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Christian Sandström

Christian Sandström, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Business Innovation, Chalmers University of Technology. His PhD thesis concerned the challenges that technological discontinuities and disruptive innovations present for established firms, especially from a business model perspective. Among other things, Christian studied how the Swedish camera manufacturers Hasselblad struggled in the transition to digital imaging.

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Mastering Radical Innovation – Turning Threat into Opportunity

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Radical innovation presents both a threat and an opportunity to firms. It has frequently turned entire industries on their heads. History shows us that large, successful firms may very suddenly become vulnerable when the underlying technology shifts. In this in-depth article Christian Sandström examines how radical innovation can be managed, despite the seemingly insurmountable problems created by the transition from one technology to another.