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Disruptive technology

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According to Clayton M. Christensen, Disruptive technology is a new technology that unexpectedly displaces an established technology. [1] [2]

Relevance to software business

Comment to potential contributors:

Some technologies should be discussed here, e.g. Rich internet applications, virtualization, the Web, Wimax (+ other true mobile broadband technologies), Mobile platforms, (V)LSI The case should be made on how these have affected / will affect business models. How often do disruptive technologies emerge in SW business? What are likely trends?



Related Readings

  • How to Identify and Build Disruptive New Businesses, MIT Sloan Management Review Spring 2002.
  • Tushman, M.L. & Anderson, P. (1986). Technological Discontinuities and Organizational Environments. Administrative Science Quarterly 31: 439-465.

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References

  1. ↑ Clayton M. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, Harvard Business Press, 1997.
  2. ↑ Joseph L. Bower and Clayton M. Christensen,Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave, Harvard Business Review.
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