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The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller--one of the most influential business books of all time--innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right yet still lose market leadership. Now with a foreword by Marc Benioff, the cofounder and CEO of Salesforce, Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices. Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator's Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation. Sharp, cogent, and provocative--and consistently noted as one of the most valuable business ideas of all time--The Innovator's Dilemma is the book no manager, leader, or entrepreneur should be without.

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"Clayton M. Christensen (1952-2020) was the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He authored eight critically acclaimed books, including the bestsellers How Will You Measure Your Life? and The Innovator's Dilemma. Christensen cofounded Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit think tank. MARC BENIOFF is Founder, Chairman, and co-CEO of Salesforce, the company credited with revolutionizing the world of software. Benioff was named ""Innovator of the Decade"" by Forbes, ranked #3 on Fortune's 2017 ""Businessperson of the Year"" list, recognized as one of the World's 25 Greatest Leaders by Fortune and 15 Best-Performing CEOs by Harvard Business Review, and honored for his leadership on gender equality. He and his wife, Lynne, are philanthropists who have given over $250 million to build UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland. Salesforce is the #1 provider of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software globally. It has been named in the top 3 of the World's Most Innovative Companies eight years in a row by Forbes Magazine, and has been recognized as the #1 Best Place to Work by Fortune. It is renowned for it's 1-1-1 model of corporate philanthropy, a program that has generated more than $200 million in grants and 3 million hours of Salesforce employee volunteer time. Thousands of other companies have adopted the 1-1-1 model through the Pledge 1% movement. L. J. Ganser is a multiple Audie Award-winning narrator with over six hundred titles recorded to date. Prized for versatility, his work ranges from preschool books to crime noir thrillers, from astronomical adventures in both science and science fiction, to Arctic Circle high school basketball stories. He lives in New York City with his family and dog, Mars. Jonathan Todd Ross is a writer and an Earphones and Audie Award-winning voice actor. He has lent his voice to numerous anime television shows, including Yu-Gi-Oh! and Sonic X."

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