The innovator's dilemma : when new technologies cause great firms to fail

Summary: "Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator's Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation"--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 1633691780
ISBN: 9781633691780
Physical Description: print
xxxi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Edition: [Third edition?]
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part one Why great companies can fail. How can great firms fail? Insights from the hard disk drive -- Value networks and the impetus to innovate -- Disruptive technological change in the mechanical excavator industry -- What goes up, can't go down -- Part two Managing disruptive technological change. Give responsibility for disruptive technologies to organizations whose customers need them -- Match the size of the organization to the size of the market -- Discovering new and emerging markets -- How to appraise your organization's capabilities and disabilities -- Performance provided, market demand, and the product life cycle -- Managing disruptive technological change: a case study -- The dilemmas of innovation: a summary.