Topic 5.2 and 5.3: innovation

Question 1

innovation

Answer 1

practical application of an invention

Question 2

sustaining innovation

Answer 2

anew or improved product that meets the needs of consumers and sustains manufacturers

Question 3

disruptive innovation

Answer 3

a product that challenged existing companies to either ignore or embrace the change

Question 4

process innovation

Answer 4

improvement in how a product in manufactured and distributed, leading to reduce costs or increased benefits for consumers

Question 5

architectural and modular innovation

Answer 5

archi: focuses on how parts of a design are arranged and interact with each other
modular: changing a single part fo the design

Question 6

diffusion

Answer 6

the rate at which a new product is accepted in the market

Question 7

suppression

Answer 7

active slowing/prevention of a new product entering the market

Question 8

act of insight

Answer 8

idea that suddenly comes to a person

Question 9

adaptation

Answer 9

a solution in one field is used to provide anew idea for a design problem in another

Question 10

tech transfer

Answer 10

tech advances that for the basis of new designs may be used to develop different types of products/systems

Question 11

analogy

Answer 11

an idea from one context is used to stimulate ideas for solving a problem in a different context

Question 12

chance

Answer 12

unexpected discoveries lead to new ideas

Question 13

tech push

Answer 13

scientificresearch lead to advances in technology that underpin new ideas

Question 14

market pull

Answer 14

consumer demand for an innovative solution