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

摘要： 破坏性创新理论自提出至今，已成为最受关注的创新理论之一。然而，现有中国情境中对破坏性创新的研究，仍存在着许多误解与误用，不少非破坏性创新被误认为是破坏性创新，从而导致破坏性创新研究和实践中的诸多困惑。根据上述情况，通过对西方主流期刊关于破坏性创新的理论研究文献的收集、分类与分析，阐述破坏性创新的定义视角、应用原理与关键特征，并结合中国情境与实践中的应用，提出了破坏性创新的判断/识别模型。应用了两个微案例来比较说明如何对破坏性创新进行判断，研究目的在于更清晰地阐述破坏性创新的准确内涵与必要特征，并将西方的破坏性创新理论与中国情境相结合，从而推动基于中国情境的破坏性创新理论与实践的发展。

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