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Disruptive technology (view source)
Revision as of 04:20, November 15, 2007
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A disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is a technological breakthrough that challenges the mainstream or status quo. An example would be the [[automobile]] disrupting the market for horse-and-buggy transportation, or the [[airplane]] disrupting the market for travel by ship across an ocean.
A '''disruptive technology''' or disruptive innovation is a technological breakthrough that challenges the mainstream or status quo. An example would be the [[automobile]] disrupting the market for horse-and-buggy transportation, or the [[airplane]] disrupting the market for travel by ship across an ocean.
This concept is contrasted with a sustaining technology that enhances existing technology in an incremental manner.
This concept is contrasted with a sustaining technology that enhances existing technology in an incremental manner.
[[category:economics]]
[[category:economics]]