Unfortunately, what Mr. Christensen doesn’t seem to understand is that scientific theories must not only be supported rigorously (which, as Ms. Lepore points out extensively, is hardly true for The Innovator’s Dilemma) but it must be falsifiable. Any scientific theory that can survive an onslaught of contrary facts by simply evading them, as Christensen does by loosening his definitions of established companies, upstarts (which he calls “entrants”), and even success and failure, is hardly a theory at all. It’s no more so a theory than the natural health industry’s focus on “removing toxins” is.
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