen, Clayton M., Rory McDonald, Elizabeth J. Altman, and Jonathan E. Palmer. "Disruptive Innovation: An Intellectual History and Directions for Future Research." Special Issue on Managing in the Age of Disruptions. Journal of Management Studies 55, no. 7 (November 2018): 1043–1078.
- October 2009
- Case
A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Curtis Rising
On June 23, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that it was simultaneously acquiring two public companies, Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources, in all-cash deals. The total price was about $24 billion, a figure close to Anadarko's market cap at the time.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Model; Transformation; Negotiation; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Alignment; Valuation; Energy Industry; United States
Christensen, Clayton M., and Curtis Rising. "A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources." Harvard Business School Case 610-020, October 2009.
- February 2003 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Reaching the Bottom: UniGlobe's Small Local Stores Dilemma
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Lana Newishy
To distribute products to very small retailers in a very fragmented retail environment, the local subsidiary of a large consumer products company created an innovative distribution mechanism. The subsidiary's Small Local Stores division employed middlemen who... View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., and Lana Newishy. "Reaching the Bottom: UniGlobe's Small Local Stores Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 603-114, February 2003. (Revised April 2006.)
- March 2000
- Teaching Note
Disruptive Technology a Heartbeat Away: Ecton, Inc. TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Teaching Note for (9-699-018). View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- June 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Background Note
Processes of Strategy Definition and Implementation, The
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Jeremy Dann
Strategy definition is not a short, discrete process. Rather, outside influences (market, political, technological, etc.) and the company's own resource allocation process continually reshape an organization's strategy. View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Management Practices and Processes; Resource Allocation; Strategic Planning; Situation or Environment; Strategy
Christensen, Clayton M., and Jeremy Dann. "Processes of Strategy Definition and Implementation, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-179, June 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- March 1999 (Revised May 1999)
- Background Note
Putting Your Finger on Capability
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Presents a model or theory about the competence or capability of organizations. Written to help managers be more precise about what the capabilities and disabilities of an organization are, and to be able to put their finger precisely on the place in the organization... View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., and Tara Donovan. "Putting Your Finger on Capability." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-148, March 1999. (Revised May 1999.)
- 2001
- Working Paper
Getting the Innovation Job Done: Matching the Right New Product with the Right Market
By: Clayton M. Christensen and David Sundahl
- October 1997 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Cultivating Capabilities to Innovate: Booz.Allen & Hamilton
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Bret J. Baird
Describes the efforts of the president of Booz.Allen, a major consulting firm, to understand and improve the way that products, services, and processes are developed and deployed throughout the firm. Proactive management of these processes proves very difficult because... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Innovation and Management; Management Teams; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Consulting Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Bret J. Baird. "Cultivating Capabilities to Innovate: Booz.Allen & Hamilton." Harvard Business School Case 698-027, October 1997. (Revised July 1998.)
- November 15, 2004
- Article
New Avenues to Growth
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Scott D. Anthony
Keywords: Growth and Development