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Article: Exploring disruptive innovation.(research on disruptive innovations)

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Clayton Christensen, Harvard (harvard.edu) professor, gained a reputation for his disruptive innovation research--products or systems that create entirely new markets. His research explains why established companies--even those managed by smart people--have such trouble countering or embracing disruptive innovations on the horizon.

Examples of disruptive innovations are Kodak (kodak.com) traditional cameras vs. digital photography, IBM (ibm.com) missing the low-end PC market and letting Dell (dell.com) become a dominant global player, eBay (ebay.com) revolutionizing the online marketplace and Siemens (siemens.com) eHealth marketplaces revolutionizing how health ...

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