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technological discontinuity: a standalone construct

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Innovation management

a breakthrough that dramatically advances the price-performance frontier and either enhances or destroys incumbents' competences.

In innovation management, technological discontinuity refers to a breakthrough that dramatically advances the price-performance frontier and either enhances or destroys incumbents' competences. This meaning comes from Tushman (1986) in Administrative Science Quarterly.[1]

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References

Tushman, M. L., & Anderson, P. (1986). Technological Discontinuities and Organizational Environments. Administrative Science Quarterly, 31(3), 439. https://doi.org/10.2307/2392832

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