It’s interesting that the article makes no mention of Christensen’s great contributions to understanding innovation and how young upstart companies defeat the old stalwarts with the publication of his 1997 book “The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail” (Harvard Business Review Press).
The book expanded on the concept of disruptive technologies, a term he coined in a 1995 article “Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave.”