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- December 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Disruptive Technology a Heartbeat Away: Ecton, Inc.
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Edward G Cape
Describes an innovating start-up company with a disruptive technology to the large, expensive echocardiography machines that leading cardiologists use to create images of heart functions for diagnostic purposes. Ecton's machine is small, cheap, portable, and can't...
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Business Startups;
Disruption;
Machinery and Machining;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Marketing;
Product;
Commercialization;
Technology;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Edward G Cape. "Disruptive Technology a Heartbeat Away: Ecton, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 699-018, December 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- March 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change
By: Joseph L. Bower
Two cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. This case deals with the problems facing the head of a start-up division responsible for developing and bringing to market a new product based on technology deemed...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Disruption;
Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Product;
Problems and Challenges;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Technology
Bower, Joseph L. "Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change." Harvard Business School Case 398-121, March 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
- 07 Feb 2019
- Book
How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption
combination of both. In my framework, there are four types of innovation. Routine innovation builds upon a company’s existing technological competencies and exploits the existing business model. Disruptive innovation, a concept made...
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
Processes, and Profit Formula to Foster Growth and Success in the Future 5-6 hrs Module 4 Maintaining a Disruptive Scope Build a strong intuition to “skate” to where profit will be as your industry evolves and determine which View Details
- January 2018 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
AT&T Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century
By: Daniel P. Gross and William R. Kerr
By the 1930s, AT&T dominated the American phone industry, serving 10 million telephones and employing over 100,000 switchboard operators. But beginning in the mid-1910s, the company began changing from manually operated switchboards to mechanical switching systems that...
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Keywords:
AT&T;
Bell Telephone;
Phone Lines;
Phone Operators;
Mechanical Switching;
Layoffs;
Technological Change;
Transition;
History;
Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Disruption;
Change Management;
Communications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Gross, Daniel P., and William R. Kerr. "AT&T: Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century." Harvard Business School Case 718-486, January 2018. (Revised May 2018.)
- 02 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
nature," she explains. "There are no other Harvard MBAs working there. Just having that perspective has been very valuable both to me and hopefully to the outcomes. "As horrible as it may seem, sex traffickers operate a lot like...
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- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies
eliminates the need to open the rib cage, a procedure that leads to much of the pain and extended recovery time of traditional heart surgery. The benefits of MICS may be clear, but it was the challenges of implementing it— especially the View Details
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by Hilah Geer
- 17 Aug 2011
- News
How Birchbox Is Disrupting Beauty
- February 2018 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
New Constructs: Disrupting Fundamental Analysis with Robo-Analysts
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Kyle Thomas
This case highlights the business challenges associated with a financial technology firm, New Constructs, that created a technology that can quickly parse complicated public firm financials to paint a clearer economic picture of firms, remove accounting distortions,...
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Keywords:
Fundamental Analysis;
Machine Learning;
Robo-analysts;
Financial Statements;
Financial Reporting;
Analysis;
Information Technology;
Accounting Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
North America;
Tennessee
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Kyle Thomas. "New Constructs: Disrupting Fundamental Analysis with Robo-Analysts." Harvard Business School Case 118-068, February 2018. (Revised June 2021.)
- 01 Apr 2022
- News
Can Supply Chain Disruptions Lead To a Recession?
- May 2018
- Teaching Note
AT&T: Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century
By: Daniel P. Gross and William R. Kerr
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-486.
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Keywords:
AT&T;
Bell Telephone;
Phone Lines;
Phone Operators;
Mechanical Switching;
Layoffs;
Technological Change;
Transition;
History;
Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Disruption;
Change Management;
Communications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
From Disruption to Collision: The New Competitive Dynamics
- September 2016 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
United Airlines: More Out-and-Back Flying?
This case looks at United Airlines when it is facing a decision on whether to shift its aircraft routing to more "out-and-back" routing in order to try to improve its on-time performance. As one of the world's largest airlines, United had a very large fleet and...
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Keywords:
Service Excellence;
Service Management;
Service Quality;
Service Quality Competition;
Services;
Airline Industry;
Airlines;
Operational Complexity;
Operational Disruptions;
Operational Effectiveness;
Operations Improvement;
Operations Management;
Operations Strategy;
Air Transportation;
Operations;
Service Operations;
Service Delivery;
Performance Effectiveness;
Performance Improvement;
Complexity;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States
Buell, Ryan W., Willy Shih, and Mike Toffel. "United Airlines: More Out-and-Back Flying?" Harvard Business School Case 617-010, September 2016. (Revised July 2018.)
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
succeed in that context. The "graduates" of this school would have finely honed operational skills in managing quality programs, process improvement teams, and cost-control efforts. Even the most senior manufacturing executives...
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by Michael Raynor
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
best entrepreneurs are not looking for an established industry and using technology to take it over and disrupt the inefficient incumbents. Instead, they are often creators. They are building an entirely new market themselves. They're...
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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting criminal enterprises that prey on children
thinking into those endeavors, in the realm of child protection," says Brochu. She explains that criminal networks operate much like legitimate enterprises. As a result, her business degree has made a difference in her work, as has her...
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- 03 Oct 2020
- News
Managing Stakeholder Trust During Supply Chain Disruptions
- 13 Apr 2023
- News
How Generative AI Could Disrupt Creative Work
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
managers make the right decisions to successfully build new-growth businesses. 1. Disruptive innovations spur growth. Companies have two basic options when they seek to build new-growth businesses. They can try to take an existing market...
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- April 2021
- Background Note
HEAD vs. LEAD: Disruptions Originating at the High- vs. Low-End of the Market
By: Elie Ofek, Olivier Toubia and Didier Toubia
Twenty five years after it was initially proposed, Clay Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation continues to be a major reference for entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, and investors. However, the term “disruptive innovation” is often used in ways and contexts...
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Keywords:
Market Entry;
New Product Management;
Targeting;
Disruptive Innovation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Entrepreneurship;
Product;
Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technology
Ofek, Elie, Olivier Toubia, and Didier Toubia. "HEAD vs. LEAD: Disruptions Originating at the High- vs. Low-End of the Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 521-104, April 2021.