The Innovator's Solution¶

Christensen, C. M., & Raynor, M. E. (2003). The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth. Harvard Business School Press.

Type: Book
Intellectual base: Review or monograph
Year: 2003
Link: https://archive.org/details/innovatorssoluti00chri
Cited from: innovation_entrepreneurship, organizational_management

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3 citations across 3 artifacts.

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Primes¶

Disruptive Innovation
- In retail, discount chains attacked department stores before e-commerce attacked the discounters.
  This sourceLow-end versus new-market disruption and the prescription to house the disruptive response in an autonomous unit outside the mainstream P&L; documents discount stores (Kmart, Wal-Mart, Target) disrupting full-service department stores.
Goal Congruence (Alignment)
- Mature practice uses both leading and lagging indicators, balances short and long term, and protects long-term initiatives even when short-term pressure increases
  This sourceArgues firms must protect and resource disruptive/long-horizon growth initiatives against the pull of mainstream short-term metrics.

Mechanisms¶

Low-End Foothold Pilot
- The anchor concept is Christensen's low-end and new-market disruption: entrants take root where incumbents are unmotivated to respond, then improve their way upmarket.
  This sourceDistinguishes low-end and new-market disruptions, explaining why incumbents ignore or flee their footholds as entrants improve and move upmarket.

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