Quiz 3

Question 1

Firms are including actors involved in standardization process into their ecosystem in order to:

Answer 1

Define the quality criteria of their product

Question 2

To lower the dependency on hardly available complementary assets, the technology developer can:

Answer 2

Develop partnerships with key asset owners

Question 3

Managers should be involved in capturing value from technology either to increase appropriability or to:

Answer 3

Lower dependency to complementary assets

Question 4

The technology-business ecosystem of Procter & Gamble contains:

Answer 4

More than 12 categories of players

Question 5

A technology-driven business environment can be designed starting with:

Answer 5

2 categories of ecosystems

Question 6

D.TEECE has developed a model to explain why techno-leaders:

Answer 6

Fail to capture economic value from tech

Question 7

The complementary assets issue invites technology developers to connect with:

Answer 7

Emerging business ecosystems

Question 8

To reinforce its competitive positioning the technology leader should reduce both:

Answer 8

Imitability and cost of complementary assets

Question 9

To lower the cost of complementary assets, the technology developer can:

Answer 9

Maximize the technology ROI on niche markets

Question 10

The more easily and rapidly imitable a technology is the more

Answer 10

Complementary assets are determinants

Question 11

Making complementary assets more freely available in Teece’s matrix can be achieved by actions like:

Answer 11

The innovator acquires the owner of assets

Question 12

General Electric is building and nurturing an ecosystem of start-ups in order to:

Answer 12

Prepare its entry on the “off the grid” market

Question 13

To reinforce its competitive positioning, the technology leader can reduce imitability by:

Answer 13

Maintaining a technological lead-time

Question 14

If imitability is low and complementary assets tightly available then technology leader

Answer 14

Find it difficult to make profit

Question 15

The Silicon Valley ecosystem is a reference model in terms of:

Answer 15

Technology and innovation ecosystem

Question 16

Teece’s matrix is a tool that allows to understand

Answer 16

The tech leader competitive position

Question 17

Technology and innovation ecosystems includes the following categories of actors:

Answer 17

Research excellence, leading firms, investors

Question 18

NEST has been commercialized with quite a success which provides:

Answer 18

Google with data about thousands families

Question 19

Teece has highlighted two determinants of value capture from technology

Answer 19

Appropriability and complementary assets

Question 20

The appropriability regime issue invites technology to connect with:

Answer 20

Innovation ecosystem

Question 21

From a leading innovative firm, technology-driven emerging business ecosystems are based mainly upon:

Answer 21

4 categories of actors

Question 22

In the Teece’s framework, leading firms are building close relationship with start-ups in order to gain:

Answer 22

An early understanding of an emerging market

Question 23

Managers should play key roles in capturing value from technology that can be split into:

Answer 23

Two streams of actions

Question 24

The connected thermostat for end consumers is a business where:

Answer 24

The owner of complementary assets has won

Question 25

Complementary assets needed to spread technology include:

Answer 25

Manufacturing and sales capabilities

Question 26

To reduce risks related to the appropriability regime of innovation, the innovator can:

Answer 26

Control key resources like rare knowledge

Question 27

A no winner situation in Teece’s

Answer 27

The innovation will not be a source of profits