Start Date
15-2-2017 4:00 PM
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Wearable technology is on the cutting edge of today’s consumer market, combining two ever-changing industries: fashion and technology. Deepika Raj, a doctoral candidate at the University of Missouri at Columbia, posed the question is wearable technology a diffusion of innovation or a disruption of innovation? In other words, she questions whether wearable technology is a natural progression of the market, or a cause of a disturbance in today’s market through replacement of its competitors.
Wearable Technology: Disruptive or Diffusion of Innovation?
Wearable technology is on the cutting edge of today’s consumer market, combining two ever-changing industries: fashion and technology. Deepika Raj, a doctoral candidate at the University of Missouri at Columbia, posed the question is wearable technology a diffusion of innovation or a disruption of innovation? In other words, she questions whether wearable technology is a natural progression of the market, or a cause of a disturbance in today’s market through replacement of its competitors.
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Summary by Nicole Dee-Collins.