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Question 1
Which of the following is the discontinuous innovation?
Question 2
The growing success of low cost airlines in the travel market is an example of disruptive innovation.
Question 3
The problem for the firms which found their marketplace disrupted in the computer disk drive industry wasn't that they didn't listen to customers but rather that they listened too well – to the wrong customers.
Question 4
A dominant design is one imposed by the largest firm in a sector on the rest of that industry.
Question 5
Discontinuous shifts in technology always favor newcomer firms and established firms inevitably fail to take advantage of them.
Question 6
Innovation can contribute to sustainability in a number of ways. Which of the following is not an example of a positive contribution?
Question 7
To be effective, scenario planning must satisfy a number of conditions. Which of the following is not essential?
Question 8
Identifying novel niches is more difficult than conventional marketing or new product development because:
Question 9
Innovation in socio-technical systems has a number of distinctive characteristics which make it impossible to manage. Which of the following is not a characteristic of innovation in such systems?
Question 10
Which characteristics are not positively associated with the rapid diffusion and widespread adoption of an innovation?
Question 11
Necessity is always the mother of invention. Innovation only succeeds when there is a clear user need.
Question 12
Rothwell's 'fifth generation' model suggests that innovation....
Question 13
Open innovation is
Question 14
Firms join innovation networks primarily to reduce their costs.
Question 15
In innovation networks, bigger is always better - the more players in the network the more effective it is?
Question 16
Which of the following is not a benefit which could emerge from an innovation network?
Question 17
The theory of networks talks about 'emergent properties' – essentially where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Which of the following is not an emergent property of an innovation network?
Question 18
Studies of new product development suggest four main types of team structure which of the following is not a valid description?
Question 19
A simplified four-stage model is sufficient to discriminate between the various factors which must be managed at different stages of development. Which of the following is not normally a stage in this process?
Question 20
A wide range of methods and techniques are available for identifying potential innovations in the external environment. Some of these are more suited to radical innovations than more routine product development. Which of the following techniques is least effective for identifying radical innovations:
Question 21
Which of the following is not a fundamental difference between manufacturing and service operations?
Question 22
Which of the following factors generally does not positively influence new product success?
Question 23
Technology entrepreneurs are different to conventional entrepreneurs in all but which of the following ways:
Question 24
Which of the following is not a common trigger for the creation of a new venture?
Question 25
Which of the following stages of funding of a new venture attract the least investment and interest from venture capitalists?
Question 26
Almost two-thirds of new ventures fail within the first two years. Which of the following is not a common reason for failure?
Question 27
A typical psychological profile of an entrepreneur would not necessarily include:
Question 28
Which of the following conditions is not necessary for the granting of a patent:
Question 29
Patents can be used as an indicator of innovation. Which of the following is the least reliable method?
Question 30
Using intellectual property rights (IPR) as a means of commercialising an innovation has many advantages, but also significant risks. Which of the following is not a common problem?
Question 31
One of the central challenges in knowledge management is to encourage the exchange of tacit knowledge between communities of practice. Which of the following is not a useful means to encourage such exchange of knowledge:
Question 32
There are many proven mechanisms to help transfer knowledge across an organization. Which of the following is not a widely-accepted method?
Question 33
Some types of knowledge are more individual, others more collective. Which of the following is generally not ?
Question 34
Which of the following characteristics of communities of practice is not ?
Question 35
Cross-functional teams are an effective way to promote knowledge-sharing. Which of the following is generally not of such teams?
Question 36
Knowledge is different to information and data. Which of the following is not generally ?
Question 37
Nonaka proposes the concept of a social learning cycle. In this model how does the codification knowledge occur primarily?
Question 38
Which of these is not an example of a revenue stream?
Question 39
A business model is:
Question 40
Cost structure refers to:
Question 41
Which of these would you not expect to find in a description of a business model?
Question 42
Which of these is not an example of a disruptive business model?
Question 43
Which of the following would NOT be a good measure of innovation performance?
Question 44
Which of the following approaches can assist with effective change management?
Question 45
Which of the following would you NOT expect to hear people saying in an innovative organization?
Question 46
Which of the following is often associated with innovation success?
Question 47
Which of the following would you NOT expect to hear in an innovative organization?
Question 48
An organization might use a 'stage gate' system for innovation development in order to...
Question 49
A Delphi panel is
Question 50
Which of these statements might you NOT expect people to make in an innovative organization?
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