Creating candidate technologies for disruptive innovation: A case study approach

Author

Yu, D. ; Hang, C.C.

Author_Institution

Div. of Eng. & Technol. Manage., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

70

Abstract

This article addresses the emerging focus on the purposeful creation of candidate technologies for disruptive innovation. Based on the exploratory case study of Sonypsilas creation of transistor radio, combined with the extant literature, the constructs key to the creation of technologies for disruptive innovation have been identified in 4 propositions. The case study also indicates that the R&D leading to the creation of disruptive technologies could indeed be extremely challenging and suitable as agenda for use-inspired upstream research.

Keywords

innovation management; radio receivers; R&D; Sony; candidate technology; disruptive innovation technology; transistor radio; Companies; Consumer electronics; Electron tubes; Power engineering and energy; Research and development; TV; Technological innovation; Technology management; Transistors; Vacuum technology; Disruptive Technology; Transistor Radio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008. ICMIT 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2329-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2330-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654338

Filename

4654338