Clayton Magleby Christensen was an American academic and business consultant, born 6 April 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and died 23 January 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and developed the theory of disruptive innovation, introduced in his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma, which The Economist called the most influential business idea of the early twenty first century and which led the publication to name him the most influential management thinker of his time.
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Defining ContributionDeveloped the theory of disruptive innovation, called the most influential business idea of the early 21st century. 1 Notable WorkThe Innovator's Dilemma (1997) 1 Sources
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Clayton Christensen was born on April 6, 1952, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the second of eight children born to Robert M. Christensen (1926-1976) and his wife, Verda Mae Christensen (nee Fuller; 1922-2004).
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Clayton Magleby Christensen (April 6, 1952 – January 23, 2020) was an American academic and business consultant who developed the theory of "disruptive innovation", which has been called the most influential business idea of the early 21st century.
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Christensen died from complications of leukemia on January 23, 2020, at age 67.
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