SPIS Flashcards
What are the steps in innovation?
Discovery
Innovate or accidental observation.
Invention
the generation of a new idea, concept, or device.
Innovation
invention + commercialization, or bringing into use
Design
The process/ plan of making things/ services
Diffusion
the spreading / adoption of innovation
What are some reasons for innovation?
New ways of serving existing markets
Growing new markets
Improving operations
Changing social practices
What makes innovation possible according to Goffin and Mitchell?
- Technological advances
- changing customer needs
- strategic intent
- changing business environment
- intensified competition
What are the types of innovation according to the 4P model?
paradigm, product, position, process
What are the steps of Idea-generation according to Perry-Smith and Manucci 2018?
- generation
- elaboration
- championing
- implementing
What is the Assimilation perspective on service innovation?
o New technology is the main driver of service innovation
o Same approaches as innovation literature
o Service firms are passive recipients from other sectors
What is the Demarcation perspective in service innovation?
o Service innovation is fundamentally different from
product innovation
o Service industry has specific needs/values regarding
customer interactions, non-technological aspects,
organizational knowledge (e.g. tourism, health care,
retailing)
What is the synthesis perspective on service innovation?
Innovations result from service-product combinations
creating new practices
What is the definition of service innovation according to Wittel et al 2016?
- A new service or such a renewal of an existing
service - put into practice
- adds value (internalized)
- the renewal must be new not only to its customers,
but in a broader context
What is customer experience?
It is about how the service is being delivered as opposed to what is being delivered
Why is it helpful to evaluate service innovation from the perspective of Social practice theory?
This perspective allows us to explore
o …how a services emerges, develops and ceases
o co-creation
o … the relation between service innovation and societal change
o … innovation as an ongoing, not a one-off process
What are the different perspectives of understanding action and change?
- highlighting agency
- highlighting external forces
- highlighting social practices (a combination of the two above)
What is the theory of structuration (Anthony Giddens, 1984)
agency (individual interest, choice, decision) shapes structure (rules, meaning, resources) which shapes agency
What are the elements constituting social practices?
- Materials
- Meaning
- Competences
What are the conceptual underpinnings of social practice theory?
- Configuration and connection between different elements
- Doings (only form when performed repeatedly)
- Carriers (individuals are carriers of a practice)