Question

Butterfly Technologies produces touch-enabled wearable devices. Its research and development team recently became aware of a new, open-source technology produced by a firm overseas that would improve the processing speed and battery life of all Butterfly devices. In this scenario, Butterfly would be best served to embracea. Open innovation. b. Closed innovation. c. Disruptive innovation. d. Radical innovation.

Answer 1

a. Open innovation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Butterfly Technologies source the technology from an external party and it is not a radical innovation (meaning it does not affect the core benefit brought by Butterfly Technologies' product), it is an open innovation.

External knowledge and know-how are used to improve the battery life and speed of their devices.