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Diffusion of Innovation
Diffusion of Innovation
Micromarketing issues Succesful new product development is an important element in achieving long term competitive superiority and profitability,especially in low growth markets New product development plays an important role in market leadership and profitability. Market leaders normally have three times higher returns than firms with lower market shares A successful new product can be the beginning of a whole new company
What is an innovation?
It is any idea or product perceived by the potential adopter to be new. New products are ideas, behaviour or things that are qualitatively different from existing forms
Diffusion of innovation
A process through which a new product moves from initial introduction to regular purchase and use A process by which an innovation (idea) is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system Everett Rogers
Diffusion variables
Innovation Communication Time Social system
Types of Innovations
Continuous modification or improvement of an
existing product
Compatibility
degree to which the product is consistent with existing values and past experience of the adopters
Types of Innovators
Cognitive problem solving, cerebral, new mental
experience
Polymorphic consumers who are innovators for more than one type of product
Every year around 5000 new products appear in the market. However, most fail and only a few remain ( around 20%). Products which are innovative.
Speed of diffusion
Competitive intensity Reputation of the supplier Standardised technology Vertical coordination Resource commitments
Persuasion Decision
Implementation
Confirmation
Adopter classes
Innovators - 2.5% Early adopters 13.5% Early majority 34% Late majority 34% Laggards 16%
Innovativeness
This is the degree to which an individual adopts an innovation relatively earlier than others Based on time of adoption Based on number of new product adoption
Communication variables
Social participation Interconnectedness with the social system Cosmopoliteness Change agent contact Mass media exposure Exposure to interpersonal communication channels Knowledge of innovations Opinion leadership Belonging to highly interconnected systems
Polymorphism
The degree to which innovators and early adopters for one product are likely to be innovators for other products. Consumers who are innovators for one product are monomorphic. Consumers who are innovators for more than one product are polymorphic.