… the extent to which early adopter characteristics are different or similar in whether they adopt
disruptive or sustaining innovations. A deeper understanding of early adopters could assist …

… view it as an innovation that improves, but ultimately sustains the performance trajectory of
… telemedicine as a potentially disruptive innovation in the early adopter stage of technology …

… can disruptive innovations be identified before a disruption … disruptive innovations through
use of innovation adoption … why an innovation is disruptive to one group but sustaining to …

… Classical theory on diffusion of innovation (DOI) holds that the very early adopter group …
in these two competing designs are deemed sustaining innovations and follow the S-shape …

… didn’t care about new releases, early adopters of DVD players, and online shoppers. If …
disruption is Apple’s iPhone. The product that Apple debuted in 2007 was a sustaining innovation …

… Another exception is the paper by Reinhardt and Gurtner (2015), who bring into light the
main differences between the early adopters of disruptive and sustaining innovations, with …

… both early adopters and potential early majority organizations to better harness the disruptive
… telemedicine as a potentially disruptive innovation in the early adopter stage of technology …

… to develop and benefit from sustaining or disruptive innovations may be gleaned. … early
adopter segments are most likely to possess the resources and capabilities to develop disruptive …

… and sustaining disruptive innovations, … sustain disruptive innovations. The conceptual
frameworks were Roger's diffusion of innovation theory and Christensen’s disruptive innovation …

… for late adopters but no e容ct for early adopters; perceived … have no incentives for early
or late adopters. This study makes … early adopters of disruptive and sustaining innovations. …