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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780060521998
ISBN: 0060521996
Label: Collins Business
Manufacturer: Collins Business
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2003-01
Publisher: Collins Business
Release Date: January 07, 2003
Studio: Collins Business

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com Review:
What do the Honda Supercub, Intel's 8088 processor, and hydraulic excavators have in common? They are all examples of disruptive technologies that helped to redefine the competitive landscape of their respective markets. These products did not come about as the result of successful companies carrying out sound business practices in established markets. In The Innovator's Dilemma, author Clayton M. Christensen shows how these and other products cut into the low end of the marketplace and eventually evolved to displace high-end competitors and their reigning technologies.

At the heart of The Innovator's Dilemma is how a successful company with established products keeps from being pushed aside by newer, cheaper products that will, over time, get better and become a serious threat. Christensen writes that even the best-managed companies, in spite of their attention to customers and continual investment in new technology, are susceptible to failure no matter what the industry, be it hard drives or consumer retailing. Succinct and clearly written, The Innovator's Dilemma is an important book that belongs on every manager's bookshelf. Highly recommended. --Harry C. Edwards

Product Description:


In this revolutionary bestseller, Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen says outstanding companies can do everything right and still lose their market leadership -- or worse, disappear completely. And he not only proves what he says, he tells others how to avoid a similar fate.



Focusing on "disruptive technology" -- the Honda Super Cub, Intel's 8088 processor, or the hydraulic excavator, for example -- Christensen shows why most companies miss "the next great wave." Whether in electronics or retailing, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know when to abandon traditional business practices. Using the lessons of successes and failures from leading companies, The Innovator's Dilemma presents a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation.



Find out:

• When it is right not to listen to customers.
• When to invest in developing lower-performance products that promise lower margins.
• When to pursue small markets at the expense of seemingly
• larger and more lucrative ones.

Sharp, cogent, and provocative, The Innovator's Dilemma is one of the most talked-about books of our time -- and one no savvy manager or entrepreneur should be without.






Rating: - Grow or Die
The great irony here is the astonishing failure rate of apparently successful incumbents.

These so-called great companies do an excellent job responding to their customers' needs. They invest heavily in new technology. They employ the smartest executives. And yet they still get wiped out by upstarts.

That the Innovator's Dilemma is a business book is purely incidental. While the business-related insights in the book are extraordinary, they don't account for its real value. ... Read More

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Rating: - Why Big Companies Miss Opportunities
This book starts by looking at why leading, well-run companies miss the boat when it comes to certain types of key innovations. The author shares 5 principles that are largely responsible-

1. Companies depend on customers and investors for resources
2. Small markets don't solve growth needs of large companies
3. Markets that don't exist can't be analyzed
4. An organization's capabilities define its disabilities
5. Technology supply may not equal market demand ... Read More

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Rating: - every product manager must read this
OK, I admit, some of it can be a bit boring, especially the first couple of chapters. But the premise and his argument are great.

A product manager who has not read this book is not a product manager at all!

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Rating: - unconvincing
This book analyzes why established successful companies repeatedly miss "less sensible" (to their own value network) innovations in the low-end "emerging" market and how products in the low end market eventually displace existing products in the entire market. The book does a comprehensive analysis of the phenomena.

However, I am not convinced with the analysis. People make wrong forecasts of trends and miss emerging markets for many reasons. New entrants fail in trial and error with this ... Read More

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Rating: - Disrupt your competitors, not your customers!
With the Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen delivers a very powerful analysis of the role of innovation in gaining market leadership. The question raised is whether market leadership can be sustained through innovation alone. Indeed, the core of the Innovator's Dilemma illustrates how successful companies with established solutions, marquee customers and a valued brand keep being threatened and at time vanquished by start-ups. A recent example would be how established enterprise software vendors ... Read More

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