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Understanding and applying Disruption Theory (Christensen). Munir Mandviwalla Fox School of Business Temple University. What do these have in common?. Porter “Five forces” SWOT Financial analysis “Best practices”. Christensen.
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Understanding and applying Disruption Theory (Christensen) Munir Mandviwalla Fox School of Business Temple University
Porter “Five forces” SWOT Financial analysis “Best practices” Christensen
Source: Christensen, C., Anthony, S., and Roth, E. “Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change.” Harvard Business School Press, 2006, p.4.
Source: Christensen, C., Anthony, S., and Roth, E. “Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change.” Harvard Business School Press, 2006, p.6.
Source: Singh, D. “Porter’s Value Chain”, August 5, 2009. Retrieved from Wikipedia on September 13, 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porter_Value_Chain.png
Source: Christensen, C., Anthony, S., and Roth, E. “Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change.” Harvard Business School Press, 2006, p.2. Industry
Source: Christensen, C., Anthony, S., and Roth, E. “Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change.” Harvard Business School Press, 2006, p.3.
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