Disruptive Technology for Significant Performance Enhancement

Disruptive Technology

The term "disruptive technology" as coined by Christensen (1997) refers to a new technology having lower cost and performance measured by traditional criteria, but having higher ancillary performance. Christensen finds that disruptive technologies may enter and expand emerging market niches, improving with time and ultimately attacking established products in their traditional markets. This con...

Nano-technology: a Disruptive Technology?

Disruptive Devices: Mobile Technology for Conversational Learning

Learners can command an increasing range of mobile technologies that have the potential to support learning anytime anywhere, but also to disrupt the carefully managed environment of the classroom. This paper outlines a theory of learning as conversation that can provide a framework for the design of mobile networked technology for learning. It describes a prototype device based on a pen tablet...

“Disruptive” Applications of GPGPU Technology

GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) are gaining a foothold in various industries to accelerate several types of applications, comprising a potential disruptive technology [1] in computing; that is, one capable of creating a new area of development. Well-known examples include image processing [2], linear algebra [3], and protein folding [4]. These application areas are extrapolations of applicatio...

Disruptive Technology or Visionary Leadership?

C hristensen’s (1997) thesis of disruptive technology has been highly praised and popular with managers. Two of its premises are important and insightful. These deal with the performance path of a disruptive technology and its impact on dominant incumbents who ignore it in favor of listening to their current consumers. However, Christensen’s thesis also suffers from limitations, two of which ar...