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WorksheetsMC U3 R4 Disruptive Innovation
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Paragraph number (a) Businesses are sometimes unsuccessful because they focus too much on improving their own products and not enough on potential outside threats.
Paragraph number (a) Digital reference tools eventually meant the end of print encyclopedias.
Paragraph number (a) Social media companies have embraced disruptive innovation and are influencing the way businesses function.
Paragraph number (a) The theory of disruptive innovation may explain why popular technology falls out of use.
Paragraph number (a) Digital products have pushed aside print ones, forcing many traditional companies to close their doors.
Why does the term disruptive innovation have a negative connotation?
“Disruptive” and “innovation” do not make sense when the words are combined.
Disruption implies that older products no longer have a place in our society.
In general, disruption causes problems.
It indicates that consumers will have bad experiences.
What conclusions did Clayton Christensen reach in his study of disruptive innovation? Choose all that apply.
Some companies miss opportunities because they only focus on existing products.
New, innovative products are not necessarily expensive.
Companies should not spend money on research and development.
The computer industry changed dramatically because mainframes became obsolete.
How did the print version of Encyclopaedia Britannica differ from Wikipedia? Choose all that apply.
It was cheaper.
It was heavier.
It was more extensive.
It was harder to update.
What can you infer about nonprofit organizations?
Most of their donors do not use social media.
They get most of their funding from government grants.
They don’t spend a lot of money building their websites.
They have generally reacted more slowly than businesses to disruptive innovation.
Nonprofit organizations can benefit from using social media
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following does the writer think might next be affected by disruptive innovation?
Music stores
Banking
Education
Automative Industry
What is true about disruptive innovation?
It has both advantages and disadvantages.
It does not happen frequently.
It is mostly seen in social media technology.
It is so powerful that it will force out all the old technology.
complete the chunk: (a) connotation
complete the chunk: (a) executives
complete the chunk: at the (a) of
complete the chunk: the (a) picture
complete the sentence with a chunk: Many energy entrepreneurs believe that our dependence on oil and gas will soon be (a) .
Find the word: difficult to do or manage; taking a lot of time and effort (adj) Par. 5 (a)
Find the word: to accept with enthusiasm (v) Par. 7 (a)
Noun form of 'disruptive': (a)
