The ideas in this article are weakly argued and poorly researched. The theory of disruptive innovations in The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen provid

The ideas in this article are weakly argued and poorly researched. The theory of disruptive innovations in The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen provides a much better explanation of why successful companies fail. We see this happen more rapidly in the tech industry than others, but it happens everywhere-just at different speeds. Looking at the graphs at the top-Hewlett Packard, Nokia, and RIM all took heavy hits from not recognizing disruptive innovations until it was too late, and lost a huge chunk of their marketshare as a result.