A HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT IN THE GLOBAL MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY by Petrus Jacobus Pieterse 14444712 Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in Engineering Management at the University of Stellenbosch Supervisor: Dr. André van der Merwe Faculty of Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering March 2012 Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za Declaration By submitting
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no idea what to expect for our curriculum. Discovering the process of influencing others and group choice has been enlightening for us as a class. Actually‚ Diffusion of Innovation Theory‚ which was developed by Rogers in 1962‚ is one of the oldest social science theories. Diffusion of Innovations seeks to explain how innovations and social changes are taken up with a segmented group of people. Through knowledge and application of research-based theories‚ we have grown to understand the different
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Innovation Design and Planning Jennifer Bunt MGT/411 February 11‚ 2013 Kelly Wagner Innovation Design and Planning Innovation is the process of using ideas within a company to create new products‚ services‚ technology‚ or processes. Myths used to acknowledge that innovation was the idea of one individual with no support from others. In reality‚ innovative ideas that become new products and services require
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of innovation and analyzes through examples where different types of innovations stand. Firstly he asks the question whether innovation is hard work or as believed by many inspiration. He argues that innovation is mostly the resuly of hard‚ disciplined work as opposed to inspiration. Then he goes on to discuss the profile of innovative organizations and their managers. He thinks that establishing roles and processes‚ setting goals and measures and reviewing progress step by step in innovation is
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del-Palacio "Global clusters of innovation: The case of Israel and Silicon Valley" reveals the information concerning the notion that came to our lives not long time ago - Clusters of Innovation (COI). The article dwells in-depth on the relationships between different COI and how these links may lead to the creation of Networks of Clusters of Innovation (NCOI)‚ that do have new benefits and this consequently become a starting point of Super-Clusters of Innovation (Super COI). The case study introduced
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Esiee Paris | Innovation Deliver | | Tuan Anh Dang‚ dangt@esiee.fr 11/21/2012 | Traffic Jam in Vietnam and its innovative solutions Traffic jam in Hanoi has been a serious problem in Vietnam for the last decades especially in the intensive population areas like Ha Noi city and Ho Chi Minh City. People are moving from the nearby states and provinces to these cities in order to seek for a chance to get a better job‚ hence a better life which is worsening the situation. Many of the
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Case Study: Innovation—and continuity—at Toyota Answer 1 I would not think Toyota an ‘innovation organization’. It cannot be denied that‚ despite the Toyota’s product like Prius‚ its service‚ marketing and other business processes can be innovative and the innovation can be incremental. But I think whether a company can innovations‚ their products can be reflected. Through this point‚ in the case said‚ notwithstanding the Prius‚ we would not deem it a particularly innovative organization. To sum
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to the following breakdown: | Assignment | Weight | | Project A: Visualizing Complex Information—Poster Design | 15 percent | | Project B: Narrated Case Study of an Existing Innovation | 15 percent | | Project C: Crafting an Invention Pitch | 30 percent | | Project D: Crafting an Original Innovation Case Study | 25 percent | | Discussions | 15 percent | | ------------------------------------------------- Assignment DescriptionsProject A:Students will create a poster that
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products? A new product is a good‚ service or idea that is perceived by some potential customers as new. Marketers define the adoption process of a new product as “the mental process through which an individual passes from first learning about an innovation to final adoption‚” and adoption as the decision by an individual to become a regular user of the product. In order to understand this phenomenon‚ it is important to learn different stages a consumer goes through in making buying decisions. Stages
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Diffusion of innovation and persuasion Diffusion‚ What is it? “Diffusion is the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system.” “Diffusion is a special type of communication concerned with the spread of messages perceived (or understood) as new ideas” 2 Main Elements of Diffusion 1. 2. 3. 4. An innovation Channels of communication The spread and speed of the idea over time The social network and individuals who
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