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C. Fritz Foley

C. Fritz Foley is the Andre R. Jakurski Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean (SAD) for External Relations. As SAD, Foley works with ER to enhance alumni engagement, expand opportunities for lifelong learning, and develop fundraising eff­orts that advance the School’s priorities while deepening its global impact. Foley previously served as Senior Associate Dean for...

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  • January 2025
  • Case

U.S. Steel: Proposed Acquisition by Nippon Steel

By: Willy C. Shih
The case setting is the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel, which elicited a great deal of controversy. The real purpose of the case is to look at the history of the American steel industry since World War II and understand how the steel minimill... View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; United States
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  • December 2024
  • Module Note

Disruptive Innovation: How Can We Beat Our Most Powerful Competitors? (Abridged)

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Derek C. M. van Bever
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  • March 2021
  • Case

Astralis Group: Determining a Brand Strategy

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emilie Billaud
After launching a Danish esports company in July 2019, and going public in December 2019 with multiple brands associated with different games, the Astralis leadership team was contemplating a shift to a single, corporate brand. While the original arguments for... View Details
Keywords: Brand Strategy; Esports; Video Games; Corporate Scope; Positioning; Ecosystem; Brands and Branding; Strategy; Business Ventures; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Sports; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Diversification; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Denmark; Europe
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  • June 2014
  • Article

The Capitalist's Dilemma

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Derek C. M. van Bever
Sixty months after the 2008 recession ended, the economy was still sputtering, producing disappointing growth and job numbers. Corporations seemed stuck: Despite low interest rates, they were sitting on massive piles of cash and failing to invest in new initiatives. In... View Details
Keywords: Capital Investments; Creating Markets; Evaluating Business Investments; Innovation; Emerging Markets; Investment; Economic Growth; Capital; Innovation and Invention
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  • 2008
  • Simulation

Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery

By: Willy C. Shih and Clayton Christensen
This online simulation allows students to play the role of a business unit manager at Back Bay Battery Company who faces the dilemma of balancing a portfolio of investment strategies across products in the rechargeable battery space. Players have to manage R&D... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Investment; Product Development; Research and Development; Battery Industry
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  • 2007
  • Manual

Managing School Districts for High Performance: Instructor's Guide

By: Stacey Childress, Richard F. Elmore, Allen S. Grossman and Susan Moore Johnson
Teaching by the case method has the potential to affect profoundly the way that teachers, students, and professionals approach the learning process. This companion volume includes detailed teaching notes on each case in the coursebook, with an emphasis on making cases... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Teaching; Cases
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  • 2003
  • Book

Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation

By: Robert A Burgelman, Clayton M. Christensen and Steven C. Wheelwright
Keywords: Strategy; Management; Information Technology; Innovation and Invention
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  • Article

What Makes an Arts Capital?: Quantifying a City's Cultural Environment

By: Arthur C. Brooks and Roland J. Kushner
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  • March 1996
  • Article

Customer Power, Strategic Investment, and the Failure of Leading Firms

By: J. L. Bower and C. M. Christensen
Keywords: Customers; Strategy; Failure; Business Ventures
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  • January–February 1995
  • Article

Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave

By: J. L. Bower and C. M. Christensen
Keywords: Disruption; Technology
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  • 1993
  • Other Unpublished Work

Catching the Next Wave: Why Good Customers Make It Hard

By: Joseph L. Bower and C. M. Christensen
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  • 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
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  • January 1992 (Revised March 1992)
  • Background Note

Rigid Disk Drives: An Industry Note

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Clayton M. Christensen
Keywords: Software
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  • 1991
  • Book

Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: J. L. Bower, Christopher A. Bartlett, C. Roland Christensen, Andrall E. Pearson and Kenneth R. Andrews
Keywords: Policy; Cases
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  • 1987
  • Book

Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: C. Roland Christensen, Kenneth R. Andrews, Joseph L. Bower, Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael E. Porter
Keywords: Policy; Information; Cases
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  • 1982
  • Book

Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: C. Roland Christensen, Kenneth R. Andrews, Joseph L. Bower, Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael E. Porter
Keywords: Policy; Information; Cases
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  • 1978
  • Book

Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: C. Roland Christensen, Kenneth R. Andrews and Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Policy; Information; Cases
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