Principles & Concepts

Diffusion of Innovation

Who popularized the Diffusion of Innovation theory?

Everett Rogers

Michael Porter

Philip Kotler

Clayton Christensen

Early majority typically constitutes roughly ______% of adopters.

34

2.5

16

13.5

Innovators make up about ______% of the population in Rogers’ model.

34

2.5

50

13.5

The last group to adopt an innovation is called ______.

Laggards

Early adopters

Early majority

Late majority

Which characteristic of innovation refers to its compatibility with existing values?

Compatibility

Complexity

Trialability

Observability

Relative advantage is the degree to which innovation is perceived as ______.

Better than the idea it supersedes

Non‑observable

Difficult to understand

Hard to trial

The point at which an innovation reaches critical mass is often called the ______.

Baseline

Tipping point

Inflection point

Decline stage

Early adopters are important because they act as ______ to later groups.

Opinion leaders

Non‑adopters

Late majority

Laggards

Trialability affects adoption because it allows potential adopters to ______.

Experiment with innovation on a limited basis

Avoid innovation altogether

Observe others using it

Make the innovation more complex

Complexity in innovation diffusion relates to how ______ an innovation is to understand and use.

Difficult

Beneficial

Compatible

Observable

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