Abstract
Disruptive technologies disrupt not because no one sees them coming, nor because of their technical superiority, but because something in their balance of price and performance meets a social or consumer need, with the result that they displace an established way of meeting market demand. Disruption then, is as much about society as it is about technology, although the two are inextricably intertwined.
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Hughes, P.M., Cosier, G. Whose Power is it Anyway?. BT Technology Journal 19, 35–39 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013722328116
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013722328116