The Innovator's Dilemma
When new technologies cause great firms to fail
Work
Christensen's account of sustaining vs disruptive innovation and why incumbents rationally miss the latter.
Christensen, C. M. (1997). The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Harvard Business School Press.
What we cite
- Disruptive vs sustaining innovation — vocabulary for why organisations cling to familiar playbooks when substrate or architecture must change.
- Not a substitute for tier — the book explains market and firm dynamics; Genesis Innovation Divide addresses misassigned epistemic strength on shared evidence.