The Innovator's Dilemma
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The Innovator's Dilemma is a seminal business book that explains how successful companies can fail by ignoring disruptive innovations that initially appear inferior but eventually transform entire industries.
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| The Innovator's Dilemma canonical | 5 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Innovator's Dilemma Context triple: [Clayton Christensen, notableWork, The Innovator's Dilemma]
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The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future is a business and technology book that outlines how the next era of the internet will transform major sectors like health, education, and government, and what entrepreneurs must do to succeed in it.
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B.
Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
"Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance" is a foundational business strategy book by Michael Porter that explains how firms can achieve and maintain superior performance through cost leadership, differentiation, and value chain analysis.
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C.
The Competitive Advantage of Nations
The Competitive Advantage of Nations is a seminal business and economics book by Michael Porter that analyzes why certain countries achieve international success in particular industries through his influential "diamond" framework of national competitive advantage.
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D.
The Founder’s Paradox
The Founder’s Paradox is a chapter in Peter Thiel’s book "Zero to One" that explores how successful startup founders often embody seemingly contradictory traits, resembling both heroic visionaries and potentially dangerous monopolists.
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E.
Built to Last
Built to Last is the final studio album by the American rock band Grateful Dead, released in 1989 and noted for its polished production and later-era songwriting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Innovator's Dilemma Target entity description: The Innovator's Dilemma is a seminal business book that explains how successful companies can fail by ignoring disruptive innovations that initially appear inferior but eventually transform entire industries.
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A.
The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future is a business and technology book that outlines how the next era of the internet will transform major sectors like health, education, and government, and what entrepreneurs must do to succeed in it.
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B.
Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
"Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance" is a foundational business strategy book by Michael Porter that explains how firms can achieve and maintain superior performance through cost leadership, differentiation, and value chain analysis.
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C.
The Competitive Advantage of Nations
The Competitive Advantage of Nations is a seminal business and economics book by Michael Porter that analyzes why certain countries achieve international success in particular industries through his influential "diamond" framework of national competitive advantage.
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D.
The Founder’s Paradox
The Founder’s Paradox is a chapter in Peter Thiel’s book "Zero to One" that explores how successful startup founders often embody seemingly contradictory traits, resembling both heroic visionaries and potentially dangerous monopolists.
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E.
Built to Last
Built to Last is the final studio album by the American rock band Grateful Dead, released in 1989 and noted for its polished production and later-era songwriting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
innovation management
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strategic management ⓘ technology management ⓘ |
| author |
Clayton Christensen
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Clayton M. Christensen ⓘ
linked to:
Clayton Christensen
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| caseStudyIndustry |
computer industry
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disk drive industry ⓘ mechanical excavator industry ⓘ retail industry ⓘ |
| centralThesis | Successful companies can fail by focusing too much on sustaining innovations and ignoring disruptive innovations. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| explains |
how disruptive technologies can cause leading firms to lose their market leadership
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why good management practices can lead to failure in the face of disruption ⓘ |
| genre |
business strategy
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management ⓘ |
| influenced |
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs
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innovation management theory ⓘ technology executives ⓘ |
| keyIdea |
Customers of leading firms often initially reject disruptive technologies.
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Disruptive innovations often start as inferior products in small or emerging markets. ⓘ Established firms tend to ignore low-margin or small markets targeted by disruptive innovations. ⓘ Firms should create autonomous organizations to pursue disruptive innovations. ⓘ Listening too closely to existing customers can cause firms to miss disruptive opportunities. ⓘ Markets for disruptive technologies are difficult to predict and analyze with traditional tools. ⓘ Resource allocation processes in large firms favor sustaining innovations. ⓘ |
| mainConcept |
disruptive innovation
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innovator's dilemma ⓘ sustaining innovation ⓘ technology disruption ⓘ |
| notableEndorsementBy |
Andy Grove
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linked to:
Andrew S. Grove
Steve Jobs ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harvard Business School Press
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linked to:
Harvard Business Publishing
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| recognizedAs |
classic in business literature
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seminal work on disruptive innovation ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | jobs to be done theory ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | The Innovator's Solution ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
business leaders
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entrepreneurs ⓘ managers ⓘ |
| teaches |
how incumbents can respond to disruptive threats
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how to manage disruptive technological change ⓘ |
| usedIn |
MBA programs
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executive education programs ⓘ |
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