Dissertations / Theses: 'Disruptive Innovation Theory'

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Navasargian, Andre 1975, and Tyler D. 1974 Thompson. "Managing innovation in the real estate industry : a theory of disruptive innovations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32200.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-105).
Management teams in real estate firms are in a precarious position as they struggle to manage innovation without much experience in planning and executing technology-driven strategies. Real estate technology is in its infancy. The growth trajectories of innovations and the impacts of novel technologies on the future of the real estate industry have yet to be seen. This is an important time for board members and senior managers of leading real estate firms because innovation is a double-edged sword. A sound technology policy can be highly lucrative, while a failed technology strategy can prove positively fatal. This thesis studies the complexities of managing innovation in the real estate industry. It builds on the study of innovation and strategic management in other industries to provide insight into the future of the real estate industry. Managing innovation is not a new problem - there is a significant body of scholarship on the topic that has been developed through rigorous study of several industries ranging from disk drives to retailing. Researchers have produced a set of analytical frameworks and detailed case studies that explore the interaction between innovation and firm-level strategic management. This paper applies some of these analytical tools to study the nature of innovation in the real estate industry and uncover potential opportunities and pitfalls facing managers in the future.
by Andre Navasargian & Tyler D. Thompson.
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Billings, Dr Donald G. "Disruptive Innovation Within the Legal Services Ecosystem." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7119.

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Most law firms have done little to address the opportunities and threats related to potentially disruptive technology (DT), such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that law firm leaders in the United States used to address the potentially detrimental influences of DT, such as AI and ML, on their organizations. The systems approach to management was employed as the conceptual framework. Data were collected from 6 participants at 2 international law firms with offices in California using semistructured interviews and organizational artifacts. Data were analyzed using Miles, Huberman, and Saldana's data analysis method, resulting in 4 themes: recognizing the legal ecosystem and legal firms are open systems, but organizational subsystems often function as semiclosed systems; acknowledging that while DT represents the most significant potential challenge in the near future, the immediate challenge is improving technology, which requires organizational adjustments; recognizing the need for firms to invest more heavily in innovation generation activities; and realizing the need for increased utilization of augmenting technologies, such as AI or ML, to streamline nonadvisory outputs. The findings of this study might support best practices for addressing DT and contribute to social change by outlining ways in which firms can lower costs to clients while increasing access to legal services for those in underserved communities.

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Wenner, Gemma Antonine. "Marijuana-tourism| Disruptive Innovation for Small Island Developing States." Thesis, University of Maryland University College, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13428534.

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The Caribbean region consists of many small island developing states (SIDS) that are dependent on a sun, sea, and sand (3-S) tourism product. These SIDS are facing declining competitiveness vis-à-vis other tourism destinations and need to differentiate and rejuvenate their tourism product offerings. This study investigates the extent to which marijuana-tourism can lead to disruptive innovations (DI) in SIDS that are tourist dependent. A systematic review, using 53 research articles and a thematic synthesis analyzing seven different themes: (1) demographic profile of marijuana users and potential market size, (2) marijuana-tourism motivations, (3) common uses of marijuana, (4) types and structures of legal and regulatory frameworks, (5) cultivation, distribution, and marketing factors, (6) economic impacts of legalized recreational marijuana; and (7) adverse health and safety impacts were elaborated. The principal findings are that the regulatory framework for legalization acts as a mediating variable for defining the scope and structure of marijuana-related businesses and tourism niches that appear. When the recreational regulatory framework permits private competition, as evidenced in the early pioneering jurisdictions, significant economic benefits have resulted and at the same time social and health costs have been attenuated to date. In the context of SIDS, legal regimes are still largely prohibitionist, and in a few instances, partial liberalization has occurred. As liberalization progresses, structural and governance challenges exist that may moderate benefits. Further research is needed in many areas, given that the liberalization of marijuana laws is a recent phenomenon. More research is needed in areas, such as in-depth economic and social impacts analysis; the profile, composition, and expenditure patterns of marijuana tourists; the comparative advantages of different regulatory frameworks; and the public health and safety impacts for residents, marijuana tourists, and hospitality sector workers.

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Sietzema, Maarten, and Illipse Ines. "Exploring Disruptive Innovation: Case study on Multi-sided Platforms." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-253833.

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Purpose - The purpose of this research is to explore disruptive innovation and to determine whether Christensen’s latest version (2015) of the disruptive innovation theory can explain the success of multisided platforms in the music industry. Thus, we analyze three cases studies based on the theory: Napster, Spotify and Apple Music. At the end, we present our results concerning Christensen’s theory’s capability to explain the recent success stories of digital multisided platforms. Research Question - “Does the theory of disruptive innovation explain the success of Multi-sided Platforms in the music industry?” Methodology - A comparative case study with three levels of success gives us a width that we think is necessary in order to draw conclusions. Spotify is considered to be a global market leader while Apple Music is highly successful and market leader in the US. Napster, however, is not considered successful due to the legal issues it has encountered. Secondary data is used on all cases, and an in-depth literature review of the theory which supports the theoretical framework that we use to compare the cases. Findings - This research explores Christensen’s theory that is widely misinterpreted and misapplied in the recent years. Christensen’s theory is heavily built upon a technology factor that drives disruptive innovation, however, this can not explain for instance Spotify’s success, which is according to the original theory is not disruptive. We argue that business model innovation is the driver of disruption in some cases where technology is merely an enabler for business to reach disruptive effects. We would like to propose a stronger categorization of disruption types, such as “technology driven disruption” or “business model driven disruption” in order to identify disruption with different roots.
Syfte - Syftet med denna forskning är att undersöka disruptiv (omstörtande) innovation och att avgöra om Christensens senaste version (2015) av den disruptiva (omstörtande) innovationsteorin kan förklara framgången med flersidiga plattformar inom musikbranschen. Således analyserar vi tre fallstudier baserade på teorin: Napster, Spotify och Apple Music. I slutet presenterar vi våra resultat avseende Christensens teoris förmåga att förklara de senaste framgångshistorierna för digitala flersidiga plattformar. Forskningsfråga - “Förklarar teorin om disruptiv innovation framgången med flersidiga plattformar i musikbranschen?” Metodik - En jämförande fallstudie med tre nivåer av framgång ger oss den bredd som vi tycker är nödvändig för att dra slutsatser. Spotify anses vara en global marknadsledare och Apple Music är mycket framgångsrikt samt marknadsledande i USA. Napster anses emellertid inte framgångsrikt på grund av de rättsliga problem som uppstått. Sekundär data används i alla exempel, samt en djupgående litteraturöversikt av teorin som stöder den teoretiska ramverk som vi använder för att jämföra fallen. Resultat - Denna undersökning utforskar Christensens teori som är brett misstolkad och felaktig tillämpad under de senaste åren. Christensens teori bygger starkt på en teknikfaktor som driver disruptiv innovation, men detta kan inte förklara exempelvis Spotifys framgång, vilken enligt den ursprungliga teorin inte är disruptiv. Vi argumenterar för att affärsmodellinnovation driver störningar i fall där tekniken bara är en katalysator för att verksamheten når disruptiva effekter. Vi skulle vilja föreslå en starkare kategorisering av disruptionstyper, till exempel “tekniskt driven disruption” eller “affärsmodelldisruption” för att identifiera disruptioner med olika rötter.

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Mallett, Christopher. "A study of postsecondary competency-based education practices in the context of disruptive innovation theory." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10142057.

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The American public’s interests are well-served by a strong, effective postsecondary education system. And yet the industry’s predominant learning and service paradigm, one that credentials learning by measuring student’s time on task and that treats all learners largely the same from a pacing and a requirements perspective is inconsistent with the realities, circumstances, and expectations of 21st century students. Competency-based education, with its emphasis on the attainment of mastery through the measurement of learning, not time, and its focus on operational efficiency and effectiveness, has the potential to evolve and shape the postsecondary education industry by introducing simplicity, convenience, accessibility, and affordability where complication and high cost are the status quo.

The purpose of this qualitative, exploratory study was to understand and describe the competency-based education practices of American higher education institutions within the context of Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation. The practices and programs of eight institutions that offer accredited, competency-based certificate and degree programs were examined. An exploratory, qualitative review of publically available artifacts that describe the competency-based approaches employed by these eight institutions provided the primary data for this study. Prominent industry reports on competency-based education published from September 2014 through January 2016 were examined and are described. The researcher ’s professional responsibilities and observations while engaged in the design and delivery of competency-based programming also informed this study.

Specific characteristics, practices, and two distinct methods for the delivery of competency-based education were identified and are described. Consistent mission, tuition, and student demographic realities were found to exist among the examined institutions and are discussed. Variable findings related to program design practices, the nature of assessment, the role of faculty, and provider-specific outcomes emerged and are also presented. The current state of the practice was found to be consistent with Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation. The practice was further found to be workforce aligned but only minimally deployed within the postsecondary education industry. Characteristics of examined programs were found to be non-distinct. Program evaluation criteria and outcomes were determined to be unclear at this time.

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Strömberg, Joakim, and Philip Thorman. "Disruptive innovation theory in the paper- and packaging industry : Applying Clayton Christensen in a new context." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-390836.

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The paper- and packaging industry has for a long time transitioned from a production-focused industry towards a customer-orientation – today the customers have become fundamental. Managers are searching for ways to create superior innovations in the industry which can compete against the oil-based solution, i.e. plastic. However, they face challenges as they attempt to launch products in the market. One exciting scholar who has researched much about the challenges of incumbent firms is Clayton Christensen and his theory of disruptive innovation. The theory has received much attention throughout the years and provides with a holistic literature framework to analyze the industry. The thesis aims to investigate Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation theory in order to problematize it in a new context, the paper- and packaging industry. This will be done by discussing how individuals argue, understand and use the term ‘disruptive innovation’ and also discuss Christensen’s Innovator’s Dilemma in relation to how incumbents tend to manage their innovation projects in the industry. The research used a qualitative research approach implementing one case study. Interviews with incumbent actors in the industry, one producer and two brand-owners, pertaining to an innovation project constituted for the empirical findings. The data analyzed through a theoretical lens of Christensen’s disruptive innovation theory. From an iterative process between theory and empirical findings the thesis has made the following contributions. First, we have problematized Christensen in a new context and identified an industry which is considered an anomaly in Christensen’s theory. The industry is unlikely to be subjected to the Innovator’s Dilemma due to its fundamentals as an industry, e.g. collaborations between actors and listening to customers. Second, our practical contribution is the importance of differentiating between sustaining and disruptive innovation, especially concerning radical and disruptive innovation. If an individual does not have a theoretical understanding of disruptive, it is common to be confused concerning the differences between radical and disruptive innovation. However, learning about the differences creates an opportunity to identify new ways of gaining value.

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Bird, Peter William. "Potentially disruptive IS innovation in UK higher education institutions : an actor-network theory analysis of the embedding of m-learning." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2014. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/332166/.

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The use of mobile devices to support students’ learning experiences is a growing area of interest in higher education (Wankel & Blessinger, 2013). This study adopts an ‘umbrella’ term of m-learning to consider the use of mobile and wireless technologies to support students in a blended learning environment. Whilst m-learning pedagogy has received considerable attention (e.g. Attewell, 2005, Sharples et. al. 2007, Kukulska-Hulme, 2012), the process of adopting this potentially disruptive innovation within universities has been neglected. This study addresses this gap by attempting to answer the research question: How do university organizations (business models, modes of operation, people and processes) adapt to a potentially disruptive innovation like m-learning and what factors and working practices support or hinder embedding? Possible frameworks for studying innovation are reviewed, including Rogers’ innovation diffusion framework (Rogers, 1962), Actor-Network Theory (Latour, 2005) , Activity Theory ngestr m 1987), Structuration Theory (Giddens, 1984), theories of disruptive innovation (Christensen, 1997) and the Technology Acceptance Model (Venkatesh and Davis, 2000), Actor-Network Theory (ANT) is chosen as the most promising theoretical lens for an in-depth investigation of m-learning embedding, and a participative fieldwork approach is developed that uses Law and Callon’s ANT notion of ‘points of passage’ between local and global networks (Law and Callon, 1991) to illuminate factors and working practices that affect embedding. A framework based on Law and Callon’s work is developed through a year-long study of competing text messaging projects within a university and developed further through a three-year, longitudinal case study involving five universities using smartphone applications to assess students in medical practice situations. Several institutional issues are identified that help or hinder embedding, such as fragmentation of IT strategy and decision-making, and the need to provide students with a compelling offer of multiple institutional services on their mobiles. The role of people and artefacts in forming a link, or ‘point of passage’ between m-learning projects ‘local networks’) and institutional IT strategies and services ‘global networks’) is found to be of central interest for understanding processes of embedding. A clear path to an ANT analysis is demonstrated starting from interview and observation data, using coding techniques borrowed from grounded theory (Schatzman and Strauss, 1973) and finishing with Law and Callon’s local-global network model, which is used to compare and contrast embedding trajectories of the case study institutions. Systematic comparison enables a three dimensional model of embedding trajectories to be built, which extends Law and Callon’s work and places in sharper focus the importance of establishing a path by which local initiatives can be evaluated strategically and, where appropriate, incorporated in a timely manner into a university’s IT strategy. Grounded in extensive longitudinal research, the study offers a contribution to methodology through its demystification of ANT; a contribution to theory through its three dimensional model for mapping embedding trajectories; and a contribution to practice by highlighting specific issues that affect mobile technology adoption in higher education, such as having a compelling, multi-service offer, appropriate mobile tariffs for undertaking mandatory assessment and guidelines for incorporating knowledge gained from technology experiments into institutional strategies and decision-making. The study concludes by highlighting opportunities for using its model to explore challenges of embedding faced not only by formal projects but by ‘maverick’ innovators and for potentially disruptive technologies other than m-learning, such as Web 2.0 services.

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Gomes, Rafael, and Sema Seyfi Osman. "Managing Organizational Adoption of IoT : Revisiting Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation Theory." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-398123.

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As a disruptive innovation, IoT has been creating a high impact over organizations’ current strategies and business models. This continuous process of change will have an increasing influence on how organizations and industries as a whole conduct their businesses, and is set to have an active role towards the development of entirely new business models and markets. With the development of IoT technologies, and its predicted exponential spread across all sectors of society, one can conclude that the future holds many opportunities for organizations looking to explore new ways of capturing and creating value, but at the same time there are also plenty of challenges to be addressed. While the diffusion and adoption process of IoT has been an ongoing phenomenon over the past decade, there is still not much certitude as to how organizations ought to adjust in order to successfully integrate IoT technologies in their structure and operations. In parallel fashion, there have also been many difficulties in ensuring that different smart, connected devices and ecosystems are able to effectively communicate between each other, as achieving interoperability has become one of the major concerns associated with IoT. The main focus of this study is to analyze the process of how organizations are currently integrating IoT within their businesses, while also investigating causes that hinder interoperability, and evaluating the future potential deployment of the Open IoT ecosystems in companies. For our research we have followed a case-study approach where we conducted semi-structured interviews with managers and project leaders from two organizations conducting pilot studies on Green IoT and Open IoT, and where one has been adopting IoT technologies in its business. Theoretically, we draw on a framework by combining Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations theory and Christensen’s theory of Disruptive Innovations in order to analyze the integration of IoT into businesses’ core structure. The research goes through a functional framework that outlines the process of IoT adoption while also presenting the present challenges that are faced by the actors in the industry and the key enablers for successful IoT integration.

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Lucas, D. Pulane. "Disruptive Transformations in Health Care: Technological Innovation and the Acute Care General Hospital." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2996.

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Advances in medical technology have altered the need for certain types of surgery to be performed in traditional inpatient hospital settings. Less invasive surgical procedures allow a growing number of medical treatments to take place on an outpatient basis. Hospitals face growing competition from ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). The competitive threats posed by ASCs are important, given that inpatient surgery has been the cornerstone of hospital services for over a century. Additional research is needed to understand how surgical volume shifts between and within acute care general hospitals (ACGHs) and ASCs. This study investigates how medical technology within the hospital industry is changing medical services delivery. The main purposes of this study are to (1) test Clayton M. Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation in health care, and (2) examine the effects of disruptive innovation on appendectomy, cholecystectomy, and bariatric surgery (ACBS) utilization. Disruptive innovation theory contends that advanced technology combined with innovative business models—located outside of traditional product markets or delivery systems—will produce simplified, quality products and services at lower costs with broader accessibility. Consequently, new markets will emerge, and conventional industry leaders will experience a loss of market share to “non-traditional” new entrants into the marketplace. The underlying assumption of this work is that ASCs (innovative business models) have adopted laparoscopy (innovative technology) and their unification has initiated disruptive innovation within the hospital industry. The disruptive effects have spawned shifts in surgical volumes from open to laparoscopic procedures, from inpatient to ambulatory settings, and from hospitals to ASCs. The research hypothesizes that: (1) there will be larger increases in the percentage of laparoscopic ACBS performed than open ACBS procedures; (2) ambulatory ACBS will experience larger percent increases than inpatient ACBS procedures; and (3) ASCs will experience larger percent increases than ACGHs. The study tracks the utilization of open, laparoscopic, inpatient and ambulatory ACBS. The research questions that guide the inquiry are: 1. How has ACBS utilization changed over this time? 2. Do ACGHs and ASCs differ in the utilization of ACBS? 3. How do states differ in the utilization of ACBS? 4. Do study findings support disruptive innovation theory in the hospital industry? The quantitative study employs a panel design using hospital discharge data from 2004 and 2009. The unit of analysis is the facility. The sampling frame is comprised of ACGHs and ASCs in Florida and Wisconsin. The study employs exploratory and confirmatory data analysis. This work finds that disruptive innovation theory is an effective model for assessing the hospital industry. The model provides a useful framework for analyzing the interplay between ACGHs and ASCs. While study findings did not support the stated hypotheses, the impact of government interventions into the competitive marketplace supports the claims of disruptive innovation theory. Regulations that intervened in the hospital industry facilitated interactions between ASCs and ACGHs, reducing the number of ASCs performing ACBS and altering the trajectory of ACBS volume by shifting surgeries from ASCs to ACGHs.

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Abousaber, Inam. "WiMax technology adoption by SMEs in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Brunel University, 2012. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7169.

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This research focuses on developing a framework for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) technology adoption by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). WiMax has emerged as a technology to overcome the limitations of traditional and existing broadband technologies and support a great number of organisations and consumers/citizens in providing a higher speed over substantial distances i.e. in areas that are difficult for wired infrastructure to reach. Despite all the interest in the types of broadband adoption as demonstrated by SMEs in several countries, there seems to be slow progress and lack of information supporting the decision making process for WiMax technology adoption by SMEs specifically in the context of KSA. This may illustrate that SMEs adopt WiMax technology solutions at a slower pace and make them characterised as laggards in terms of new technologies adoption. This research takes into consideration this literature gap and makes a step forward and investigates on WiMax technology adoption by SMEs in KSA with an organisational cultural view, vendors’ commercialisation strategies and government policies by analysing the normative literature related to this research. The data collection of this study was carried out in two phases including quantitative and qualitative approaches. The first phase of the research provided results indicated that, the Saudi SMEs who participated in this research are strongly dominated by clan culture and adhocracy culture. These cultures also have a positive impact on the Internet technologies adoption such as WiMax by SMEs. It is found that, the combination of clan and adhocracy cultures in Saudi SMEs is making them more likely to adopt latest Internet technologies. In the second phase, the results showed a wide difference in views among SMEs, WiMax vendors and government agencies involved in WiMax technology diffusion to SMEs in Saudi Arabia. Although WiMax technology started as an innovation that has the potential to be disruptive and could replace the widely diffused fixed wire line Internet connection, the research findings showed an interesting deviation from this path. In particular, the WiMax technology market analysis in Saudi Arabia highlighted the vendors’ tendency to treat WiMax technology as a sustaining innovation. Research findings also indicated that, the Saudi government provided funds for Information and Communications Technology‘s diffusion in the country. However, the level of awareness displayed by SMEs is persistently low. Knowledge deployment, mobilisation, innovation directive and subsidy have been emphasised by SMEs as the most important government interventions that might have an impact on WiMax adoption by them. Finally, further important issues have been uncovered by the research such as taxation, experience exchange, herd culture/bandwagon, consumer right protection and customer service in relation to the adoption of WiMax by SMEs. The perceived future prospect of these additional issues has been considered as an influence on adoption of WiMax technology by SMEs. The findings of this research can be useful to guide analysts and researchers in determining critical aspects of the complex issues involved in technologies adoption, and lead to suggestions for further valid research.

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Neukirchen, Daniel. "Fast fashion : supply-chain management as the basis for disruptive business model innovation : a case study in the context of the theory of the firm." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2017. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/620027/.

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Supply Chain Management has been traditionally understood as the management and optimisation of logistic processes regarding the management of flows of goods. Business research recognises the Supply Chain as mainly a support service for its key activities, and which is generally examined in regard to the technical and engineering aspects with the sole objective of finding the minimum cost solution. This research argues instead that, in the fashion industry at least, Supply Chain Management becomes a key activity in Value Chain management and therefore in the business model. As a consequence, this study is not a Supply Chain Management Study in the traditional sense but rather examines the disruptive fashion business model focusing on innovation, starting with the restructuring of the Supply Chain, based on information technology revolutionising the retail business and, particularly, the fashion industry. Information technology has generated a completely new Supply Chain Management model, leading to disruptive competitive advantage. This research focuses on the exploration of the Supply Chain at the level of the theory of the firm and the concept of the business model, rather than at a technical or operational level. The theoretical lens is at firm level examining the concept of the business model. The empirical part of this study applies qualitative and quantitative methods, as indicated. The main quantitative method is financial analysis, which enables the examination of fifteen industry-leading companies within the fashion industry. Additionally, descriptive and bivariate statistical analysis are applied to examine the statistical strength and significance of relationships between Supply Chain and business performance variables. The second part of the empirical research uses expert interviews with industry professionals to verify or falsify the findings of the statistical analysis, and to develop the findings further. The classical Supply Chain research approach is also questionable and should be revisited; typical Supply Chain research variables include efficiency, effectiveness, cycle time, postponement, whereas the main objective of Supply Chain research is the optimum configuration and design of a Supply Chain. This research study makes a unique contribution to knowledge situating the supply chain within the context of the theory of the firm and provides evidence that the Supply Chain is more than a support function, it represents a key business activity to increase competitiveness providing the infrastructure for disruptive business model innovations. The overall result of the industry case study and the expert interviews is that digitalisation changes the possibilities in the Supply Chain configuration considerably. New Supply Chain configurations enabled by digitalisation have led to disruptive business model innovations, so that Supply Chain Management has become a key business activity because it is the basis of the reorganising of the relationship between the firm’s purchase markets, product development, manufacturing, distribution channels, and the consumer market. This development represents a restricted change at a lower level of business operations but a major one at the strategic level, with implications for the theory of the firm and the theory of a firm’s growth. In this regard, the main issues of future Supply Chain research may therefore be the challenges of delivering the right goods at the right time to the right location and how to deliver the right data regarding commodity flows to the right decision maker, within the right time. The Supply Chain department may gradually become a Value Chain Management department, the business model development department, at least in the industrial firm. However, the term management may be somewhat misleading in this context because management means controlling, implementing and supervising network-centric operations in which defined production processes, reporting, distribution processes and decisions almost always initiated by real-time POS data leading to a highly responsive value chain.

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Murray-Noel, Jeanelle Lemol. "Small Business Profitability Strategies in the Music Recording Industry." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6072.

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With the rise of digital technologies, consumers can stream music content, which has made it more difficult for music companies to be profitable. Small business owners in the music recording industry in the West Indies have found this trend particularly challenging, affecting their profitability. This multiple case study explored the adoption of disruptive technologies by small business owners in the music recording industry to increase profitability. The research population included 5 small business owners in the music recording industry in the West Indies who successfully adapted to the changes in the industry's business model and whose businesses are profitable. Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation served as the conceptual framework for this study. Data from face-to-face, semistructured, in-depth interviews, observations, and analysis of internal company documents were collected and triangulated. Within-case analysis was used to understand the general meaning of the participants' responses. Each case was described and themes were identified. Cross-case analysis was used to compare the 5 case descriptions and identify 5 cross-cutting themes. These 5 themes included focus on live performances, focus on marketing and building a brand, adopt innovations in all functions of the business, diversify income streams, and adopt vertical integration strategies. The implications for positive social change include the potential to increase the profitability of small businesses in the recording industry in the West Indies by sharing the strategies emerging from the study. Profitable businesses can lead to improved livelihoods of the small business owners and their families.

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Bergendal, Taghrid Sara. "P.S. I love you...and other growth hacking strategies used by disruptive tech start-ups : A case study on the relevance and enactment of growth hacking by Sweden's tech start-ups." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Medier och kommunikation, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-325969.

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Disruption innovation theory has been the zeitgeist for building globally disruptive tech companies since 1997. One decade later, disruptive tech start-ups are moving away from traditional marketing strategies in favour of growth hacking. There is a seemingly growing consensus by online tech experts, tech entrepreneurs, advisors and investors, that suggests that growth hacking is becoming increasingly important practice for disruption based tech start-ups. Furthermore, Sweden is becoming the Silicon Valley of the Nordics, producing more unicorns per capita than any other country in the world. This case study research is an investigation of the relevance and enactment of growth hacking by disruptive tech start-ups in Sweden. The main objective is to determine whether growth hacking is actually being used and how it is enacted by the start-ups. The goal is to explore how relevant this new term is, if it as popular as suggested in online literature and if so which growth hacks are being used. The study is conducted by carrying out a qualitative case study on five tech start-ups in Sweden: Fidesmo, a smart-chip payment system based on NFC technology that can be implanted into everyday objects such as watches, bracelets and cards, and that allows users to update and add new digital services as well as open doors or pay with a simple tap; TaskRunner, a geo-location based ‘help on demand’ platform that allows people to post ads for help with tasks while nearby task runners can bid to be hired to complete those tasks; Beleco, a unique marketplace for furniture rentals with a modern white-glove approach, that allows people to change or rent, rent-to-own or buy their furniture with the utmost ease; &frankly, a continuous tracking application software that helps create happier and productive workspaces by triggering and measuring engagement and surveys between employees and employers in a non-hierarchical manner; and Wunderino; a Malta-based online casino platform started by Swedish entrepreneurs with the goal of taking the traditional pressures associated with gambling away and replacing it with an element of fun and gaming. Empirical data collection consisted of the interviews and observational study of their innovation on their platform or website. The results were interpreted and contextualized within the disruption innovation theory framework. The results of the study reveal that growth hacking is relevant to disruptive tech start-ups, and is becoming increasingly important to them as their companies develop. Additionally the study reveals that growth hacking occurs organically within these start-up structures, already integrated into their marketing and strategy, without a separate or official definition of the practices. Additionally, growth hacking may have initially been seen as lower cost approach to marketing, however the research reveals that it is not lower cost if there isn’t someone who is highly technical on the founding team. Finally, the results reveal that growth hacking is not fully operationalized or defined as growth hacking to the extent of its popularity online and in popular texts, however it does lay on the horizon as a goal for tech start-ups.

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Waters, Eric Leftwich. "A Qualitative Analysis of African American Female High School Graduates' Perceptions of Participating in an Asynchronous Credit Recovery Program." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2010. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/76385.

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Educational Administration
Ed.D.
Asynchronous online credit recovery programs have been implemented in public schools across the United States for a variety of reasons. In this case, African American female students who are deficient in course credits towards high school graduation have taken advantage of this relatively new e-programming mechanism as a means to capture course credits that were lost during the course of a student's high school career. Female enrollees in the asynchronous credit recovery program are lacking in course credits due to course failure for reasons such as truancy, excessive absences, maternity, incarceration, employment, health associated and domestic related demands outside of school. Beyond the aforementioned, the school climate in terms of organization, discipline, safety, and supportive relationships plays a significant role towards student success or failure. Because African American females are positioned at the bottom of the ethno-gender stratum, concentration on African American females is vital to ensuring academic success in addition to their well being. The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate and ultimately understand the perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of a group of African American female graduates while enrolled in an asynchronous credit recovery program. The study was guided by the following research questions: How does enrollment in an asynchronous credit recovery program affect non-traditional African American female's perceptions of education? How does enrollment in an asynchronous credit recovery program affect the lives of non-traditional African American female student participants? What are the factors that contribute to the success of the non-traditional African American female student participants? Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, intense site immersion and observation, and thorough review of school district and student records. At the culmination of the data collection process, data analysis was conducted using the constant comparison method. Results from the data analysis revealed a reinvigorated perception of education as well as a reversal of lowered expectations, behaviors, standards, and attitudes while enrolled in the asynchronous credit recovery program. Enrollment in the asynchronous credit recovery program assuredly fostered academic success and strengthened the independent nature and identity formation of the African American female participants. Several of the implications for practice are: strengthening adult/student relationships; culturally relevant professional development exercises; consideration of a female centered curriculum; address the at-risk student population as early as elementary school; and continuing research on the effectiveness of asynchronous credit recovery programs.
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Smart, Shoup Valerie A. "One Hospital's Patient Satisfaction Plans in Response." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/332.

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Recent changes in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement programs resulted in $1 billion in payments to hospitals based on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores. Approximately 50% of the 3,000 hospitals currently receiving Medicare supplements may receive increases in reimbursement payments while 50% will receive decreases in payments. This case study explored how one hospital team in North Texas achieved high HCAHPS scores. The primary provider theory, Deming's model of plan-do-study-act (PDSA), and disruptive innovation theory framed the study. The data collection process included administrator interviews (n = 7), hospital document analysis (n = 13), and observations of staff conducting care (n = 8). Through method triangulation, themes emerged on the constructs required to achieve high HCAHPS scores. Themes included caregiver-patient interactions, hospital services, hospital environment, hospital technology, and hospital governance. Although this was a single case study, other healthcare leaders may explore the findings to determine how the information contained within might transfer to other healthcare organizations. Improved patient outcomes resulting from education, communication, and technology in the continuum of care might enhance the patient experience and patients' overall health and wellness.

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Lafferty, Susan. "The Australian Digital Theses Program and the theory of disruptive technologies : a case study /." Electronic version, 2003. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20040714.170215/index.html.

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Zih-MingJiang and 江子鳴. "A Review and Application of Disruptive Innovation Theory - Disruptive Classification Model." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47496616831716880114.

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Chen, Ying-Jhu, and 陳瀅竹. "Service Innovation through Social Network Sites-Social Network, Disruptive Innovation Theory Perspectives." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87910971499710778333.

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Liu, Pei-Hsuan, and 劉培瑄. "From The Disruptive Innovation Theory to Explore Innovative Optical Plastic Lens Molding Process." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/sb2eka.

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碩士
國立暨南國際大學
管理學院經營管理碩士學位學程碩士在職專班
105
As the fast development of technology and people’s dependence on the technology, there are a lof of technological innovation products in the market , such as consumer electronics, automobile electronics, surveillance electronics, intelligent robot, wearable electronics, sports electronics and smart home.Among the consumer products in wearable electronics, people are more interested in cell phone, digital camera and sports camera. Camera Lens is the inevitable parts of those produtcts. People are concerned about the camera lens quality, function and variety. In order to satisfy the consumer, camera lens manufacutrers are eager to enhance the optical lens quality and develope variety of optical lens.The key component of the camera lens is the optical lens element. Nowadays, the optical lens element is produced by injection molding machine. There are no other production processes for the lens element in the market. This research is focus on a new plastic molding production process in terms of Disruptive innovation theory and emphasize on the future development of the process. Through the analysis, we found out the following: 1. New plastic molding production process is a kind of Disruptive innovation 2. New plastic molding production process is a low-end disruption Based on the analysis, this research suggests the future strategy for the following researcher for more development.

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Chang, Chia-Chuan, and 張佳絹. "A Feasibility Study of FMC Service Using Theory of Disruptive innovation." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/d54rne.

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碩士
國立臺灣科技大學
資訊管理系
95
Previously, the telecommunication services can be clearly classified into two major categories, fixed line services and mobile services. There are many differences between them in operation model and user behavior. Fixed to Mobile Convergence (FMC), currently one of the crucial strategic issues in the telecommunications industry, is the way to connect the mobile phone to the fixed line infrastructure. Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) is the move towards the integration of fixed and mobile (wireline and wireless) technologies to give end users a preferred point of access to voice, data and multi-media, regardless of location, access technology and end-user device. New technology is redefining traditional network boundaries, while end-users are demanding much more services with low cost. The integration of fixed line services and mobile services is becoming the key trend in today’s telecommunications market. The Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance is a global alliance of several leading telecom operators whose objective is to accelerate the development of convergence products and services. Firstly, this paper introduces its previous experience and current status. Secondly, the focuses switch to the Taiwan’s telecomm industry. To better understand the customer behavior and regulation policy, this research adopts the PEST model. All the tier one telecommunication companies have bided for the right to operate WiMAX high-speed networks in Taiwan when the government auctions licenses in July 2007. Thirdly, these companies were treated as examples of “Theory of Disruptive innovation” by introducing customer with a lower-cost business model. Finally, by using Theory of Strategic Thrusts, this paper explains the opportunity and treats for both of the existing operators and new comers. The study result of this paper indicates Taiwan’s telecommunication will favor sustaining innovations. It stands for bring a better product into a established market by existing operators. The existing fixed line operators have already owned a substantial customer basis. The emerge of FMC gives them a very good opportunity to reduce revenue decline and shrinking business. The new comer will eventually become less competitive due to lack of financial resource and the nature of single product line. “The bigger, the stronger” concept still dominates the future Taiwan’s telecommunication structure Beside, the telecommunication business is highly controlled by government regulation. The convergence of the three sectors - telecommunications, broadcasting and information technologies and services is increasingly evident. National Communications Commission (NCC) assumes the role as an integrator and a regulator of the nation's telecommunications industry. One of the NCC’s main objectives is to enhance effective competition in the development of future FMC business.

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CHEN, XIAO-BIN, and 陳曉彬. "A Case Study of Disruptive Innovation Theory: Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4w3aks.

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碩士
國立臺灣科技大學
企業管理系
106
Based on Christensen's disruptive innovation theory, this study uses the litmus test and three-phase analysis framework to analyze Qihoo 360's case and identify whether it is disruptive innovation. This study finds that the development process of Qihoo 360 is the low-end market disruptive innovation. Qihoo 360 launched a 360 security guard to enter the low-end market by creating a completely different business model from traditional anti-virus software companies. Incumbent initially chose to ignore the 360 security guards, and eventually Qihoo 360 launched 360 antivirus that meets the needs of the mainstream market. The case studied in this study belongs to the security software industry, innovation cases in other software industries can be studied in the future.

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Wu, Shoei-muh, and 吳水木. "The Application of Disruptive Innovation Theory on the Business Strategies of Television & Digital Content Enterprises." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49713704236447162075.

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碩士
國立臺灣大學
高階公共管理組
94
This study is to discuss the business strategies of Taiwan’s TV & digital content entrepreneurs on the impact of “mega media Tide” under the environment of “Digital Convergence” &“Technic Integration”。 According to the analysis of bibliography of Innovation Theories，the researcher selects the “Disruptive Theory” of Clayton M. Christensen , Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth to interpret the competitive situation, variable footprints & winning strategies of TV & digital content enterprises. Facing to chaotic & flourishing digital TV & content markets, the business managers of digital convergence corporate ought to consider how to resolute the bottlenecks & obstacles of TV & Broad-band markets, They must satisfy consumers needs, wants & demands, otherwise they will fade away from the markets. This study is to prompt the businessmen of this market’s to develop potential consumers by using both low-hierarchy market’s disruptive innovations & new market’s disruptive innovations strategy. What’s the new opportunities of the innovation？ Where is the target audience of digital broadband service? This study by researching disruptive innovation theories and analyzing innovative cases, this thesis provides TV & digital contents managers with operation frameworks to assist business innovators for their furthermore success. It suggests ten new definitions of innovation which explain disruptive innovation with historical real examples that different from the former knowledge such as the most innovations are very fair, if you could give the new capacity or usage of resources you would be innovators if you could. Change the manufacture procedures or service process it should construct innovative behaviors. Both science & technical innovations & social or economic innovations are creative new resources. The Latter is more important & more influent than the former. Innovations are not high risk mission but the procedures of “resources enlargement”. The source of innovations are face to changes，& do changes etc. The conclusions of this thesis have two dimensions one is the innovations of consumer’s dimensions, which includes： 1.Demand-oriented consumers (needs, want & demands) 2.Value-oriented consumers.(basic, usage & add values) 3.Price-oriented consumers(Low，High & Free Prices) The other is managerial dimensions, which includes： 1.Focus on transaction technics (Product attributes & individual attributes) 2.Focus on operate services(Interactive, data base,& environment attribute services) The different strategies satisfy different consumers. This thesis also provides studying suggestions concerning Innovation strategies, in case, the researchers suggests two parts of individual innovative strategies the first is “TV programming arrangement strategies” which include 3 categories & 10 strategies. 1.sustaining Innovations： Stripe Programming（帶狀策略） Checkerboard Programming（棋盤策略） Hammocking Programming（吊床策略） Block Programming（區段策略） 2.New marketing disruptive innovations： Counter Programming（反向策略） Lead in Programming（導入策略） Tent-Poling Programming（帳棚策略） 3.Low-hierarchy marketing disruptive innovations： Stunting Programming（阻擾策略） Bridging Programming（橋樑策略） Head to head Programming（針鋒相對策略） The second is “Digital Broadband Pricing Strategies, which include 3 Categories & 13 strategies: 1.Sustaining Innovations： Flat Pricing（單價位策略） Priority Pricing（優先價位策略） Reservation Pricing（預定價位策略） Time of Day Pricing（時段差別價位策略） 2.New marketing disruptive innovations： Transport Auction（傳輸拍賣策略） Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation（動態頻寬策略） 3.Low hierarchy marketing disruptive innovations： Discriminate Pricing（差別定價策略） Quantity Discounts（數量折扣策略） Two-Part Tariff（二階段費率策略） Block Tariff（區段費率策略） A product line of Partial Substitutes（可替代性產品線定價策略） Bundle Pricing（組合定價策略） Temporal Price Discrimination（時間性差別定價策略） The other suggestions of this paper are concerned with integrating synergy strategy of TV & Digital content corporations, which include： 1.Flexibility & High-vision strategy. 2.Value & new Segmentation strategy. 3.Preemption & Marketing pacemaker strategy. 4.Organizational Learning & Team-development strategy. 5.Struggle-up & Competiveness Strategy. This study also notices & mentions “7 passive existent innovative opportunities”： 1.to manipulate the accident issues. 2.to find the incongruity between markets. 3.to prompt the necessary innovation which is based on procedure creativeness. 4.to understand the variabilities of industries & marketing structure. 5.to utilize the mobilization of marketing populations according to survey & statistics. 6.to consider the consumer’s motivated emotion & value-viewpoints. 7.to absorb new knowledge. Studying, searching & finding” All possible innovative opportunities” by filtering “ideal funnel” to dismiss the quantity and guaranty the quality of innovations is important. Do the best & be the first with sophiscated thought & foresight vision the innovator-especially disruptive innovators is the “Last winner among TV & digital content providers.

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Hsu, Yu-Chun, and 許毓純. "To Explore the Dynamics of Tablet PC and Notebook-from the Perspective of Disruptive Innovation Theory." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04102403121295784401.

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國立雲林科技大學
企業管理系
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In order to understand the dynamic of the tablet computer and notebook computer in the post-PC era, this study adopted the case study method to collect and analyze the secondary data specific to the study objects of Apple’s tablet computers and notebook computers, Samsung’s tablet computers and Lenovo’s notebook computers. It then constructed Study Model 1 and Study Model 2 according to the disruptive innovation theory proposed by Christensen and Adner: 1.Study Model 1--trying to understand the evolution process of the tablet computer and notebook computer through the performance evolution of the ARM-based processor and Intel-based processor; 2.Study Model 1--using the product attributes of “portability” and “functionality” to explore the technology trajectories of the tablet computer and notebook computer. 　　According to the results, as speculated from the perspective of processor industry, the tablet computer is cannibalizing the low-order notebook computer market; however, it is learned from the dynamics of the technology trajectories that the notebook computer is trying to fight back and invade the tablet computer market. In short, the tablet computer and notebook computer will compete for the intermediate market. The theoretical contribution of this study lies in the modification to the model proposed by Adner and the practical contribution is the provision of corresponding strategies that would be taken by the incumbents when facing the threat of the newcomers.

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Fu, Tzu-chen, and 傅子宸. "A Design Study on the Category Representation of Instant Messenger User Interface based on the Disruptive Innovation Theory." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38966447310670234450.

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國立臺灣科技大學
設計研究所
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With the rapid development of Internet technology, the communication platforms among humans are no longer problems that might be caused by the distance, communication, and emotional aspects of the interaction gap. Also with the popularity of Internet and Instant Messaging, humans will expect to have new information from the Instant Messaging when they turn on the computer. Therefore, the information on the Internet brings convenient life, creates a network communication system, and acts as an important channel for interpersonal communication. In this research study, the relevant literature was explored and summarized to help understand human communication patterns and the development of Internet instant messaging. In this study, the author adopts quantitative experiment and statistical analysis to investigate the problems encountered by the general user when using the Instant Messaging. Further suggestions and improvements were provided as well. A pilot study was first conducted in this study by analyzing three major IM products of current market, i.e., the "MSN live Messenger", "Yahoo! Messenger" and "Skype". The generated results revealed that: (1) The usability of Skype user interface still can be improved. (2) The task process and methods of Instant Messenger still can be enhanced. (3) To the general public, there are some unfamiliar features in the Instant Messenger. More designs also can be done to improve its user friendliness. Because the "MSN Live Messenger", "Yahoo! Messenger" and "Skype" are the three major IM software in the market and their the Interface operating logic is based on the first selected object from its function dialog box, we may use them for pilot study purpose. Users who have the biggest criticism for their user interface designs is that too many additional features is located in a dialog box which may easily lead to complex visual attention. Therefore, this study use the results generated from the pilot study regarding category representation styles to help design three function-oriented experiment samples, i.e., "whole category representation mode", "half category representation mode" and "mixed category representation mode". This study also adopts the disruptive innovation theory to help break down the products in the existing market for a more simple, convenient, and escape from the traditional interface design rationale without losing the interface design purpose and fun. The results generated from this study revealed that: (1) The user interface designed based on the function-oriented method can help reduce users' visual complexity. The function of dialog box can be significantly improved. (2) The overall task performance is that the "whole category representation" of interface design works significantly better than the "half category representation mode" and the "mixed category representation mode. (3) Although the three groups of interface samples show no difference on SUS scale and subjective self-assessment, the " whole category representation mode" tends to have higher appreciations by the participants. (4) In the Internet social networking, the IM software can Integrate other different functions within one platform, the Icon design approach allows the user to manage the category easily which lead to better interface performance.

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吳秉宏. "Construct a product development conceptual model applicable with traditional and agile project management using the disruptive innovation theory." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5bu363.

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碩士
逢甲大學
專案管理碩士在職專班
105
This study aims at the conceptual model for project management in product development. It’s in connection with the disruptive innovation theory, which are based on three different types of marketing as High-End Sustaining Innovations, New-Market Disruptions, Low-End Disruptions. 1.High-End Sustaining Innovations:Be applicable to adaptability、value-orientated agile project management methodology. 2.New-Market Disruptions:Be applicable to combining traditional and agile project management methodologies. 3.Low-End Disruptions:Be applicable to predictability、plan-orientated traditional project management methodology. The method used in combining traditional and agile project management is known as following:According to the leading function of a product, the project starts with the traditional project management approach. Therefore, the subsidiary function will be restricted to the limited resources and term with the agile project management method. That is to say, Using the plan-orientated traditional project management method to project the schedule of leading function product development. However, the timely production of subsidiary function is prompted by the feature of the iterative feedback in value-orientated agile project management method.

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Chen, Hung-Hsuan, and 陳弘軒. "Competition between OTT TV and the Incumbent Pay TV in the Video Service Market: A Perspective from Disruptive Innovation Theory." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5yt7xt.

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國立政治大學
廣播電視學系
107
The subversive wave of OTT TV disruptive innovation has been changing the rules of market competition for the incumbent television media in Taiwan. In order to explore the competition strategies of both OTT TV and the incumbent Pay TV in the Taiwanese video service market, this study from the point of view of disruptive innovation theory considers the question of how OTT TV develops the model of disruptive innovation in the Taiwanese market. It also examines not only how the Pay TV in Taiwan responds and is in turn transformed, but also the impact that illegal piracy has on OTT TV disruptive innovation in Taiwan as well as the conflicts that subsequently arise. This study utilizes numerous literature reviews and in-depth interviews with nine professionals in the industry-government-university field, in order to compare and analyze multiple cases of OTT TV and the incumbent Pay TV. In light of discussions on disruptive innovation theory, the researcher thereby focuses on both OTT TV and the incumbent Pay TV in Taiwan to propose strategic suggestions, with government policy to counter piracy being targeted. Through the analysis of the literature review and the many interviews, the study crystallizes three major findings. First of all, OTT TV has created opportunities for disruptive growth in both “new markets” and “low-end markets” in Taiwan. IQIYI and LiTV, for instance, have respectively employed different disruptive innovation models to enter the Taiwanese market. However, OTT TV has not found a “profitable business model” in Taiwan. Therefore, a key to success for OTT TV disruptive innovation is concerned with how to connect multi-sided markets and create a platform revolution to encourage users to take big strides towards higher levels of consumer demand. Secondly, apart from considering the factors associated with market competition in disruptive innovation in the Taiwanese market, OTT TV also has to take into account non-market factors. The most critical of these among other things is “illegal offshore piracy,” which has severely impacted the Taiwanese OTT TV practitioners’ motives of disruptive innovation and their entrepreneurial capabilities. Thus, the study recommends that the government deploy multiple solution methods as soon as possible and adopt the three regulatory models of administration, the judicature and government counseling to ensure a friendly and fair competitive environment to encourage innovation in the Taiwanese OTT TV market. Thirdly, in response to the disruptive attack of OTT TV, the Taiwanese incumbent Pay TV firms, such as Kbro and Chunghwa Telecom, have already entered the battle over OTT TV and proposed a hybrid approach to sustain innovation, which combines Pay TV and OTT TV. Meanwhile, in order to absorb OTT TV, both firms also respectively employ different strategic approaches and models of organizational transformation to achieve a balance between old and new businesses and resource integration. Looking forward to the future, the incumbent Taiwanese Pay TV must seriously consider the question of how to re-locate its core business and open up as a disruptor in the blue ocean market of OTT TV. Keywords: disruptive innovation, platform strategy, OTT TV, cable television, IPTV, piracy

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"The Australian Digital Theses Program and the Theory of Disruptive Technologies : A case study." University of Technology, Sydney. Department of Information Systems, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2100/335.

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The Theory of Disruptive Technologies put forward by Clayton Christensen in 1997 has attracted significant attention. This case study tests the hypothesis that the theory is generalisable to new situations. It uses datasource triangulation by using document, statistical and interview analyses (including investigator triangulation) to apply the Theory to Australian Digital Theses Program (ADT) and finds that the Program may indeed be a disruptive technology in relation to academic libraries, universities and to the publishing industry. However, it has greater potential to be disruptive in the latter, and to be a sustaining technology, as defined by the Theory, in relation to libraries and universities.

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G-Egziabher, Negassi Yosseph. "Generic inhibitors to conserve and transform traditional technologies : the case of Ethiopia." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22250.

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Traditional technologies are revelations of knowledge, skill, and wisdom of ancestors that have been used to facilitate and enhance the performance of socio-economic activities, overcome environmental challenges, and magnify symbolic presentations of cultural and spiritual engagements. Traditional technologies are still practiced in many communities despite the strides made in the advancement of modern technologies. The socio-economic significance of traditional technologies in the context of Ethiopia is even more profound. There are hardly social, economic, and spiritual activities that are not, directly or indirectly, influenced by the application of traditional technologies. The irony is, however, they are not appreciated and conserved in spite that they have been proving a sustained significance across generations while, to the contrary, modern technologies are even staggering to outlive the stage of product introduction. Although still proving to be useful, traditional technologies have been marginalized as if they are symbols of backwardness belonging to the past as irrelevant to the modern day settings. It was, therefore, the urge to look into this dilemma that became the basis for the initiation to conduct a research on the captioned topic. The study has endeavored to address how traditional technologies, specifically that of Ethiopia, are able to sustain contrary to extant theoretical predictions of technologies, and investigate why they have been deterred from getting the conservation and transformation they deserve in spite of the socio-economic significant role they have continued to play as capitulated in the statement of the problem. In addressing the statement of the problem, the paradigm of the world outlook within which the research was situated is found to be related to the Critical Theory paradigm. As a result, a qualitative research methodology based on a case study design was framed and a longitudinal field study on the sampled cases was conducted. The data generated from the study were ix filtered, coded, organized, categorized, and ultimately analyzed and interpreted using apparent analytic models until saturated and triangulated findings were established. Accordingly, the core constructs that has been defining the fate of traditional technologies were induced and their impact in deterring or promoting the conservation and transformation of traditional technologies were synthesized. Based on the outcomes of data analysis and interpretation, appropriate methods of reshaping the societal attitude and orientation in terms of conserving and transforming traditional practices are proposed as induced recommendations ultimately requiring a timely intervention.
Business Management
D. Litt. et Phil. (Business Leadership)

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