Part one Why great companies can fail. How can great firms fail? Insights from the hard disk drive -- 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.
Summary
"Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator's Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation"--Amazon.com.
