463 - Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management
Professor Shane Greenstein
Students will be held accountable for all required readings. These must be read ahead of class discussion. Related readings are relevant background. These are included for the interested student. I highly recommend them for a fuller perspective on the topic.
Topic 1: Basic Frameworks and Toolkits
Topic 1a. Adoption and Evolution
Required reading:
Geoffrey Moore. Chapters 1 and 2, High Tech Marketing Illusion, High Tech marketing Enlightenment, Crossing the Chasm, Harper Business, 2006. (Not in reading packet. Please purchase book.)
Rosenberg, Nathan, “Innovation’s Uncertain Terrain.” McKinsey Quarterly, pp. 170-185, Issue 3, 1995.
In class video:
Interview with Dan Bricklin, founder of Visicalc, from Triumph of the Nerds, An Irreverent History of the PC Industry, By Bob Cringely. Ambrose Video, RM Associates. 1996
Related reading:
Geoffrey Moore, To Succeed in the Long Term, Focus on the Middle Term, Harvard Business Review, July 2007.
Wolter Lemstra, Vic Hayes and John Groenewegen, “Crossing the Chasm: the Apple AirPort.” Chapter 4 of The Innovation Journey of Wi-Fi: The Road to Global Success, Cambridge Press.
Greenstein, “Virulent Word of Mouse.” And “An Earful about Zvi’s Email.” http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/greenstein/images/columns-older.html
“Early Adopter, Enthusiast or Pioneer? A User’s guide to Technology Lingo.” http://virulentwordofmouse.wordpress.com/
1b: Capturing value in value chains: the basics.
Greg Linden, Kenneth L. Kraemer, and Jason Dedrick, “Who Captures Value from innovation in global value chains? A Study of the iPod and Notebook PC. Industrial and Corporate Change, June, 2009.
Greg Linden, Kenneth L. Kraemer, and Jason Dedrick, The Distribution of Value in the