The Hypercube of Innovation (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)Allan N. Afuah
PublisherForgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN1332264549
ISBN-139781332264544
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
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Innovation has frequently been categorized as either radical, incremental, architectural, modular or niche, based on the effects which it has on the competence, other products, and investment decisions of the innovating entity. Often, however, an innovation which is, say, architectural at the innovator/manufacturer level, may turn out to be radical to customers, incremental to suppliers of components and equipment, and something else to suppliers of critical complementary innovations. These various faces of one innovation at different stages of the innovation value-adding chain are what we call the hypercube of innovation. For many high-technology products, a technology strategy that neglects these various faces of an innovation and dwells only on the effects of the innovation at the innovator/manufacturer level, can have disastrous effects. This is especially so for innovations whose success depends on complementary innovations, whose use involves learning and where positive network externalities exist at the customer level.
We describe the hypercube of innovation model and use it to examine RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computers) and CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computers) semiconductor chips, and supercomputers, and suggest how firms can better manage the relationships along the innovation value-adding chain using the model. The model forces innovation managers to think in terms of their customers, suppliers and complementary innovators.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Innovation has frequently been categorized as either radical, incremental, architectural, modular or niche, based on the effects which it has on the competence, other products, and investment decisions of the innovating entity. Often, however, an innovation which is, say, architectural at the innovator/manufacturer level, may turn out to be radical to customers, incremental to suppliers of components and equipment, and something else to suppliers of critical complementary innovations. These various faces of one innovation at different stages of the innovation value-adding chain are what we call the hypercube of innovation. For many high-technology products, a technology strategy that neglects these various faces of an innovation and dwells only on the effects of the innovation at the innovator/manufacturer level, can have disastrous effects. This is especially so for innovations whose success depends on complementary innovations, whose use involves learning and where positive network externalities exist at the customer level.
We describe the hypercube of innovation model and use it to examine RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computers) and CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computers) semiconductor chips, and supercomputers, and suggest how firms can better manage the relationships along the innovation value-adding chain using the model. The model forces innovation managers to think in terms of their customers, suppliers and complementary innovators.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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