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- 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.
- March 2000
- Case
Lockheed Martin: The Employer of Choice Mission
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Michael D Overdorf
A Lockheed Martin manager is faced with the decision of where to focus the organization's resources in order to develop a world-class employee development system. The manager's recommendation will serve as the basis for the company's goal of becoming an Employer of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Employees; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Cost Management; Organizational Design; Aerospace Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Michael D Overdorf. "Lockheed Martin: The Employer of Choice Mission." Harvard Business School Case 300-032, March 2000.
- August 1997 (Revised March 2008)
- Background Note
Trends in the United States Steel Market,1980-1996
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Bret J. Baird
Provides a brief background on the history and structure of the steel industry in the United States. Focuses in some depth on the technological changes that have been difficult for the leading steel companies to implement. Shows that they stumbled when confronted with... View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., and Bret J. Baird. "Trends in the United States Steel Market,1980-1996." Harvard Business School Background Note 698-018, August 1997. (Revised March 2008.)
- January 1992 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Quantum Corp.: Business and Product Teams
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Clayton M. Christensen
Describes the adoption and evolution of product development teams and business teams at Quantum. Emphasizes integration of team capabilities with product development and competitive advantage in a rapidly changing environment. View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Groups and Teams; Situation or Environment; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Consumer Products Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Clayton M. Christensen. "Quantum Corp.: Business and Product Teams." Harvard Business School Case 692-023, January 1992. (Revised February 1992.)
- January 1992 (Revised March 1992)
- Background Note
Rigid Disk Drives: An Industry Note
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Clayton M. Christensen
Keywords: Software
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Clayton M. Christensen. "Rigid Disk Drives: An Industry Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 692-014, January 1992. (Revised March 1992.)
- Global Healthcare 2002
- Article
Disruptive Innovation -- New Diagnosis and Treatment for the Systemic Maladies of Healthcare
By: John W. Kenagy and Clayton M. Christensen
Kenagy, John W., and Clayton M. Christensen. "Disruptive Innovation -- New Diagnosis and Treatment for the Systemic Maladies of Healthcare." World Markets Series, Business Briefing (Global Healthcare 2002): 14–17.
- 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
Christensen, Clayton M., and Tara Donovan. "Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 300-002, November 1999.
- 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
Christensen, Clayton M., and Tara Donovan. "Nick Fiore: Healer or Hitman? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 601-063, October 2000. (Revised June 2002.)
- 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
- 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
Christensen, Clayton M., and Rory McDonald. "Hospital Equipment Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 697-086, March 1997. (Revised October 2017.)
- 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
Christensen, Clayton M., and Rebecca Voorheis. "Managing Innovation at Nypro, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 696-061, September 1995. (Revised December 2018.)
- 2005
- Chapter
Anomaly Seeking Research: Thirty Years of Development in Resource Allocation Theory
By: Clark Gilbert and Clayton M. Christensen
Gilbert, Clark, and Clayton M. Christensen. "Anomaly Seeking Research: Thirty Years of Development in Resource Allocation Theory." In From Resource Allocation to Strategy, edited by Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert. U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2005.
- 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
- August 2000
- Case
Developing Nurse Practitioners at the College of St. Catherine
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Sarah S. Khetani
Margaret McLaughlin has just begun her new appointment as the Dean of Health Professions at the College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. As an education leader, her charge is to develop Minnesota's health care workforce for the future. She is... View Details
Keywords: Trends; Debates; Decision Choices and Conditions; Higher Education; Teaching; Growth and Development; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Value Creation; Health Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Sarah S. Khetani. "Developing Nurse Practitioners at the College of St. Catherine." Harvard Business School Case 601-039, August 2000.
- 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
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business
individuals, and in some cases leadership teams, with deep insight into a particular business topic. As one familiar with game-changing environments, Professor Clayton Christensen signed on to develop the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
technologically advanced product money can buy, right? Not necessarily, says Associate Professor Clayton M. Christensen. Sometimes a cutting-edge item is more than people need or want. "When does the customer view something as 'new and... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- spring 1998
- Article
Disruptive Technologies: A Credible Threat to Leading Programs in Continuing Medical Education?
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Elizabeth G Armstrong
Christensen, Clayton M., and Elizabeth G Armstrong. "Disruptive Technologies: A Credible Threat to Leading Programs in Continuing Medical Education?" Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 69, no. 80 (spring 1998): 69–80.