|
The Breakthrough or disruptive innovation is a technological innovation that improves a product or service in ways that the market does not expect, typically by being lower priced or designed for a different set of consumers. It enables more consumers in that market to afford and/or have the skill to use the product or service.
Disruptive innovations can be broadly classified into low-end and new-market disruptive innovations. A new-market disruptive innovation is often aimed at non-consumption (i.e., consumers who would not have used the products already on the market), whereas a lower-end disruptive innovation is aimed at mainstream customers for whom price is more important than quality.
The Disruptive Innovation Theory is a simple, important principle at the core of the disruptive innovation theory: companies innovate faster than customers’ lives change. Because of this, most organizations end up producing products that are too good, too expensive, and too inconvenient for many customers. By only pursuing these “sustaining innovations,” companies unwittingly open the door to entrants that can offer simpler, more convenient and lower-cost products to those customers who have no need to keep up with the accelerated pace of innovative change.
|
