The Innovator's Dilemma

This is one of those books that you hear so much about that you're already familiar with the ideas before you even pick up the book. Alas, what you might read in summaries is exactly what you get when you read the entire thing - albeit in more words.

Interesting and nerdy in a good way. A bit too repetitive and has too many examples to reinforce every point.

Author in detail describes the history of fails of big companies and wins of small disrupting companies, leading us through samples of disk drives, excavation machines and few other industries. I shows how unforeseen results could be predicted and they tries to predict he electric vehicles market. And by what we see now, fails completely. Still a very interesting read, but a bit of a slow one.

About disruptive products and why it is that they always usurp the incumbents. Some great detailed case studies really help get the message across. My only criticism is that Christensen's writing style is long-winded and repetitive. Despite that, well worth the read.

A great idea, some decent history. Beyond that it's just annoying business-book patterns (three subheadings per page), no fewer than six mismatched fonts used in the typesetting, and lots of advice for managers of big companies. Deserves the BusinessWeek recommendation.