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Innovation in Business & Enterprise (VVN)
Assignment A
1 . Write a brief note on the following:
a. Simplicity and innovation
b. Creativity and innovation
2 . How would you promote innovation at grass-root level? Support your understanding with relevant examples.
3 . Explain briefly the process of innovation through idea generation.
4 . Explain the concept of Disruptive Innovation. How would you implement this technique in an entrepreneurial venture? Support your answer with relevant examples.
5 . You are successfully running a new venture in telecom sector. How would you innovate in the space of using reverse innovation? Support your answer with examples.
6 . Create a Customer centered innovation map for an industry of your choice. Explain the difference in approach while implementing this strategy as compared to the Producer centered innovation.
7 . What do you understand by the Discovery-driven planning process? How does it differ from the conventional planning process. Support your answer with relevant examples.
8 . How does team-building impact the innovation strategy of an organization? Support your answer with relevant examples.
Assignment B
Case Detail :
Mansukhbhai Prajapati, a potter living in rural Gujarat, is completely untaught in English. But the lack of formal education has not hindered this grassroots entrepreneur from building a thriving business using just clay. Prajapati, who belongs to Nichimandal, a village in Rajkot, Gujarat, is the founder of Mitticool Clay Creation, a company that makes refrigerators, water filters, cookers, hot plates and other such items of daily use from clay. It all began when Prajapati first built a clay refrigerator that naturally cools the food inside, and does not depend on conventional sources of energy. This cooling process can keep water, fruits and vegetables fresh for a week, while milk can be preserved for three days. The product now is priced at just `2,000 — almost one-tenth of the basic refrigerator models from LG, or Whirlpool.
“This fridge also preserves the original taste of vegetables and fruits,” says Prajapati. Mitticool’s products have captured the imagination of the rural areas. Today it has revenues of around `30 lakh and has sold over one lakh products in just six years since it started off. Prajapati is among the new breed of several hundred grassroots innovators in India who are using imagination and innovation to solve basic issues of deprivation at the bottom of the pyramid.
Such innovations are finding a market not just in India but also in other emerging markets and even developed nations. For instance, while Prajapati sells to Indian retailers such as Big Bazaar, he says that the same products have also reached customers in London, America, Singapore and Africa, thanks to the National Innovation Foundation (NIF). “We are reversing the model of globalisation. It is now emerging from India,” says professor Anil Gupta, faculty member at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and executive vice-chairman of NIF. “This model is not about business to consumers, but grassroot to global markets.”
“India’s rural market spread along 600,000 villages, covering 110 million rural households and over 700 million people. This offers huge market for low-priced utility products,” says Paul Basil, founder and CEO, Villgro Innovations Foundation, an NGO that focuses on rural markets. These innovations are becoming a force to reckon with at a time when large corporations are spending billions of dollars to kick-start new innovations.
Just as Jeganathan’s mission is to cut infant mortality, the common factor for innovation at the grassroots level is the impact they have on a large number of people. Piramal Water is a for-profit business set up under the aegis of the Piramal Foundation. The company provides medium-scale water purification machines to rural franchisees. These franchise owners in turn distribute the clean water to the households in the area surrounding the unit. The company has 117 franchises and provides potable water to around 65,000 rural Indians. “We provide the machine, maintenance and servicing,” said Anand Shah, CEO, Piramal Water. The franchise owner pays `2 lakh upfront and 40% of the revenues to Sarvajal. A can of 20 litres of drinking water is made available at just `4. “We are not just providing clean water, we are also trying to create rural entrepreneurs,” says Shah.
Despite so many innovations, only firms like SKEPL have been able to scale up. “For these innovations to scale and reach to global audience, it is important that ventures are run as for-profit businesses,” says Rita Soni, CEO, Nasscom Foundation. Despite all these, India is set to become a hub for grassroot innovations and a test market for MNCs to tap other emerging countries as well. According to NIF’s Gupta, large corporations cannot think the way these innovators can, because they are closer to the problem. “They are teaching them new rules. The future is going to be dematerialised economy as it will be driven by knowledge,” says Gupta of NIF.
Questions:
1. Based on the article, list down the challenges faced by the innovator at grassroot level. Support your arguments with relevant assumptions.
2. Piramal Water, in the case above, is a classic example of making profit through satisfying the needs of consumers at the bottom of the pyramid. Do a critical analysis of their model with the limited information given in the case. Support your argument with relevant assumptions.
3. Critically evaluate the statement “Such innovations are finding a market not just in India but also in other emerging markets and even developed nations”. Support your answer with examples.
Assignment C
Question No. 1
Innovation is defined as_________
Options
the commercialization of a new product or process
the invention of a new product or process.
new product or process idea.
the implementation of a new production method
Question No. 2
Process innovation refers to:
Options
the development of a new service
the development of a new product
the implementation of a new or improved production method
the development of new products or services
Question No. 3
Innovation can help to provide a temporary competitive advantage when
Options
barriers to entry are high
barriers to imitation are low and intellectual property rights are difficult to enforce
there are few other competitors
barriers to entry are low
Question No. 4
Following establishment of a dominant design in the product life cycle, what would you expect to happen?
Options
Emphasis on product innovation rather than process innovation
Emphasis on process innovation rather than product innovation
Competition to increase as new firms enter the industry
Competition to decrease as more firms exit than enter the industry
Question No. 5
Established firms relative to new firms are better at:
Options
all types of innovation
innovation which is competence-enhancing
innovation which is competence-destroying
Innovation which is disruptive
Question No. 6
In which markets are network effects likely?
Options
Markets subject to increasing returns
‘Multi-level markets
Hi-tech product markets
All of the above
Question No. 7
Which of the following are valuable in a standards war?
Options
Competitive advantage
Late mover advantage
Early mover advantage
Technological advantage
Question No. 8
The fundamental challenge of knowledge transfer in multinational firms is:
Options
transferring explicit knowledge across borders
transferring tacit knowledge across borders
creating tacit knowledge in overseas subsidiaries
transferring tacit and explicit knowledge across borders
Question No. 9
What potential advantages can be gained from involving overseas subsidiaries in R&D activities?
Options
Local subsidiaries offer financial advantages such as lower land and labour costs
Local subsidiaries offer access to local companies
Local subsidiaries offer access to technical knowledge and skills
Local subsidiaries offer financial advantages as well as access to local markets, technical knowledge and skills
Question No. 10
Outsourcing of innovation globally is more likely where
Options
Innovations are autonomous
Innovations are systemic
Innovations are systemic or autonomous
Innovations are made by service sector firms
Question No. 11
Being a manager, with no environmental uncertainty or threat of competitors’ new products, would be simple without ______________.
Options
government regulations
diversity
cultural differences
organizational change
Question No. 12
Managing change is an integral part of ______________
Options
top management’s job
middle-level management’s job
the first-line manager’s job
every manager’s job
Question No. 13
Which of the following is not an external force of change?
Options
marketplace
government laws and regulations
economic changes
workforce
Question No. 14
Which one of the following is an important source of idea generation due to their familiarity with the needs of market?
Options
Existing products and services
Distribution channels
Federal government
Consumers
Question No. 15
Which of the following statements about the entrepreneurial climate is (are) true?
Options
Trial and error are discouraged
Resources of the firm need to be available and easily accessible
A multi-disciplinary approach is discouraged
Failure are not allowed
Question No. 16
A patent is granted for a specified amount of time because of the assumption:
Options
That during this time firm will cover its development costs
That firm will earn a sufficient profit during this period
To limit the monopoly of the firm
That it will stimulate idea and development of a better product.
Question No. 17
Which one of the following is a barriers to news product creation and development
Options
Trial and error
Opportunity parameter
Opportunity cost
Intrapreneurship culture
Question No. 18
Which is the balance points of Entrepreneurship?
Options
Means of social changes
Increase in employment opportunities
Optimum utilisation of resources
All of the above
Question No. 19
Which of the following techniques is an excellent method for initially screening ideas and concepts in addition to generating new ideas?
Options
Focus group
Brain storming
Problem inventory analysis
Reverse brainstorming
Question No. 20
Which one of the following is NOT an intrapreneurial leadership characteristic?
Options
Understands environment
Encourage the team work
Not flexible
Persistent
Question No. 21
Which is the part of concept of Entrepreneurship?
Options
High achievement capacity
Organisation building
Group level reaction
All of the above
Question No. 22
Which is the cause of emergence of Entrepreneurship?
Options
Environmental factors
Socio-cultural factors
Individual factors
All of the above
Question No. 23
_____________ is the practice of starting new organisations or revitalising nature organisations particularly new business generally in response to identified opportunities.
Options
Partnership
Marketing
Research Management
Entrepreneurship
Question No. 24
The decision to start a new business is taken when one perceives that forming a new business is
Options
Possible
Desirable
Accurate
Both (a) and (b)
Question No. 25
Entrepreneurial experience becomes increasingly important as
Options
Work load increases
Complexity of venture increases
Complexity of work increases
None of the above
Question No. 26
Individuals who help the entrepreneur in business activities are called
Options
Role models
Moral support networks
Professional support networks
Business support networks
Question No. 27
Which is types of creativity?
Options
Creativity by serendipity
Exploratory creativity
Normative creativity
All of the above
Question No. 28
Which statement is true?
Options
Forecasting enables the Entrepreneur to develop plausible projections for the future
Assessing the environment is the most difficult and important of the four tasks of environmental analysis
Stakeholder analysis helps the entrepreneur identify which groups and interests are friendly to the new venture and which are hostile
All of the above
Question No. 29
Developing a new idea through inquiry and testing is called
Options
Heuristics
Forced relationship
Scientific method
Value analysis
Question No. 30
Which of the following firm achieves modest growth
Options
High potential growth firm
Foundation firm
Life style
Public company
Question No. 31
The entrepreneur utilizes the resources through
Options
Identifying and evaluating the opportunity
Developing a business plan
Implementing the business plan
Manage the enterprise
Question No. 32
Which is the objects of Entrepreneurial Development Programmes?
Options
Promotion of self-employment
Promotion of cottage and small scale industries
Promotion of first generation businessmen
All of the above
Question No. 33
Which is the advantage of product layout?
Options
Smooth production without any interruption
Mechanisation of material handling
Low cost of material handling
All of the above
Question No. 34
Which of the following contains large number of new ideas?
Options
Files of Patent office
Official Gazette
Government patent Board
All of the above
Question No. 35
Analysis of the business environment includes
Options
Forecasting to project the future
Monitoring to track development
Scanning to detect change
All of the above
Question No. 36
A typical inventor is usually
Options
Highly creative & in love with the invention
Does not encourage change
Willing to modify the invention in order to augment commercial benefit
None of the above
Question No. 37
All of the following are essential to maintain secrecy EXCEPT
Options
Train employees to refer sensitive questions to one person
Discuss business in public place
Provide escorts for all office visitors
Use simple security such as locked file cabinets
Question No. 38
Which one of the following is a sound strategic option for an entrepreneur when synergy is present?
Options
Merger
Joint venture
Minority interest
Majority interest
Question No. 39
The activity which occurs when the new venture is started is called
Options
Motivation
Business skills
Departure point
Goal orientation
Question No. 40
Which of the following is the most important for the entrepreneur, while starting a new venture, to make an assessment of?
Options
Risk
Profit
Market
Competitors
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