The Innovator's Dilemma
The Innovator's Dilemma is a business book by Clayton Christensen, first published by Harvard Business School Press in Boston in 1997. It explains how disruptive technologies let newcomers overtake established firms. It won the 1997 Global Business Book Award.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Harvard Business School Press, 1997
- First published
- Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1997
The first edition of The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen was published in Boston, Mass by Harvard Business School Press in 1997. We track 2 editions.
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- 1st Harvard Business School Press1997 Hardback I own The Innovator's Dilemma, Harvard Business School Press 1997 Log in to want this
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- Collins Business Essentials2003 Paperback I own The Innovator's Dilemma, Collins Business Essentials 2003 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
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- Editions recorded
- 20 on Open Library, 11 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 3 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Innovator's Dilemma?
The first edition of The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen was published in Boston, Mass by Harvard Business School Press in 1997.
How many editions of The Innovator's Dilemma are there?
We track 2 editions of The Innovator's Dilemma, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- The Innovator's Dilemma, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The innovator's dilemma, Wellcome Collection catalogue (wellcomecollection.org)
- The Innovator's Dilemma (Q7742121), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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