The Difference Between Innovation And Invention
from the important-lessons... dept
For all the talk about protecting innovation, we've often pointed out that the patent system seems to do the exact opposite -- making it more difficult for those who are actually innovating, while giving money to those who haven't done anything at all. Last year, Michael Schrage wrote an interesting piece pointing out the very important differences between invention and innovation, where he noted that innovation is more important -- but the patent system is more about protecting invention. Basically, plenty of people or companies who "invented" an idea were never able to capitalize on the idea at all. It took others who actually innovated and built off that idea to make a product that actually had an impact on the world. Helping to prove that point are a bunch of example cases where the initial inventor of something wasn't the one to make it valuable. In a market driven economy, the real winner is the company that can make something valuable through innovation -- not the inventor who happens to come up with something that the market may or may not want.
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Invention vs Innovation
For an invention, the focus is on novelty and this is a key criterion for patenting. In other words, it must be new to its field all over the world. Innovation on the other hand does not have to be new except in a specific situation. Thus, as long as a firm (for instance) is having something for the first time, it is innovative in their context irrespective of whether it is new to their industry, country or the world.
Characteristically, an invention is anything that is novel and potentially practically applicable; an innovation is essentially novel, practically applicable and introduced to the market. Thus innovation may be seen as equal to invention plus exploitation i.e. invention plus commercialization and/or application of new knowledge in production in a particular environment.
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this implies that invention is an early stage and innovation is the end stage, however I think that an invention and innovation both introduce a new product/idea etc to the end-user, not just innovation.
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your explanation is exactly what i was looking for. couldn't have explained it better myself.
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Inoovation, Invention and Creativity
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while invention is the result of the concept.
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Inventions need Capital to become an Innovation
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Innovation,Invention and Entrepreneurship
Invention is a scientific fact
Innovation is an economic fact
and Hence Entrepreneurhip is the Sum of Innovation and Invention. E=2I
And It is an Entrepreneur who makes money out of Innovationa and Invention
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Gramhaphone is a Invention
i-pod or i-phone is a Innovation and
making money is an Entrevation
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we should get something right here. That invention is managing the application of creativity and/or innovation does not mean it is the end product of innovation. It extends further to meeting the needs of the end-users through the well researched demand of the consumers(market analysis.
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Innovation is simply to create or introduce something new.
This article maybe didn't clarify because in fact, invention IS a form of innovation. What the author is going for here is a distinction that defines invention as "innovating for the purposes of obtaining a patent," and defines innovation as "innovating for the purposes of delivering successful products." As I've written elsewhere, I think this redefinition of terms is merely confusing, though I understand the intent. And as others have commented, innovation and invention are closely interrelated.
I hope this helps!
Ron
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By the way, disagree with the definition. Both patentable invention and new product formulations can be correctly called "innovation." The narrowing of the term to apply only to product innovation strikes me as unnecessary and muddying, not clarifying. Better: patentable invention and product innovation. Always best to trade malformed pith for clarity.
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novation is the successful exploitation of the new ideas.
Companies achieve competitive advantage through acts of innovation. They approach innovation in its broadest sense , including both new technologies and new ways of doing things
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If a company offers a posiblity of accepting a product as they have seen the potential image of the ideas. What can the inventor do to exstblich a more favourable/friendly enviroment for himself before the company?
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