Which of the Following Will NOT Help an Established Company

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following will NOT help an established company in addressing the potential challenge of a disruptive technology?

• A) Access to knowledge about how disruptive technologies can revolutionize markets
• B) Investing in newly emerging technologies that may ultimately become disruptive technologies
• C) Separating out the disruptive technology and creating an autonomous operating division solely for this new technology
• D) Asking customers if they are interested in the new technology
• E) Understanding that a disruptive technology will require a radically different value chain with a different cost structure

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Definitions:

Symbolic Self-Completion Theory

A psychological theory suggesting that people who have an incomplete self-definition in a certain area strive to acquire social symbols associated with the desired identity to appear complete.

Extended Self

The concept that individuals define themselves in part by their possessions and the environment around them, reflecting their identity and personal values.

Extended Self

A concept that suggests individuals define themselves not just by their internal thoughts and feelings but also through their possessions and environment.

Actual Self

An individual's perception of themselves as they realistically are in the present.