discontinuous change

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Discontinuous change, or discontinuous technological change, refers to external changes that require internal adaptation along a path that is nonlinear relative to a firm's traditional innovation trajectory. (Chirstensen & Bower, 1996; Tushman, Smith, Wood, Westerman, & O'Reilly, 2003 in Gilbert, 2005).