Article ID: CBB551052547

How History Shaped the Innovator's Dilemma (Spring 2021)

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In 1993, four years prior to the publication of Clayton Christensen's highly influential book, The Innovator's Dilemma, the Business History Review published an article by Christensen titled “The Rigid Disk Drive Industry: A History of Commercial and Technological Turbulence.” The article relates the theory of disruptive innovation to Alfred D. Chandler's work on large vertically integrated enterprises. It was published during a pivotal era of scholarship on innovation, management practice, and industry evolution, much of which used the history of firms, industries, and technologies to build theory. I survey the impact and critiques of Christensen's research agenda, highlighting how it illustrates where the boundaries associated with the “lessons of history” should be drawn.

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Authors & Contributors
Denise Tsang
Volodymyr Kulikov
Bátiz-Lazo, Bernardo
Sarah E. Vaughn
Donzé, Pierre-Yves
Taplin, Jonathan
Concepts
Business history
Technological innovation
Computers and computing
Technology
Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship
Business enterprises
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Guyana; British Guiana
Russia
Japan
Europe
Institutions
Facebook (firm)
Google (firm)
Intel Corporation (firm)
Du Pont Company
Apple (firm)
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