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In 1995, the late and legendary Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen introduced his theory of disruptive innovation right here in the pages of Harvard Business Review . The idea inspired a generation of entrepreneurs and businesses, ranging from small start-ups to global corporations.
Almost three decades later, debates have emerged around how the theory should be applied in the real world especially within the tech start-ups that have