Iinnovation

Innovation is an inherently unpredictable “mutation” of routines.

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Innovation is of importance not only for increasing the wealth of nations in the narrow sense of increased prosperity, but also in the more fundamental sense of enabling people to do things which have never been done before

Economics of industrial innovation

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Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established firms

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Innovation in industry is a process that involves an enormous amount of uncertainty, human creativity, and chance. It takes place in small and large ways, and in some times and some places more than in others.

Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation

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Disruptive innovation theory holds that existing companies have a high probability of beating entrant attackers when the contest is about sustaining innovations: radical or incremental improvements that target demanding customers at the high end of the market who are willing to pay premium prices for better products.

Clayton Christensen- The Innovator’s Dilemma

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