Introduction & Disruptive Technology

Slides: PDF

Required Reading:

• Joseph L. Bower and Clayton M. Christensen. Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave, Harvard Business Review, January-February 1995, pp. 43-53. (Search Cornell Library)
• Michael E. Porter. How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy, Harvard Business Review, March-April 1979, pp. 137-145. (Search Cornell Library)

References:

• Farhad Manjoo. "Don't Laugh at Google Glass: They're goofy, but they will save us from ourselves," Pandodaily.com, June 30, 2012. Pandodaily.com
• Geraint Jones. "Book written in DNA code," The Guardian, August 16, 2012. The Guardian
• Hristio Boytchev. "Researchers write book using DNA,"The Washington Post, August 19, 2012. The Washington Post
• Bradford Wieners. Clay Christensen's Life Lessons. Bloomberg Businessweek, May 3, 2012. Bloomberg Businessweek
• Hiroko Tabuchi. "How the Parade Passed Sony By," The New York Times, April 15, 2012. The New York Times
• Simson L. Garfinkel. "Turing's Enduring Importance," Technology Review, March/April 2012. Technology Review
• David Whelan. "The Survivor," Forbes, March 14, 2011. Forbes
• John Markoff. "New Storage Device is Very Small, at 12 Atoms," The New York times, January 12, 2012. The New York Times
• Brian Chen. "PC Makers Embracing Ultrabooks," The New York Times, January 15, 2012. The New York Times
• John Bussey. "Kodak's Slide Was a Long, Slow Show," The Wall Street Journal Asia, January 6, 2012. The Wall Street Journal
• Mike Spector and Dana Mattioli. "Kodak Teeters on the Brink," The Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2012. The Wall Street Journal