How incremental innovation becomes disruptive: the case of technology convergence
Summary. This paper challenges the static distinction between incremental and disruptive innovation by showing how convergence of multiple well-established technologies can create disruptive effects. Using mobile telecommunications operators as a case study, the authors demonstrate that incremental improvements across separate technologies can combine to produce market disruption. They argue that understanding this convergence mechanism helps firms manage strategy and technology planning in uncertain environments where disruptive change emerges.
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Hacklin, F., Raurich, V., & Marxt, C.. (2005). How incremental innovation becomes disruptive: the case of technology convergence. https://doi.org/10.1109/iemc.2004.1407070
Hacklin, Fredrik, et al. “How incremental innovation becomes disruptive: the case of technology convergence.” 2005. https://doi.org/10.1109/iemc.2004.1407070.
Hacklin, Fredrik, V. Raurich, and Christian Marxt. 2005. “How incremental innovation becomes disruptive: the case of technology convergence.” https://doi.org/10.1109/iemc.2004.1407070.
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title = {How incremental innovation becomes disruptive: the case of technology convergence},
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year = {2005},
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- 10.1109/iemc.2004.1407070
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- Switzerland
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- Europe
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- innovation-theory, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28