Which of the following best defines technological discontinuity?
A) It is a new technological design or process that becomes the accepted market standard.
B) It is the inability of a company to competitively sell its products because it relies on old technology or a nondominant design.
C) It is the phase of an innovation stream in which a scientific advance or unique combination of existing technologies creates a significant breakthrough in performance or function.
D) It is an approach to innovation that assumes a highly uncertain environment and uses intuition and hands-on experience to reduce uncertainty and accelerate learning and understanding.

Question

Which of the following best defines technological discontinuity? 
A) ​It is a new technological design or process that becomes the accepted market standard. 
B) ​It is the inability of a company to competitively sell its products because it relies on old technology or a nondominant design. 
C) ​It is the phase of an innovation stream in which a scientific advance or unique combination of existing technologies creates a significant breakthrough in performance or function. 
D) ​It is an approach to innovation that assumes a highly uncertain environment and uses intuition and hands-on experience to reduce uncertainty and accelerate learning and understanding.

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Technological discontinuity refers to the phase of an innovation stream in which a scientific advance or unique combination of existing technologies creates a significant breakthrough in performance or function. This can lead to the emergence of new industries and the decline of established ones.

Which of the Following Best Defines Technological Discontinuity