Innovation Defined By Joyce Wycoff The following definitions are gleaned from a Google search.

Words indicating value are highlighted in red and there are a few editorial comments in parentheses and italicized.

1. Innovation is the introduction of new ideas, goods, services, and practices which are
intended to be useful though a number of unsuccessful innovations can be found throughout history!.. en.wi"ipedia.org#wi"i#Innovation 2. Introduction of a new idea into the mar"etplace in the form of a new product or service or an improvement in organization or processwww.business.gov#phases#launching#are$you$ready#glossary.html 3. % new idea, method or device. The act of creating a new product or process. The act includes invention as well as the wor" re&uired to bring an idea or concept into final form. www.shapetomorrow.com#resources#i.html 4. 'reating value out of new ideas, new products, new services or new ways of doing things. www.sottish(enterprise.com#sedotcom$home#help#help(glossary.htm 5. )omething new or improved, including research for *! development of new technologies, +! refinement of e,isting technologies, or -! development of new applications for e,isting technologies. grants.nih.gov#grants#funding#phs-./#instructions+#p-$definitions.htm 6. % novel, beneficial change in art or practice. guide.stanford.edu#TTran#%ir#glossary.html 7. The creation or introduction of something new, especially a new product or a new way of producing something. www(personal.umich.edu#0alandear#glossary#i.html 8. To introduce something new. www.abheritage.ca#abinvents#glossary.htm 9. Innovation is the process of converting "nowledge and ideas into better ways of doing business or into new or improved products and services that are valued by the community. The innovation process incorporates research and development, commercialisation and technology diffusion. www.smartstate.&ld.gov.au#strategy#strategy12$*2#glossary.shtm 10. The application of ideas that are new, regardless of whether the new ideas are embodied in products, processes or services, or in wor" organisation, management or mar"eting systems. www.innovation.sa.gov.au#sti#a/$publish#modules#publish#content.asp 11. The act of introducing something new and significantly different. . (JW: New idea: all cars should have square wheels. Is that an innovation?) www.economicadventure.org#teachers#glossary$dec.cfm 12. a newly introduced practice or method intended to improve the current practice www.mywhatever.com#cifwriter#content#33#43+1.html 13. The creation, development and implementation of a new product, process or service, with the aim of improving efficiency, effectiveness or competitive advantage. Innovation may apply to products, services, manufacturing processes, managerial processes or the design of an organisation. It is most often viewed at a product or process level, where product innovation satisfies a customer5s needs and process innovation improves efficiency and effectiveness. ... www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz#templates#6age$$$$31.asp, 14. the process of adopting a new thing, idea, or behavior pattern into a culture. farahsouth.cgu.edu#dictionary# 15. Innovation is introducing an object as if it were new. JW: It doesnt really have to be new we can just retend it is?) oregonstate.edu#instruct#anth-71#gloss.html

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16. % new idea, method or device. 8ne of the most overused nouns in the business vocabulary today. With all of this innovation going on, why aren5t more people satisfied with their logistics operations9! We are counting the days until we hear the buzzword :re( innovation.: www.logisticsfocus.com#Glossary#glossary(i.asp 17. Innovation is an evolutionary process of increasing the capability to apply a technology, applying in new conte,ts, e,panding the capability of a technology aor improving the capability of a product. www.ee.wits.ac.za#0ecsa#gen#g(14.htm 18. ;%n idea, practice, or ob<ect that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption= JW: !nit o" ado tion? ... is that so#ethin$ li%e a customer?) >ogers, *..2, p. **!. %n innovation is a more focused concept than research and usually implies that the research has been translated in some way into a concrete form. %n innovation is not necessarily research(based? www.nursing.ualberta.ca#"usp#>@)tudy+#Glossary.htm 19. Innovation is creating something that others want. JW: I want bread. &oes that #ean bread is an innovation?) www.sas"JW?gov.s".ca#curr$content#entre-1#helppages#glossary#glossary.html 20. Innovation definition: anything new that is actually used ;enters the mar"etplace=! A whether ma<or or minor. Bric von Cipple http?##thin"smart.typepad.com#headsup$on$organizational#+114#12#ffe$eric$von$hi.html 21. Innovation is? 6B86DB implementing ideas that create new value. A InnovationEetwor" F Thin")mart Dearning )ystems. www.thin"smart.com

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