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Clayton M. Christensen

Clayton M. Christensen (abt. 1953 - ) is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Technology & Operations Management and General Management faculty groups. He is best known for his study of innovation in commercial enterprises. His first book, The Innovator's Dilemma (ISBN 0-06-052199-6), articulated his theory of disruptive technology.

Professor Christensen holds a B.A. with highest honors in economics from Brigham Young University (1975), an M.Phil. in applied econometrics and the economics of less-developed countries from Oxford University (1977, Rhodes Scholar), an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School (1979, George F. Baker Scholar), and a DBA from the Harvard Business School (1992).

Other biographical facts

• born in Salt Lake City, Utah
• worked as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Republic of Korea (1971 - 1973)
• speaks fluent Korean
• worked as a consultant and project manager with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (1979 - 1984); instrumental in founding the firm's manufacturing strategy consulting practice
• took a leave of absence from BCG to serve as a White House Fellow (1982 -1983) as assistant to U.S. Transportation Secretaries Drew Lewis and Elizabeth Dole
• served as chairman and president of Ceramics Process Systems Corporation (CPS), a firm he co-founded with several MIT professors in 1984
• wife Christine
• lives in Belmont, MA
• five children

Books

• The Innovator's Dilemma
• Innovation and the General Manager, a casebook
• The Innovator's Solution, co-authored by