A New Technology Is Most Likely to Be Successful in Displacing

Multiple Choice

A new technology is most likely to be successful in displacing an existing technology when:

A) its installed base is significantly less than that of the existing technology.
B) the new technology competes only on the value of its stand-alone utility.
C) it eclipses the combined value of the existing technology's stand-alone utility, its installed base, and its complementary goods.
D) the new technology's perceived and anticipated components of value are lower than its actual components of value.