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Disruption & the Innovator's Dilemma
Why well-run leaders lose to cheaper, worse products: sustaining vs disruptive innovation, low-end and new-market footholds, the disk-drive and steel minimill cases, jobs-to-be-done, what Christensen got wrong, and how to respond.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Business strategy basics. Next: Why great companies fail; founder vs manager. Sources: Clayton Christensen, *The Innovator's Dilemma* (1997); Christensen, Raynor & McDonald, 'What Is Disruptive Innovation?' (HBR, 2015); Jill Lepore, 'The Disruption Machine' (New Yorker, 2014).Next: 1. The pattern