Disruptive innovation

Govindaraj an, V. Kopalle, P. 2004. How legacy firms can introduce radical and disruptive innovations theoretical and empirical analyses. Academy of Management Proceedings, pp. A1-A7. 

This section describes how a biomimetic approach inspired a disruptive innovation that draws on conventional textile technology to engineer counterintuitive... 

Table 11.2 gives a survey about major use areas for adhesives based on renewable sources. The share of renewable raw materials in the sealants market is well below 5%. Numbers in Table 11.2 do not include polyurethanes containing oleochemical-based polyols, vegetable oil-based polyesters and polyamides based on dimer fatty acids in total estimated at 35 mto in 2006, 42 mto in 2010. Projection into 2010 shows that without disruptive innovations the share of natural-based adhesives will further decline to a mere 15% in total. 

Just as the chemical-catalytic approach to biomass processing is poised to come to the fore of biorefining, the furanic family of carbohydrate derivatives, HMF1, CMF 2, and LA 4, are the platforms from which this disruptive innovation in green chemistry will be launched. The primary, secondary, tertiary, etc., generations of their derivatives are like the branches of a tree, fanning out over virtually every... 

Inception Disruptive innovation, in which entrepreneurial managers from many functions promote the product to early adopters Application innovation, where marketing finds new wavs to use the product and extends the market to these users Product innovation, in which engineering generates new versions with better performance, more features, or lower cost... 

Christensen, C. M., Bohmer, R., and Kenagy, J. Will Disruptive Innovations Cure Health CaitT Harvard Business Review, 78(5), 102-110. 

Gehani, R. National innovation system and disruptive innovations in synthetic rubber and tire technology. J. Thechnol. Manag. innov. 2, 55-72 (2007)... 

Rushby J (2006) Harnessing disruptive innovation in formal verification. In Hung DV, Pandya P (eds) Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods (SEFM), Pune, India. IEEE Computer Society... 

This leads us to the realm of disruptive technologies. Christensen [8] presents the innovator s dilemma, where the large company focused on meeting current customer demand on a large scale ignores the disruptive opportunity because it looks like too small a market to make a difference on the balance sheet. Further, the opportunity is ignored because it does not fit in the current business model or address the needs of the current customer base. 

Roach, A. and Harte, F. (2008). Disruption and sedimentation of casein micelles and casein micelle isolates under high-pressure homogenization. Innovative Food Sci. Emerg. Technol. 9,1-8. 

This type of constructive impact of TSCA was viewed somewhat differently by Exxon Chemical Company s C.W. Umland. His review of nearly three years of premanufacturing notification cited evidence which suggests substantial disruption of new chemical development and introduction to the market. This disruption was traced to higher research and development costs at an economically vulnerable point in the life cycle of innovative products. A more appropriate balance between opportunity for economic viability and protection from unreasonable... 

Innovative methodologies for in vivo microdialysis in immature subjects have facilitated research in multiple areas. Clinically driven experimentation on neonatal anoxia, hypoxia, or ischemia indicates that perinatal manipulations of oxygen and blood flow result in acute and chronic disruptions of neurotransmission and transmitter turnover (Chen et al., 1997 Nakajima et al, 1999 Ogasawara et al., 1999). Recently, a role for toxic free radicals in brain damage induced by prenatal infection was also delineated by in vivo microdialysis in rat pups (Cambonie et al, 2000, 2004). More subtle neonatal manipulations, such as maternal separation or periodic neonatal isolation, coupled with subsequent in... 

Robert L. Lichter, The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation I found your notion of disequilibrium intriguing. There was a book published in 1997 called The Innovator s Dilemma, by Harvard business school professor Clayton M. Christensen (Harvard Business School Press), which offers similar ideas in the context of technical innovation. He discusses the concept of disruptive technologies, the notion that real change is made when new concepts actually challenge existing views of what is useful and important. I can see connections there with your points. 

Social support networks can provide important affective and material aid that mitigates the adverse effects of disaster trauma (Bolin, 1985). Thus, mobilizing the natural social support system of family, friends, ministers, and co-workers can be one of the most helpful interventions in the aftermath of a disaster. Because disruption of one s natural supports is inherent in most disasters, however, this can require the development of innovative and creative approaches. 

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