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Professor, Harvard Business School

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    Saving Lives by Stripping the Power of Doctors

    Clayton Christensen

    Business strategist Clayton Christensen argues that nurse practitioners and retail health outlets should have increased authority in treating patients. Read More

    May 18, 2009   |  In Health & Medicine

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    Smart Ideas For Fixing Healthcare

    Clayton Christensen

    Business strategist Clayton Christensen on how public-private partnerships can fix the healthcare system. Read More

    May 18, 2009   |  In Health & Medicine, Business & Economics

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    Clayton Christensen Applies Disruptive Innovation to the Individual

    Clayton Christensen

    The Harvard Business School professor applies the economic terms to the average Americans’ bank account. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    Clayton Christensen on Religion and Capitalism

    Clayton Christensen

    Clayton Christensen on rescuing free markets. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    Clayton Christensen on the Dire State of American Innovation

    Clayton Christensen

    Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen explains. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    Clayton Christensen on Winners and Losers in the Next Economy

    Clayton Christensen

    Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen on the rise of health care and the demise of Wall Street. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    Clayton Christensen’s Advice to the U.S. Government

    Clayton Christensen

    The Harvard Business School professor says creating jobs is more important than writing checks. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    Clayton Christensen’s Lessons for Capitalizing in a Recession

    Clayton Christensen

    Clayton Christensen on how companies can thrive in a down market. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    Long-Term Survival and Growth

    Clayton Christensen

    The Harvard Business School professor on the right way to accelerate growth. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    Balancing Innovation and Customer Service

    Clayton Christensen

    The Harvard Business School professor on how to live in the present and the future. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    Identifying Customer Needs

    Clayton Christensen

    The Harvard Business School professor on how to predict future customer behavior. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    The Path to Innovation

    Clayton Christensen

    The Harvard Business School professor on how to break down barriers to innovation. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    Disruptive Technologies and Disruptive Innovations

    Clayton Christensen

    The Harvard Business School professor on how to revolutionize your company’s products. Read More

    February 15, 2009   |  In Business & Economics

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    Clayton Christensen on Healthcare Pioneers

    Clayton Christensen

    The Harvard Business School professor talks about how is changing the healthcare industry. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Health & Medicine

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    Clayton Christensen's Ideas For Insuring the Poor

    Clayton Christensen

    Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen explores solutions for America's uninsured. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Health & Medicine

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    Clayton Christensen's Free-market Solution to Healthcare

    Clayton Christensen

    The Harvard Business School professor has an alternative to socialized medicine. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Health & Medicine

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    Clayton Christensen on The Innovator's Prescription

    Clayton Christensen

    The Harvard Business School professor talks about his disruptive solution to healthcare. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Health & Medicine

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    Clay Christensen's Advice for Jamie Dimon

    Clayton Christensen

    A new idea from Clay Christensen. Read More

    January 30, 2009   |  In Business & Economics, World

User_rxnt_8899b913f Clayton M. Christensen is a professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School. He is the bestselling author of five books, including his seminal work, The Innovator's Dilemma, which received the Global Business Book Award for the best business book of the year, and most recently, The Innovator's Prescription, which examines how to fix our healthcare system. Christensen serves on several public and privately traded boards and is the founder of a successful consulting company and an investment management firm. He holds a B.A. with highest honors in economics from Brigham Young University and an M.Phil. in applied econometrics and the economics of less-developed countries from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar; he received an MBA with high distinction from the Harvard Business School in 1979, graduating as a George F. Baker Scholar, and was awarded his DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1992.

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