Biography
Clayton CHRISTENSEN2005 ranking: 21
Clayton Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the school from which he graduated as a George F. Baker Scholar in 1979 with an MBA (High Distinction). His research and writing interests focus on managing technological innovation and locating new markets for leading-edge technologies.
Before returning to Harvard, Christensen worked in the private sector as chairman and president of Ceramics Process Systems Corporation (CPS) and as a consultant and project manager with the Boston Consulting Group. He was also advisor to US Transportation Secretaries Drew Lewis and Elizabeth Dole.
Christensen's writings have appeared in a variety of publications including
the Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal. His book
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail,
(1997) won the Global Business Book Award for best business book published in
1997. His latest book is The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining
Successful Growth (2003).
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