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The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen
aligrint's review against another edition
2.0
A great idea, some decent history. Beyond that it's just annoying business-book patterns (three subheadings per page), no fewer than six mismatched fonts used in the typesetting, and lots of advice for managers of big companies. Deserves the BusinessWeek recommendation.
cristiangarcia's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely incredible insight. This book was a big revelation for me.
yates9's review against another edition
5.0
This is a well articulated classic text that describes the nature of certain technological development and how path dependence leads to setting the stage to subsequent disruption by other players. The ideas in this book have shaped the start-up business philosophy in important ways. We now take as a given that many large players will fail because of technological lock-in opening up to competition from more nimble start-ups.
But as important as this book is, reading the original calls into question the generality of the idea: not every business and technology leads to lock in exposed to subsequent disruption.
But as important as this book is, reading the original calls into question the generality of the idea: not every business and technology leads to lock in exposed to subsequent disruption.
wooknight's review against another edition
5.0
Remarkably prescient !! It would be wonderful if he could do a sequel given Cisco’s woes and Tesla’s rise
kimball_hansen's review against another edition
2.0
Curse you abridged book. But I will say this book didn't engage me much, regardless.
I did my best.
I did my best.
daniellejelley's review against another edition
3.0
Save yourself time by reading the last chapter first. I'm not sure I needed to read the full book to get an appreciation for the points made in the last chapter.