What is suppression innovation

Delayed adoption of an innovation due to a dominant design

When something is sustaining, it is…

Gaining incremental value over existing solutions.

Which contains all three categories of innovation?

Sustaining, Disruptive, Process

What is an example of suppression innovation?

Telegraph companies faced with the telephone

How does diffusion occur?

Goes through a series of communication channels

What is an entrepreneur?

An individual who can take a product to market

What is a product champion?

An influential individual who hypes up a product

What is process innovation?

Implementation of a new or improved production or delivery

What is “configurational innovation” for design?

Innovation with change in both technology and organization

The process of discovering a principle

What is “diffusion innovation”?

New ideas spread through cultures

What is “architectural innovation’?

Innovation that changes architecture without changing parts

What did Clayton Christensen say about disruptive innovation?

It off-shelves parts put together in a simpler architecture.

Which of the following is something that disruptive innovation does NOT do?

Delay the marketing of an innovation.

What are the key roles in invention and innovation?

Manager, Seller, Developer, Inventor, Product champion, Entrepreneur

Which is NOT a reason that sustaining innovation is vital to ongoing success?

As sales grow, raw material costs for that product decrease.

Useful application of invention or discovery

What is “modular innovation” for design?

Maintaining the architecture and modifying the modules

Why would an inventor take on a multi-disciplinary role to achieve innovation status?

The inventor can use skills in many stages of development

What is a lone inventor?

One who is committed to the invention of a product, An influential individual who hypes up a product

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1
Which TWO of these are “innovation strategies for market”?
Suppression
Diffusion
Fission
Expulsion
2
What is suppression innovation
Innovation that changes architecture without changing parts
Delayed adoption of an innovation due to a dominant design
New ideas spread through cultures
Innovation with change in both technology and organization
3
When something is sustaining, it is…
Bringing previous customers into center of attention.
Gaining incremental value over existing solutions.
Delaying availability of a product.
Maintaining the architecture and modifying the modules.
4
Which contains all three categories of innovation?
Feature, Cost, Proliferation
Sustaining, Disruptive, Process
Persuasion, Implementation, Confirmation
Risk, Knowledge, Process
5
Which is NOT a reason why inventions become innovations?
Marketability
Price
Risk
Sustaining
6
What is an example of suppression innovation?
Cardboard boxes
Using home phones
Telegraph companies faced with the telephone
Littering McDonald bags
7
How does diffusion occur?
Goes through a single communication channel
Goes through a series of communication channels
Moving substance from high to low concentration.
Passing light through a prism
8
What is an entrepreneur?
An individual who develops concepts for products
An individual who can take a product to market
An individual who invents products as an occupation
An individual who develops enthusiasm for a product
9
What is a product champion?
The person who takes the product to the market
An influential individual who hypes up a product
One who is committed to the invention of a product
The person who engineers the product or innovative design
10
What is process innovation?
Implementation of a new or improved production or delivery
When the company and technology are both changed
Improving a product by building generations
Creation of procedures useful in completing human objectives
11
Who of the following is not an inventor?
Jordan Belfort
Marc Zuckerberg
Alexander Graham Bell.
Thomas Edison
12
What is “configurational innovation” for design?
Change in organization
The same as modular innovation
Innovation with change in both technology and organization
Change in technology
13
Which TWO companies were victims of architectural innovation?
Beats
Samsung
Xerox
Sony
14
Invention is...
Knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation,
The process of discovering a principle
Useful application of invention or discovery
Diffusion and suppression
15
Which of the following is not associated with design configuration problems?
Tweaking of components
Selection of components
Allocation of components
Interfacing of components
16
What is “diffusion innovation”?
Ideas within a single culture
There’s too many different innovations to remember
Innovation using osmosis
New ideas spread through cultures
17
Which of the following is NOT an example of “configurational innovation”?
Evolution of the iPod
Invention of the TV
Hoverboard
Making of the toaster
18
Which one of the following is NOT an example of “process innovation”?
Qube House
Toaster oven
Model - T Ford
IKEA flat pack house
19
What is “architectural innovation’?
Innovation that changes architecture without changing parts
Innovation utilized by architects.
Innovation used in buildings
Maintaining the architecture and modifying the modules
20
What did Clayton Christensen say about disruptive innovation?
It changes features of a product.
It causes issues in improving a product’s uniqueness.
It off-shelves parts put together in a simpler architecture.
Being like Apple or Samsung
21
Which of the following is NOT one of Rogers five stages of diffusion
Decision
Implementation
Observation
Knowledge
22
Which of the following is something that disruptive innovation does NOT do?
Render existing solutions to an issue obsolete.
Disrupt the current market behavior.
Delay the marketing of an innovation.
Transforms value propositions.
23
Which one of the following is an “innovation strategy for design”?
functional innovation
aesthetic innovation
innovative innovation
modular innovation
24
Which of the following is a disruptive innovation?
None of the above
Tablet
iPhone
Dell computers
25
What are the key roles in invention and innovation?
Manager, Seller, Developer
Inventor, Product champion, Entrepreneur
Designer, Environmentalist, Materialist
Manufacturer, Mentor, Maker
26
Which inventor also took on the role of product champion and/or entrepreneur?
Martin Cooper
James Dyson
Henry Ford
Elon Musk
27
Which of the following is an disadvantage of a multi-disciplinary team?
Most products can be more complex
Both a and c
Harder to make quick decisions and move forward
Everybody has their own agenda
28
Which is NOT a reason that sustaining innovation is vital to ongoing success?
An overall increase in money to fund developments.
Without sustaining innovation, products will not last long.
Due to maximum profitability, unneeded costs can be removed.
As sales grow, raw material costs for that product decrease.
29
Innovation is…
Useful application of invention or discovery
The process of discovering a principal
Apple
A five-step decision-making process
30
Who of the following is a product champion?
Akio Morita
Margaret Calvert
Jonathan Ive
All of the above
31
What is “modular innovation” for design?
Another name for configurational innovation
Maintaining the architecture and modifying the modules
A prototype of a design
Modifying the components of a design
32
Who is not an inventor
Steve Jobs
James Dyson
Dr. Seuss
Zaha Hadid
33
Which advantage to sustaining innovation involves fixing or adding new features?
Feature fixes/additions
Cost reductions
Product line expansions (proliferation)
Disruptive innovation
34
Why would an inventor take on a multi-disciplinary role to achieve innovation status?
The inventor can use skills in many stages of development
The inventor can get more credit for his work
The inventor can gather more support from supporters
The inventor can get rid of competition
35
What is a lone inventor?
One who is committed to the invention of a product
The person who takes the product to the market
An influential individual who hypes up a product
The person who engineers the product or innovative design
36
Who of the following is an entrepreneur?
Leonardo da Vinci
Elon Musk
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison

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