Publications

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

Publications August 2013 University of Chicago Press Innovation Policy and the Economy By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2025
Working Paper

HIV Tests and AIDS Treatments—Containing a Fearsome Pandemic: Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins

This case history describes how a diverse cast of characters, including public health organizations, research laboratories, for-profit healthcare companies, activists, and regulators, rolled back the outbreak of HIV/AIDS in just fifteen years. Moreover, as the case... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technology Adoption; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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November 2013
Teaching Note

Barnes & Noble: Managing the E-Book Revolution

By: Alan MacCormack, Brian Kimball Dunn and Chris F. Kemerer

In 2012, Barnes & Noble found itself in a difficult position. While the company had weathered the advent of online retailing relatively well, the arrival of electronic books (e-books) threatened the company's viability. Primary competitor Borders had already fallen by... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Internet and the Web; Adaptation; Books; Retail Industry

27 May 2014
News

Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma

discussion of "The Capitalist's Dilemma"—the challenges of innovating for long-term growth and job creation—in the Harvard Business Review. The team of more than 150 people (see below) collaborated using the OI Engine platform developed... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

02 Sep 2011
Working Paper Summaries

First-Party Content, Commitment and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Daniel Spulber

09 Jan 2019
News

Why New England Needs New Ideas

In a recent piece in the Boston Globe Magazine, Professor Clay Christensen, Karen Dillon, a senior researcher at Christensen’s Institute for Disruptive Innovation, and Efosa Ojomo (MBA 2015), a research fellow at the Institute, use New England’s history of View Details

Keywords: New England

18 Oct 2016
First Look

October 18, 2016

2016 New York: HarperBusiness Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice By: Christensen, Clayton M., Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan Abstract—The foremost authority on View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Feb 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Reinventing Retail: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores

Keywords: by Ryan Raffaelli; Publishing

26 Apr 2018
News

Why JPMorgan Chase is Investing Millions in Detroit

March 1997 (Revised October 2017)
Case

Hospital Equipment Corporation

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Rory McDonald

Hospital Equipment Corp. is a very successful maker of hospital beds. Due to outstanding performance in new product development, it grew to dominate its primary market and is searching for other opportunities to grow through new product development. It discovers that... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Opportunities; Business Processes; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Expansion; Markets; Problems and Challenges; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

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

29 Sep 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Centrino and the Restructuring of Wi-Fi Supply

Keywords: by Roberto Fontana and Shane Greenstein; Telecommunications

September 2017 (Revised July 2018)
Technical Note

Virtual Reality and the Gaming Sector 2017

By: David B. Yoffie, Natalia Prieto Nino, Prasad Raman, Brad Kowalk and Ruby Tamberino

This brief note explores the emerging possibilities of virtual reality and its potential as a gaming platform. View Details

Keywords: Virtual Reality; Gaming; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Technology Platform

July 2000 (Revised September 2005)
Case

Guidant: Radiation Therapy

Describes a potential new approach to treating cardiac disease--radiation therapy. Guidant, a leading medical device maker, faces a choice about whether to pursue this new and risky technology and, if so with what strategy. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Decisions; Innovation Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Product Design; Corporate Strategy; Medical Specialties; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry