Clayton Christensen

Clayton Christensen

Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

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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Business strategist Clayton Christensen argues that nurse practitioners and retail health outlets should have increased authority in treating patients.
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Clayton Christensen on how public-private partnerships can fix the healthcare system.
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The Harvard Business School professor applies the economic terms to the average Americans’ bank account.
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Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen on the rise of health care and the demise of Wall Street.
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The Harvard Business School professor says creating jobs is more important than writing checks.