The Innovator's Dilemma
Organization
Create a small organization to capture small-market opportunities
from The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M. Christensen
How to Apply This
- Form a team to bring the technology to market.
Set up an organization that is the right size for the opportunity. - Buy a small business to nurture disruptive technology.
Allen Bradley and Johnson & Johnson used this strategy. It involves launching products with disruptive technologies through small companies that have been acquired for this purpose. - Keep the business as a separate entity.
This helps create a successful position in the new technology. Allen Bradley, for example, kept its electronic controller business separate from its main electromechanical product operations. - Establish independent operating companies.
Johnson & Johnson has 160 independent operating companies, ranging from its large MacNeil and Janssen pharmaceutical companies to small companies with annual revenues of less than $20 million. - Aim to be a leader in commercializing disruptive technologies.
Identify the disruptive technologies that can be commercialized and create plans to be a leader in their commercialization.
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