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What does technological change arise from?
Inventions and innovation.
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What can technological change have an impact on?
Production, productivity and efficiency.
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What can technological change lead to?
The development of new products and markets, and the destruction of existing markets.
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How can technological change make some markets less competitive?
If the technology is protected by a patent.
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What is invention?
The creation of a new product or process.
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What is innovation?
The improvement or development of an existing product, bringing it to market. New products and production processes that are developed into marketable goods or services.
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What is creative destruction?
Where technological change leads to the development of new, ‘disruptive’ products which render existing products obsolete.
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