On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Jack Grimes wrote: > The Innovator's Dilemma is a terrific book. If you are interested in how > new technology becomes adopted and overcomes entrenched technologies, this > is the book for you. It contains fascinating case studies from the computer > industry to prove the point of the book, i.e., that the company with the > current solution is usually "blind" to the new solution, in fact, works > against the "new" solution. And not because it represents competition...
It strikes me that the theme is a parallel to the classic fairy tale where the old king has a princess daughter who is captured by the dragon, and only the young hero can rescue her. It is a fact that the king cannot live for ever, and is unable to do the necessary rescue job, and whoever rescues the princess will not only win her as his wife, but also inherit the kingdom. The parallel would be: kingdom - market king - old supplier hero - startup company slaying the dragon - introducing a disruptive technology Christensen, the author, suggests that the old supplier can retain the market by creating a startup subsidiary that will introduce the disruptive technology. But is the princess' brother really able to save her? And do we really want him to marry her? Shouldn't we instead see hi-tech companies as projects, i.e. ventures that have a beginning and an end? -- Lars Aronsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) tel +46-70-7891609 http://aronsson.se/ http://elektrosmog.nu/ http://susning.nu/ -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
