Innovation Networks and Economic Space

This assignment delves into the complex interplay between technological advancements, market uncertainty, and innovation networks. It examines how these factors collectively contribute to the evolution and structure of economic space. The analysis draws upon academic literature and concepts from regional and urban economics to shed light on this multifaceted phenomenon.

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Executive Summary
The analysis in the report is based on the comparison of two products in the market and the
ways by which these products have affected the shares of the organizations in the market. The
two organizations that are taken into consideration are Apple and Samsung. The two products
are Apple Iphone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. The different aspects related to the
operations of the organization are discussed in the report. The two organizations are also
analysed based on the SWOT framework. Innovation framework is applied for the analysis of
the innovativeness of the organizations. The report is concluded by saying that the products
of the organizations and their innovativeness has immense effect on the market share of the
organizations.

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Table of Contents
1.Introduction.................................................................................................................3
2.Analysis with the help of theories...............................................................................3
2.1 SWOT Analysis of Apple Iphone 6,....................................................................4
2.2 SWOT Analysis of Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge,...................................................5
3.Application of innovation Frameworks......................................................................6
4.Creative and critical analysis......................................................................................8
5.Implications of Analysis...........................................................................................10
6.Critical success factors..............................................................................................10
7.Action plan................................................................................................................11
8.Innovation strategies.................................................................................................11
9.Conclusions...............................................................................................................11
10.Recommendations...................................................................................................11
11.References...............................................................................................................12

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1.Introduction
Innovative Decision Making is the individualized methodology of self-assessment
which is workshop-based. The creative process that addresses the needs of the business
people in the way by which they can arrive at their decision is known as innovative decision
making. The decisions that are made by the management involve the knowledge about the
factors that will get support from the company or the organization. The wrong decision taken
by the management will result in non-cooperation from the employees of the organization
and the decision makers may also have to face immense defiance from the employees
(Behrens 2016).
The decision making process of the organization is related to the Vroom-Yetton-Jago
Normative Leadership Decision Model which is a decision tree method. The model is mainly
related to four major qualifiers which are, Time-driven group problem, Time-driven group
problem, development-driven group problem, development-driven individual problem. The
different factors that affect the decision making process of the management are commitment
and quality, leader’s information, information and conflict. The decision-making of the
management is important to ensure the smooth operations of the organization (Camagni
2017).
2.Analysis with the help of theories
The two products or organizations that will be analysed in the report are Apple Iphone
X and Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
2.1 SWOT Analysis of Apple Iphone 6,
Apple Iphone has been taking the whole mobile market by storm with the help of the
its remarkable operating system named IOS. The multiple features of the operating system
have been able to give the phone the tag of a “Smart phone”.

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Strengths – Apple is the considered to be one of the top greatest organizations in the
world in terms of brand equity. The brand has grown larger and larger since its inception in
the year 1976. Innovation has been another major advantage of the organization and been
applied in all the major products of the organization. The consumer base of Apple is also
quite strong and they have a huge group of loyal consumers who feel proud to be the owners
of Apple products. The IOS software that has been devised by the organization is one of the
most respected platform for mobile phones in the world. The flexibility, user interface and
speed of the IOS operating system makes it different from the others (Donate and de Pablo
2015). The developer network of Apple is said to be the strongest community in the mobile
world. The consistency of the design of the products of Apple has been another feature that
supports the sales and popularity of the organization.
Weaknesses – The organization only targets the A grade customer segment of the
smart phone industry. The high cost of the products of Apple is a major advantage for the
sales of the organization. The phones have many restrictions that are not quite necessary for
the operations and are quite out of the box as well. The lack in the variety of the mobile
phones is also another problem that is related to the sales of the phones as the young
population tends to change phones quite often (Dunlap et al. 2016). Many users or followers
of Apple were mainly huge fans of Steve Jobs and the change in the management has also
caused some loss in the attractiveness of the organization.
Opportunities - The potential of the market of smartphones is a huge opportunity for
Apple to increase its sales and customer base as well. The advancement of technology in the
smartphone market can help in the increase of innovative and unique products that can be
launched by the organization. The increasing dependency of people on smartphones and
technologies has increased the market for Apple. The organization can also aim for

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expanding their operations geographically in the rural areas as well. The accessories that are
offered by the organization can give more profits to the organization (Govindan et al. 2015).
Threats – The greatest threat to the Apple is the Android operating system which has
been occupying more than 70% of the total smartphone market. The operating system that
provided by Google and android together are growing with a huge speed and this can pose a
threat to the sales of Apple as well.
2.2 SWOT Analysis of Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge,
Strengths – The improved style of the body of the phones and the metal body is a
major strength of the product. The resolution of the screen is also much more as compared to
the earlier models. The camera quality of this model is higher than the previous sets, with a
12-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front camera. The operating system of this model
is supported by Android 6.0. The storage of the phone is also quite high with 4 GB Ram and
32 GB expandable memory and the memory card type is Micro SD. The processor of the
phone is made quite high end which is the 1.6 GHz octa-core. The network capability of the
phone is developed to 4G LTE. The advanced features that are available in the phone are all
quite capable to compete in the market with all the other organizations. Samsung dominates
the smartphone industry along with 30% of the total market share in the world (Haneda and
Ito 2018).
Weaknesses – The organization lacks significant number of retail stores all over the
world so that the products can be matched with that of the rivals. Samsung has immense
reliance on their Galaxy series to provide the revenues to the organization and this has acted
as a huge disadvantage. The company has been involved in many litigations and cases related
to the patents which is another major weakness related to its profitability. The problem that
was related to the Galaxy Note 7 series of the mobile has weakened the reputation of the

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organization. This issue was enough to bring down the share prices of the organization as
well (Henri and Wouters 2017).
Opportunities – The highly emerging market of smartphones all over the world is a
huge opportunity for the growth of the organization. The customer base of Samsung is not
limited to the high-end buyer. The organization caters to the needs of the customers of all
types of customers. Although the Galaxy S7 edge model of Samsung is priced quite high as
compared to the other models offered by Samsung, the features of the phone can still give
competition to the features offered by Apple Iphone 6.
Threats – The challenge that are posed the economic conditions in the key markets
for smartphones are decreasing the money that is spent by the buyers. The high growth of the
rivals of the organization has also posed huge threats to the profitability of the organization.
The market of smartphone has been saturated by the entry of many organizations (Johnston
and Marshall 2016). The agreements that are made by Apple in China so that they can bring
the Iphones has acted as a threat for Samsung.
3.Application of innovation Frameworks
The application of a successful innovation framework can help in increasing the
profitability of the organization. The two organizations which are taken into consideration for
this analysis are Apple and Samsung. The products of the organizations that are to be
analysed with the help of innovation frameworks are Apple Iphone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S7
Edge. The innovation framework comprises mainly of seven steps which are discussed as
follows,
 Step 1 – The platform that is required for success needs to be created so that
the creative talents that are possessed by the employees are harnessed. The
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also increased. New and innovative ideas are generated constantly in case of
the application of innovative frameworks (Klingebiel and Rammer 2014). The
tools that are related to the implementation of these frameworks are mainly the
social media which helps in increasing the collaboration between the global
employees.
 Step 2 – The implementation of the innovative frameworks helps in promoting
innovation in the organization so that the employees can establish an
innovative community.
 Step 3 – This step is related to the engagement of employees in the different
activities of the organization. The ways of bringing the right type of people
together is based on the implementation of these innovative frameworks.
 Step 4 – This step helps in the management of the most critical part of the
framework of innovation. This makes the process quite easy for the employees
so that they can participate in the organizational activities. The innovative
ideas that are presented by the employees are reviewed by the management
and the feedback is thereby stored in the system of the organization (Melnyk
et al. 2014).
 Step 5 – The innovation framework can be also implemented to solve any
specific issue which can also be called targeted innovation. The targeted
innovation is related to the formulation of new ideas for resolving any specific
problems within the organization.
 Step 6 – This step is related to the review and analysis of the different
innovative ideas, to ensure that the ideas are useful. The concepts which are
promising and are aligned to the business strategy are applied and the others
are rejected (Proctor 2014).

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 Step 7 – The implementation of the innovation frameworks thereby promotes
new ideas and helps in the advancement of the organization as well.
The increasing engagement of the employees in innovating new ideas can help in the
advancement of profits that are generated by the organizations. In case of the two products
that are taken into consideration which are Apple Iphone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, the
latter is the market leader in terms of revenue in the whole world with a market share of 22%
and Apple has around 11.2% of the total market share. The fall in the shares of Apple has
occurred after the departure of Steve Jobs from the position of CEO (Rosemann and vom
Brocke 2015). The lack of innovation in the organization has been the major reason for the
fall in its shares.
4.Creative and critical analysis
The creative analysis of the organizations was based on the data that was collected for
the last five years of operations of the mentioned organizations. The sales of Apple had fallen
in the year 2011 after the death of the founder and CEO of the organization Steve Jobs. On
the other hand, the sales of Samsung have reached new heights in the year 2017 after the
company was able to come back from the debacle that was caused due to the Galaxy Note 8.

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Figure 1. (Sharma, Mithas and Kankanhalli 2014)

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Figure 2. (Spieth, Schneckenberg and Ricart 2014)
5.Implications of Analysis
The analysis of the products of the two organizations and their products have shown
that due to the lack of innovation in the operations of Apple the organization had to face a fall
in the market shares. Another major reason behind the fall of the organization is the lack of a
huge customer base and high prices of the products without any innovation.
6.Critical success factors
The critical success factors of Apple were the innovative products of the organization
and ways of catering the high-end sector of customers. On the other hand, the major reasons
behind the success of Samsung is the huge customer base and the product offerings for all
tyoes of customers (van de Kaa et al. 2014).

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7.Action plan
The ways that can be recommended for Apple so that they can increase the market
shares is by innovating their products and adding more different products of all price ranges
in their product line. This will help the organization in increasing their profitability and
market share as well.
8.Innovation strategies
The innovation strategy that can be suggested for Apple will be the development of
average range of products so that they can cater to the needs of bigger customer base. The
increase in the size of the customer base will further increase the market share of the
organization (Wheelen and Hunger 2017).
9.Conclusions
The report can be concluded by stating that the products of an organization are
directly linked to the market share. The quality and the innovativeness of the products offered
by an organization can affect the amount of market share that is captured by the company.
The lack of innovativeness in the products of Apple have affected the shares of the
organization in the market.
10.Recommendations
The main recommendation that can be given to Apple is to increase the product line
and the variety of the products so that consumers can get variety in the products that are
offered. This will further help in increasing the profitability of the organization as well.

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11.References
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