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Clayton M. Christensen

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Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Technology & Operations Management and General Management faculty groups. He is best known for his study of innovation in commercial enterprises. His first book, The Innovator's Dilemma, articulated his theory of disruptive technology.

Christensen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the second of eight children. He holds a B.A. with highest honors in economics at Brigham Young University , an M.Phil. in applied econometrics and the economics of less-developed countries at Oxford University , an MBA with High Distinction at the Harvard Business School , and a DBA at the Harvard Business School .

Clay Christensen lives in Belmont, Massachusetts with his five children, wife Christine, and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has served in several leadership positions in the Church. He served as an Area Seventy beginning in April 2002. Prior to that he served as a counselor in the Massachusetts Boston Mission Presidency. He has also served as a bishop. He speaks fluent Korean.

Christensen is currently battling follicular lymphoma.

For further details and an ordered list of the author's works, see the author's Wikipedia page.

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Clayton M. Christensen

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Books from Clayton M. Christensen

The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business

How Will You Measure Your Life?

Seeing What's Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change

The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

Competing Against Luck

The Power of Everyday Missionaries

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

HBR'S 10 Must Reads: The Essentials

Innovator's Prescription

The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty

Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools

The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

Blended: The Field Guide to Disrupting Class

Disruptive Innovation: The Christensen Collection (the Innovator's Dilemma, the Innovator's Solution, the Innovator's DNA, and Harvard Business Review Article "How Will You Measure Your Life?") (4 Items)

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Business Model Innovation (with featured article "Reinventing Your Business Model" by Mark W. Johnson, Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning Kagermann)

Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things

The Clayton M. Christensen Reader

Blended: usando a inovação disruptiva para aprimorar a educação