Week 11 Reading Reflection

Week 11 Reading Reflection

1. What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations? 

I was most surprised with all of the different innovations by the corning’s breakthrough innovations. I had no idea that they produced anything other than cookware. I am also amazed with the diversity in their product lines.

1. Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.

Why do so many people participate in crowdsourcing? What is the advantage for people to spend their own time and ideas on these kinds of projects?

1. If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?

a)     Why is crowdsourcing so popular? Do the contributors to products have any ownership to these products, Ideas or services? Do they financially benefit from their contributions?

 

1. Why are there so few Radical Innovations that hit the market place? Are people too afraid of failure or is the R&D too expensive?

 

1. Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?

I didn’t see anything that I disagreed with the author about. I think this was a really great article about business in general. All of this information in this article was covered in my previous classes. It was a good confirmation to what we learned in ISM 3004 and MAR 3025.