Clayton M. Christensen
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Clayton M. Christensen (born April 6 , 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Technology & Operations Management and General Management faculty groups. He is best known for his study of innovation in commercial enterprises. His first book, The Innovator's Dilemma (ISBN 0-06-052199-6), articulated his theory of disruptive technology.
Professor Christensen holds a B.A. with highest honors in economics from Brigham Young University (1975), an M.Phil. in applied econometrics and the economics of less-developed countries from Oxford University (1977, Rhodes Scholar), an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School (1979, George F. Baker Scholar), and a DBA from the Harvard Business School (1992).
Other biographical facts
- worked as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Republic of Korea (1971 - 1973)
- speaks fluent Korean
- worked as a consultant and project manager with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (1979 - 1984); instrumental in founding the firm's manufacturing strategy consulting practice
- took a leave of absence from BCG to serve as a White House Fellow (1982 -1983) as assistant to U.S. Transportation Secretaries Drew Lewis and Elizabeth Dole
- served as chairman and president of Ceramics Process Systems Corporation (CPS), a firm he co-founded with several MIT professors in 1984
- wife Christine
- lives in Belmont, MA
- five children
Books
- The Innovator's Dilemma
- Innovation and the General Manager, a casebook
- The Innovator's Solution, co-authored by Michael E. Raynor
- Seeing What's Next, co-autored by Scott D. Anthony, Erik A. Roth:
External Links
- Official Homepage (http://www.claytonchristensen.com/)
- Seeing What's Next (http://www.seeingwhatsnext.com) - Book homepage
- Open Source: Capturing the Upside While Avoiding the Downside (http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail135.html) - Keynote presentation recorded at the Open Source Business Conference 2004 (Audio)