Technological innovation is the change of a technical or scientific nature that is introduced to the service offered by a company, to the processes that are developed within it. This, in order to achieve greater competitiveness. This type of innovation corresponds to any technological modification in the product or service offered by the organization or within its processes. Thus, the idea of introducing this new element is to achieve better results.
Technological innovation is a type of innovation-related solely to technology. That is, it does not include, for example, those new non-monetary incentives created to make employees more efficient.
The technological innovations that are implemented in a company come from research and development. This term refers to the investment in scientific and technical knowledge to achieve new products, materials, or processes.
Research and development activity is characterized by creativity and novelty while pursuing the objective of improving the organization's results.
Technological innovations can force creative destruction in certain companies or sectors. This term refers to the change in the business model as a result of innovation.
This is the case, for example, of the media and the Internet. Since people can watch the news by surfing the web, the sale of paper newspapers is on the decline.
Faced with this, journalistic media should focus more their attention on selling advertising space on their Internet portals, to compensate for the lower interest of advertisers for the physical copy.
Technological innovations can be classified in different ways:
An example of technological innovation can be that of mobile banking. This has allowed users to make transactions such as transfers and payments for services from their cellphones.
Likewise, mobile banking represents another sales channel for financial institutions to offer products such as loans or savings alternatives.
