When Is a Disruptive Innovation Disruptive

By Glen M. Schmidt, Cheryl T. Druehl. 2008

367 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management

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Citations in the corpus

• Technological discontinuities and the challenge for incumbent firms: destruction, disruption or creative accumulation? (2013, neutral): “3 Incumbents may be particularly inclined to overlook innovations that diffuse from low-end market segments upward toward high-end segments (Schmidt and Druehl, 2008).”
• Airbnb: disruptive innovation and the rise of an informal tourism accommodation sector (2015, background): “…or ignoring their core consumers, but rather by disregarding the upward encroachment of a disruptive product that lacks in traditionally favoured attributes but offers alternative benefits (Bower & Christensen, 1995; Christensen, 1997, 2006; Christensen & Raynor, 2003; Schmidt & Druehl, 2008).”
• Entrepreneurship and poverty reduction: A case study of Yiwu, China (2014, background): “…further allowing local customers to buy cheaper products and significantly improve their standards of living, both through the new product and sometimes through the new, disruptive businesses that are created (Christensen, 1997; Hart & Christensen, 2002; Nordhaus, 1997; Schmidt & Druehl, 2008).”