Chapter 05 Self-Test

Which of these is a potential source of innovation?

  

Copying someone else's idea and developing it further

  

The outcome of a programme of laboratory experiments

  

Listening to 'voice of the customer' to identify needs

  

All of the above



Innovation always requires a formal R&D department - true or false?

   True
   False


'Extreme users' cannot be a source of innovation ideas because their needs and concerns lie outside the mainstream - true or false?

   True
   False


Government regulation always stifles innovation - true or false?

   True
   False


'Open innovation' is:

  

a new version of a golf championship

  

an approach which emphasises knowledge flows in and out of organizations

  

a new design for car doors

  

a new kind of lottery



New product innovation always involves 'new to the world' products - true or false?

   True
   False


'Blue ocean' refers to:

  

novel techniques in oceanography

  

a brand innovation for the fishing industry

  

a strategic approach to search for innovation opportunities

  

a new rum-based cocktail



Necessity is always the 'mother of invention' - innovations always arise in response to need - true or false?

   True
   False


Which of these 'Ps' does not offer opportunities for innovation?

  

Product

  

Process

  

Perfume

  

Paradigm



Users are always passive consumers of innovations created by others - true or false?

   True
   False




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