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  1. innovation
    the act of starting something for the first time
    Innovation is a change in the thought process for doing something, or the useful application of new inventions or discoveries.[1]
  2. colloquially
    with the use of colloquial expressions
    Colloquially, the word "innovation" is often synonymous with the output of the process.
  3. incremental
    increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
    It may refer to an incremental emergent or radical and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations.
  4. emergent
    coming into existence
    It may refer to an incremental emergent or radical and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations.
  5. origination
    the act of starting something for the first time
    However, economists tend to focus on the process itself, from the origination of an idea to its transformation into something useful, to its implementation; and on the system within which the process of innovation unfolds.
  6. implementation
    the act of providing a means for accomplishing something
    However, economists tend to focus on the process itself, from the origination of an idea to its transformation into something useful, to its implementation; and on the system within which the process of innovation unfolds.
  7. experimentation
    the testing of an idea
    Economic conceptions
    2 Market outcome
    3 Sources of innovation
    4 Value of experimentation
    5 Diffusion
    6 Goals
    7 Failure
    8 Measures
    9 Public awareness
    10 See also
    11 References
    12 Inline references
    13 External links
  8. transformation
    the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
    However, economists tend to focus on the process itself, from the origination of an idea to its transformation into something useful, to its implementation; and on the system within which the process of innovation unfolds.
  9. revolutionary
    markedly new or introducing radical change
    It may refer to an incremental emergent or radical and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations.
  10. government
    the system or form by which a community is ruled
    In many fields, such as the arts, economics and government policy, something new must be substantially different to be innovative.
Created on Thu Sep 16 19:28:00 EDT 2010

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