| Edition |
1st Harper Business pbk. |
| Description |
xxxvii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Part one: Why great companies can fail -- How can great firms fail? Insights from the hard disk drive industry -- Value networks and the impetus to innovate -- Disruptive technological change in the mechanical excavator industry -- What goes up, can't go down -- Part two: Managing disruptive technological change -- Give responsibility for disruptive technologies to organizations whose customers need them -- Match the size of the organization to the size of the market -- Discovering new and emerging markets -- How to appraise your organization's capabilities and disabilities -- Performance provided, market demand, and the product life cycle -- Managing disruptive technological change: a case study -- The dilemmas of innovation: a summary. |
| Bibliography |
Includes index. |
| Note |
Originally published: 1st HarperBusiness ed. New York : HarperBusiness, c2000. With a new preface. |
| Summary |
An analysis of the new business paradigm shows how firms that do "everything right" can nevertheless fail because of new technologies and disruptions in the market structure. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
| Subject |
Creative ability in business.
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Creative ability in business. |
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Industrial management.
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Industrial management. |
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Customer services.
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Customer services. |
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Success in business.
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Success in business. |
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Affaires. |
| ISBN |
9780062060242 paperback |
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0062060244 paperback |
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