Technology fusion involves a transformation of core technologies through a combination process facilitated by technological advances such as the phone and the Internet, which ensure that labs are no longer isolated.[1] This results in profitable advances that can be made cheaply by combining knowledge from different fields, companies, industries, and geographies.[1] The technological fusion is distinguished from the so-called breakthrough approach, which is the linear technological development that replaces an older generation of technology through its focus on combining existing technologies into hybrid products that can revolutionize markets.[2]
Fusion
The fusion of technologies goes beyond mere combination. Fusion is more than complementarism, because it creates a new market and new growth opportunities for each participant in the innovation. It blends incremental improvements from several (often previously separate) fields to create a product.[3]
An example is the fusion of mechanical and electronic engineering to create mechatronics. There is also the case of fusing chemical and electronics technology to produce the Liquid Crystal display (LCD) technology.[4]
External links
- Collaborative Business Exchange and Technology Fusion: The Japanese Approach, Shapira, Philip; School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.
References
- ^ a b Phillips, Fred (2013). Market-Oriented Technology Management: Innovating for Profit in Entrepreneurial Times. Berlin: Springer. pp. 21. ISBN 9783642074561.
- ^ Kodama, Fumio (1992-07-01). "Technology Fusion and the New R&D". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ^ Kodama, Fumio (September 1991). Analyzing Japanese High Technologies: The Techno-Paradigm Shift. Thomson Learning. ISBN 978-0-86187-835-2.
- ^ Kim, Junmo (2005). R&D and Economy in Korea: With Selected Multinational Cases & Theories. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse. p. 111. ISBN 9780595375257.