An expert in management takes on the conventional wisdom about disruption, looking at companies that proved resilient and offering managers tools for survival. â€œDisruptionâ€ is a business

The Disruption Dilemma

An expert in management takes on the conventional wisdom about disruption, looking at companies that proved resilient and offering managers tools for survival. â€œDisruptionâ€ is a business buzzword that has gotten out of control. Today everything and everyone seem to be characterized as disruptiveâ€•or, if they aren't disruptive yet, it's only a matter of time before they become so. In this book, Joshua Gans cuts through the chatter to focus on disruption in its initial use as a business term, identifying new ways to understand it and suggesting new tools to manage it. Almost twenty years ago Clayton Christensen popularized the term in his book The Innovator's Dilemma, writing of disruption as a set of risks that established firms face. Since then, few have closely examined his account. Gans does so in this book. He looks at companies that have proven resilient and those that have fallen, and explains why some companies have successfully managed disruptionâ€•Fujifilm and Canon, for exampleâ€•and why some like Blockbuster and Encyclopedia Britannica have not. Departing from the conventional wisdom, Gans identifies two kinds of disruption: demand-side, when successful firms focus on their main customers and underestimate market entrants with innovations that target niche demands; and supply-side, when firms focused on developing existing competencies become incapable of developing new ones. Gans describes the full range of actions business leaders can take to deal with each type of disruption, from â€œself-disruptingâ€ independent internal units to tightly integrated product development. But therein lies the disruption dilemma: A firm cannot practice both independence and integration at once. Gans shows business leaders how to choose their strategy so their firms can deal with disruption while continuing to innovate.
Country USA
Brand MIT Press
Manufacturer The MIT Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 2 figures, 2 tables
Color Red
ReleaseDate 2016-03-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780262034487

Country	USA
Brand	MIT Press
Manufacturer	The MIT Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	2 figures, 2 tables
Color	Red
ReleaseDate	2016-03-18
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780262034487

The Disruption Dilemma

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