Incremental Innovation versus Discontinuous Innovation: An Analysis of the Fuzzy Front End
Companies innovate to increase revenues or reduce costs. The literature identifies two types of innovation approaches: incremental innovation, when an enterprise uses and “exploits” its current competencies, and radical innovation, which points out a company’s need to develop and “explore” new comp...
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Companies innovate to increase revenues or reduce costs. The literature identifies two types of innovation approaches: incremental innovation, when an enterprise uses and “exploits” its current competencies, and radical innovation, which points out a company’s need to develop and “explore” new competencies. In product design and development through discontinuous innovation, fuzzy front end (ffe)— the most critical stage due to the difficulty of understanding and articulating the opportunities detected—has a decisive impact. Thus, through literature analysis, this reflective article allows a deeper understanding of ffe from two dimensions: i) Degree of innovation—incremental innovation vs. discontinuous innovation— and ii) Time—a project stage. To that end, we propose a framework of reference for ffe construct. The results enable academia to reduce the gap around the ffe construct and companies involved in innovation projects to better understand the nature of a project according to the degree of innovation of a new product, as well as how to proceed in order to reduce uncertainties; insights that could ultimately increase the chances of a new product becoming successful.
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| spelling | doaj.art-470478365e6b48e1a0c82852a10a90782023-09-22T16:10:46ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaInnovar: Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales0121-50512248-69682023-08-01349210.15446/innovar.v34n92.101160Incremental Innovation versus Discontinuous Innovation: An Analysis of the Fuzzy Front EndJovany Uribe Ocampo0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5382-4543Paulo Carlos Kaminski1Universidade de São Paulo Escola PolitécnicaUniversidade de São Paulo Escola Politécnica Companies innovate to increase revenues or reduce costs. The literature identifies two types of innovation approaches: incremental innovation, when an enterprise uses and “exploits” its current competencies, and radical innovation, which points out a company’s need to develop and “explore” new competencies. In product design and development through discontinuous innovation, fuzzy front end (ffe)— the most critical stage due to the difficulty of understanding and articulating the opportunities detected—has a decisive impact. Thus, through literature analysis, this reflective article allows a deeper understanding of ffe from two dimensions: i) Degree of innovation—incremental innovation vs. discontinuous innovation— and ii) Time—a project stage. To that end, we propose a framework of reference for ffe construct. The results enable academia to reduce the gap around the ffe construct and companies involved in innovation projects to better understand the nature of a project according to the degree of innovation of a new product, as well as how to proceed in order to reduce uncertainties; insights that could ultimately increase the chances of a new product becoming successful. https://168.176.5.108/index.php/innovar/article/view/101160Fuzzy Front EndProduct DevelopmentHigh degree of innovationIncremental InnovationRadical Innovation |
| spellingShingle | Jovany Uribe Ocampo Paulo Carlos Kaminski Incremental Innovation versus Discontinuous Innovation: An Analysis of the Fuzzy Front End Innovar: Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales Fuzzy Front End Product Development High degree of innovation Incremental Innovation Radical Innovation |
| title | Incremental Innovation versus Discontinuous Innovation: An Analysis of the Fuzzy Front End |
| title_full | Incremental Innovation versus Discontinuous Innovation: An Analysis of the Fuzzy Front End |
| title_fullStr | Incremental Innovation versus Discontinuous Innovation: An Analysis of the Fuzzy Front End |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incremental Innovation versus Discontinuous Innovation: An Analysis of the Fuzzy Front End |
| title_short | Incremental Innovation versus Discontinuous Innovation: An Analysis of the Fuzzy Front End |
| title_sort | incremental innovation versus discontinuous innovation an analysis of the fuzzy front end |
| topic | Fuzzy Front End Product Development High degree of innovation Incremental Innovation Radical Innovation |
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