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technology S-curve: a standalone construct

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technologyS-curve1 CONSTRUCTTechnology S-curveCHRISTENSEN · INNOVATION

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Innovation management

the pattern in which a technology's performance improves slowly, then rapidly, then levels off as it nears its natural limits relative to engineering effort.

In innovation management, technology S-curve refers to the pattern in which a technology's performance improves slowly, then rapidly, then levels off as it nears its natural limits relative to engineering effort. This meaning comes from Christensen (1992) in Production and Operations Management.[1]

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effort2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructsinnovation6 fields · 11 citationsjingle · one name, six constructsnatural3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

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  1. Christensen, C. M. (1992). Exploring the Limits of the Technology S‐curve. Part I: Component Technologies. Production and Operations Management, 1(4), 334-357. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1937-5956.1992.tb00001.x

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