ellementK: (ĕll'ǝ-mǝnt-kā)
noun - A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin About Eleanor Kruszewski: I'm known variously as Eleanor or Elle. My last name is like that coach from Duke - kru-shef-ski. Based in Menlo Park, CA, I work for Yahoo! in their Developer Network. The easiest description of what I do is the MBA shin kicker, handling community, marketing, commercial programs and sundry backend stuff. Disclaimer: I've done big corps, midcorps, and startups, so I overstate and oversimplify as much as anyone else. These opinions are my own, not my employer's. |
« Microsoft Makes VOIP Move with ‘Istanbul’ | Main | Immersive, mobile, interactive… marketing? » Clayton Christensen on Open SourceClayton Christensen teaches at Harvard’s Business school and is author of two highly influential books, The Innovator’s Dilemma (TID) — a classic from 1997, and The Innovator’s Solution (TIS) — released last year. TID is an excellent, valuable read for comapnies of all sizes, but is of primary usefulness to large companies seeking to profitably commercialize innovation. TIS is newer (ed. note - I haven’t read this yet), but focuses more on how small companies can use innovation to grow. Prof. Christensen’s influence is beginning to seep into the more popular business communities. He spoke at the Open Source Business Conference 2004 in March, and an archive of the presentationis available for listening at IT Conversations. Also ZDNet reports that Prof. Christensen is giving Microsoft strategy advice on coping with the threats posed by the innovation-run-wild that is the momentum around Linux and Open Source. |
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