Disruptive technology is an innovation process that helps involves creating a new market and value network that eventually goes on to disrupt an existing market and value network (over a few years or decades), displacing an earlier technology. It can be referred to as a new business model with people aiming to create products that possess the characteristic of disruptive technologies as this is the fastest way to create an impact in today’s fast paced consumer markets. However disruptive technology often leads to an existing market segment dying off but there has also been cases where the pioneers of the disruptive technology face the issue that the market wasn’t ready yet to accept the disruptive technology leading to the failure of adoption of the new technology.
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Bitcoin: Innovative New Currency or Investment Blackhole?
Bitcoin has emerged as one of the hottest topics in financial markets in years. This revolutionary, all-digital currency has made and broke investors in recent days. So what is Bitcoin, how does it work, and is it actually a good investment or merely a false mirage?
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Immigration and Its Effect on Innovation
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and Founder of Facebook, is reportedly in the process of launching an independent political group to lobby for comprehensive immigration reform. Even though Silicon Valley is strongly associated with H1B visas, it is reported that Zuckerberg’s effort will be broader including possible citizenship for undocumented immigrants. This news has brought back the discussion about Immigration Policies into the forefront of online media – how it affects a nation, its economy and more importantly, due to Zuckerberg’s and Facebook’s association with entrepreneurship and innovation, one key topic of discussion is does immigration effect entrepreneurship and innovation in a nation.
Is a work-from-home policy beneficial to your company?
“Anti-innovation!”, “counter-intuitive”, “unproductive”, etc. …. These are few out of the many comments being thrown around in the internet world when the news leaked online that Marissa Mayer (Yahoo) has decided to ban virtual work arrangements i.e. work-from-home options at Yahoo. But not all are against this decision – there are several Yahoo employees, external experts and general internet public who support this decision for reasons ranging from mitigating mismanagement to compatibility with the policies of top innovative companies like Apple and Google.
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What’s New for 2013 and Beyond
In preparation for this article, I briefly reviewed the opinions of others in terms of their outlook for new inventions, innovations and technology. Here are my humble opinion of what’s hot and what’s not.
Gamification and Commercialization
What is Gamification?
‘Gamification’ is a relatively new term – coined in 2008 – it relates to adapting game mechanics into non-game settings, applying game design thinking to non-game applications to make them more fun and engaging.
Can Japan’s Broken Economy Be Fixed?
It’s a known fact. Japan has stagnated over the last two decades. From the seeming cusp of global economic power in the late 1980s to a flat-lined economy and burgeoning deficit through the 1990’s and 2000’s the once mighty Japanese economic machine has stalled.
Apple Vs. Samsung: How Will the Ruling Impact Innovation?
The epic showdown between electronics giants Apple and Samsung appears to be winding down. While the results have been mixed, Apple has scored the largest victories, landing a 1 billion dollar verdict in the United States and the right to demand licensing fee for a wide range of software features and hardware design elements.
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