关键词: 破坏性创新, 定义视角, 必要特征, 破坏性创新判断/识别模式, 中国情景

Abstract: The disruptive innovation theory has become one of the most popular innovation theories since its establishment by Christensen in 1997. However, there are still a lot of misunderstanding and misuse in the extant research on disruptive innovation in China, and many other types of innovation are mistaken for disruptive innovation, which leads to a lot of confusion in disruptive innovation research and practice. Accordingly, this paper expounds the perspectives of definition, application principle, and key features of disruptive innovation by collecting, classifying and analyzing the literature of disruptive innovation in mainstream western journals. Besides, it proposes the judgment/recognition model of disruptive innovation based on its application and practice in Chinese context. In addition, it also applies two micro cases to compare and illustrate how to identify disruptive innovation. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the real connotation and basic characteristics of disruptive innovation, and to integrate the disruptive innovation theory into the Chinese context, so as to promote the development of the disruptive innovation theory and practice in the Chinese context.

Key words: disruptive innovation, perspectives of definition, basic characteristics, judgment/recognition model of disruptive innovtation, Chinese context