Disruptive versus Incremental Innovation

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Disruptive versus Incremental Innovation
Jnanesh Kalbag
Typically, Incremental Innovation exploits existing forms or technologies... Improves upon something that already exists or reconfigures an existing form or technology to serve some other purpose... It is other wise called marginal or continuous innovation. It primarily serves existing markets.
Radical Innovation is a departure from existing form or technology to a completely new thing in this world. Also called as breakthrough or discontinuous or disruptive innovation. It has the potential to upset industry's business model, standards. Primarily serves emerging markets. 		 

 
Disruptive vs Incremental innovation
Gian
After having read the book and the wikipedia entry I have to disagree with Jnanesh definition. The wikipedia entry (that I consider correct) reads: "D...Sign up
  

 
The Innovation Must Actually Reach the Market
Fernando
Innovation its not only about new products or services, it is about to putting things together to bring up something new or improved to the market. Th...Sign up
  

 
Innovation is Disruptive; Improvement is Incremental
Prabhakar Karve
Isn't innovation by definition disruptive? I feel there is nothing like incremental innovation. If it is incremental it can at best be called improvem...Sign up
  

 
Sustaining versus Disruptive Innovation
Jeswan SinghPS, Engineer, Malaysia, Member
Sustaining product development and/or keeping the innovation pot boiling is a fairly normal situation in most businesses.
The challenge is to a...Sign up
  

 
Many Companies Do not Understand Their Customers Fully
Dr P L Narasimhan
I agree with the author on his views. Many companies do not satisfy their customers fully. Many a times the features and attributes of the product may...Sign up
  

 
Innovation is the Opposite of Stagnancy
Maqsood Khalid
Innovation is the reverse of stagnancy. Innovation is direly needed at one stage of organizational life. Innovation may be destructive for someone ...Sign up
  

 
Innovation is Disruptive; Improvement is Incremental
Jay Gamble, Teacher, United States, Member
I agree with Khalid that innovation is change which keeps one from being stagnant.
That it is disruptive, is relative.
The size of t...Sign up
  

 
About Disruptive Innovation
Dr. Luis De La Cruz, Professor, United States, Member
The corporation's fundamental goal is growth, not profit maximization (Aharoni, 2009).
In the case of disruptive innovation we are dealing with ...Sign up
  

 
An Example of Disruptive Innovation
Ansuman Gautam, Manager, India, Member
The comments in the forum explain the term disruptive innovation with many and abstract words, which is...Sign up
  

 
Disruptive versus Incremental Innovation
Fordi Dhliwayo, Entrepreneur, Zimbabwe, Member
Innovation suggests a new way of doing things, or a new product that serves the needs of the market in a much more efficient manner. So by its nature ...Sign up
  

 
Disruptive Invation
Larry Lemke, Project Manager, United States, Member
Is "Innovation" not Always disruptive? INNOVATION is something seen in a new and different way. Just think about it!...Sign up
  

 
Disruptive Innovation
adrian kavemba, Student (University), Member
I view disruptive innovation as an innovation that creates a new market by applying a different set of values, which ultimately overtakes an existing ...Sign up
  

 
Innovation is not Always Disruptive
Errol Francke, Management Consultant, South Africa, Member
@Larry Lemke: I don't think so Larry...I sense that one can distinguish between "disruptive innovation" and "evolut...Sign up
  

 
 

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