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Assignment 1

Nintendo and disruptive innovations

For the course Innovation Management 2013

Handing in your assignment

This assignment regarding the Nintendo case should be delivered through the Assignment Section on Blackboard before Sunday, April 7, 2013, 23:59 hours. Be sure to use internet explorer when uploading your assignment!

Delivery after this date and time will be rejected. If you have any problems or questions about this assignment or the delivery process, please send an email to: im-ba@rsm.nl

Naming the file you hand in

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Student number- surname- first name-Assignment1-IM2013

Answering the Assignment Questions

You are asked to answer the assignment questions in a copy of this document.

Please use the answering boxes in the assignment. Please provide answers in the following format: Times New Roman, size 10, and single spaced. There is absolutely no necessity to use more space than given in the box (in fact correct answers can easily be given in about half the space in the box).

In the assignment, yellow boxes are reserved for grading purposes. Please do NOT use these for the answers to the questions.

In total you can earn 100 points for this assignment. 10 points are given for grammar and clarity of communication. 30 are given per sub-question.

Notice that there are 4 pages in this document including 3 questions!

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Assignment Question 1:

The articles by Bower & Christensen (1995) and Markides (2006) discuss several types of innovation: disruptive technologies, radical innovations and business model innovations.

a) Please describe in your own words (but based on the articles) what the following concepts mean: (i) business model innovation, (ii) radical innovation, and (iii) disruptive technologies.

b) Please...