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work_vnkqsmonlzff7omqwhcrxwq2iu	Henry C. Lucas	Disruptive technology: How Kodak missed the digital photography revolution	2009.0	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1237	114	54	Disruptive technology: How Kodak missed the digital photography revolution hindered a fast response to new technology which dramatically changed the process of We propose an extension of Christensen's theory of disruptive technologies and illustrate the extensions with a longitudinal case study of Kodak. The two main contributions of the paper are the extension to Christensen's theory and the lessons from Kodak's unsuccessful response to a major technological discontinuity. Past research: Christensen's theory of disruptive technologies The decision-making and resource-allocation processes that make established companies successful cause them to reject disruptive technologies. When a firm is confronted with a discontinuous, highly disruptive technology, senior management has to bring about significant changes in the organization at all levels. Our first extension to Christensen is to emphasize the change process required to adopt a disruptive technology. In confronting a technological disruption, a firm faces a struggle between employees who seek to use dynamic capabilities	./cache/work_vnkqsmonlzff7omqwhcrxwq2iu.pdf	./txt/work_vnkqsmonlzff7omqwhcrxwq2iu.txt