by Clayton M. Christensen - Publications - Faculty & Research

networking—even though it's good for their careers—because it makes them feel physically dirty. To Read More: ARTICLES What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership? James Heskett's readers question the meaning of "gender equality." The Business... View Details

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31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future generations. We need a cure, and we need it now. Harvard Business School's View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 2018
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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

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01 Sep 2011
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Skills of Disruptive Innovators by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen (Harvard Business Review Press) Christensen, the Robert... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Feb 1997
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Case Method Experts Share Their Wisdom

Corporation, the two-day program was led by the School's John D. Black Professor Louis B. Barnes, coauthor with Christensen and Abby J. Hansen of Teaching and the Case Method. During the seminar,... View Details

21 Apr 2009
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non-integration when specificity is high. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-119.pdf PublicationsEntrepreneur Behaviors, Opportunity Recognition, and the Origins of Innovative Ventures Authors:Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen, and View Details

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01 Sep 2012
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How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth (MBA 2010), and Karen Dillon (HarperBusiness) At a time of intense personal reflection, Christensen,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1999
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Four Promoted to Full Professor

Clayton M. Christensen has a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General Management units. His research focuses on the management of technological... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Professors Recognized with New Chair Appointments

Professor Clay Christensen Professor Joshua Margolis Professor Joshua Coval Professor Tom Eisenmann Dean Nitin Nohria recently appointed four HBS professors as the first incumbents of newly created faculty chairs. View Details

08 Dec 2009
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The Innovator's DNA Authors: Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen Publication: Harvard Business Review 87, no. 12 (December 2009) An abstract is... View Details

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March 2010 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Disruptive IPOs? WR Hambrecht & Co.

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

Bill Hambrecht faces a dilemma: should he accept a high profile client for his online Dutch auction IPO? Though it would be viewed as a real coup, what would accepting the business mean to WR Hambrecht? Should he seek other high profile clients like this, or should he... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Initial Public Offering; Disruptive Innovation; Auctions; Online Technology; Financial Services Industry; San Francisco

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September 2006 (Revised March 2007)
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QuickBase

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Mark Szigety

Describes the challenge that engineers and marketing executives at Intuit Corp. faced when finding markets and applications for their QuickBase product. The breakthrough occurred when they abandoned their conventional modes of market segmentation, and instead strove to... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Engineering; Product Marketing; Segmentation; Jobs and Positions; Consumer Behavior; Information Technology Industry

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May 2000
Teaching Note

Hewlett Packard's Merced Decision TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

Teaching Note for (9-699-011). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry

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April 2000
Teaching Note

Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

Teaching Note for (9-398-095). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Ohio

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April 2000
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Implementing Strategies for Mobile Telephony: The Cases of BellSouth and US West TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

Teaching Note for (9-699-123). View Details

Keywords: Communications Industry

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October 1999
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Brainard, Bennis & Farrell TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tracy Donovan

Teaching Note for (9-495-037). View Details

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February 1999 (Revised November 1999)
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Hewlett-Packard's Merced Decision

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Matt Verlinden

Describes managing the threat of disruptive technology at the high end of the computer industry. Many aspects of the innovator's dilemma can be explored. View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Risk Management; Disruptive Innovation; Computer Industry; United States

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