When USB Flash Drives Started Becoming Popular, Customers Stopped Purchasing

question 66

Multiple Choice

When USB flash drives started becoming popular, customers stopped purchasing CDs. As a result, USB flash drives almost completely replaced CDs in the market and became the accepted market standard for storage devices. In the context of innovation streams, this scenario best illustrates _____.

• A) a dominant design
• B) the compression approach to innovation
• C) the experiential approach to innovation
• D) a design iteration

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Definitions:

Fixed Capital Input

Assets and resources used in production that are not consumed or changed and can be used repeatedly over time, such as machinery and buildings.

Variable Labor Input

Labor whose usage level can be changed in the short term to match the level of output production.

Lowest Cost Level

The point at which a business can produce its goods or services at the minimum possible cost.

Average Total

The sum of all the costs of production (fixed and variable) divided by the total quantity produced; often referred to as average total cost.