
The Innovator’s Dilemma: When new technologies cause great firms to fail
Innovation expert Clayton Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices.
Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting the forces that shaped this century. Cryptonomicon leaps forward and back between World War II and the World Wide Web, hinting all the while at a dark day-after-tomorrow.