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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]] | ||
Revision as of 04:20, November 15, 2007
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.