Publications

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

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

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Management; Organizations; Theory

2001
Working Paper

The Process of Building Theory

By: Clayton M. Christensen and David Sundahl

2001
Working Paper

Getting the Innovation Job Done: Matching the Right New Product with the Right Market

By: Clayton M. Christensen and David Sundahl

20 May 2014
News

The Capitalist’s Dilemma

12 Sep 2013
News

Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption

13 Sep 2016
News

The Hard Truth About Business Model Innovation

2001
Working Paper

Technology Markets, Technology Organization, and Appropriating the Returns of Research

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Henry Chesbrough

18 Oct 2016
First Look

October 18, 2016

and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Feb 2016
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: New Insights into Career Development

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

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

November 1999
Case

Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992 (Abridged)

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

Examines John Sculley's management approach toward transforming Apple Computer during the personal computer industry crisis in 1992. Focuses on Sculley's management style, his creation of a new management team, and his efforts to create a professional management system... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Crisis Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Style; Management Systems; Management Teams; Computer Industry; California

October 2000 (Revised June 2002)
Supplement

Nick Fiore: Healer or Hitman? (B)

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Strategic Planning; Decision Choices and Conditions

March 2000 (Revised October 2004)
Background Note

Adding Voice to the Web: A Note on Start-ups

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

A study of start-up companies that have leveraged the technology of Internet Protocol (IP) telephony to develop applications that are positioned to have an impact on the offerings of traditional telecommunications organizations. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Communication Technology; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry

November 1999
Teaching Note

NYPD New TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

Teaching Note for (9-396-293). View Details

Keywords: Public Administration Industry

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

September 1995 (Revised December 2018)
Case

Managing Innovation at Nypro, Inc. (A)

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Rebecca Voorheis

Nypro is the world's leading injection molder of precision plastic parts, operating a global network of 21 plants. Nypro's strategy is for each plant to offer identical capabilities, because its customers are global companies with worldwide sourcing needs. The case... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Innovation and Management; Operations; Performance Consistency; Manufacturing Industry

2005
Chapter

Anomaly Seeking Research: Thirty Years of Development in Resource Allocation Theory

By: Clark Gilbert and Clayton M. Christensen

Keywords: Resource Allocation; Mathematical Methods

2005
Other Unpublished Work

A Normative Theory of Dynamic, Organizational Design: Lessons from project management

By: Steven Spear and Clayton M. Christensen

Keywords: Organizational Design