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The Innovation Economy: How Technology Is Transforming Existing Industries and Creating New Ones

Clayton Christensen: May 23, 2002; Running Time: 00:36:34

About the Lecture

About the Lecture

This session provides a preview of what's new since The Innovator's Dilemma. Most people are convinced that the process of innovation is inherently afflicted by random events. While this is undoubtedly true, Professor Christensen has come to believe that innovation is much less random than many have supposed. In his talk, he describes the variables that affect the probability of success, which management can capably understand and control.

Lecture Details

Location: Kresge Auditorium

About the Speaker

Clayton Christensen

Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Author, The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen's research centers on management issues related to the development and commercialization of technological and business model innovation. He became a faculty member at the Harvard Business School in 1992. He is author or co-author of five books, including The Innovator's Solution (2003), and Seeing What’s Next (2004). He is completing two books that examine the problems of our healthcare and public education systems through the lenses of his theories.

Christensen holds a B.A. with highest honors in economics from Brigham Young University (1975), and an M.Phil. in applied econometrics and the economics of less-developed countries from Oxford University (1977), where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He received an M.B.A. with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School in 1979, graduating as a George F. Baker Scholar. He was awarded his DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1992.