Accepting Innovation Analysis

Accept or reject innovations In the article Accepting or rejecting innovation written by Jared Diamond, he states the reasons about people accepting or rejecting innovations. The first reason is “relative economic advantage compared with existing technology” which means people will accept the innovations when they think they could make money and save money at the same time. The second reason is “social value and prestige, which can override economic benefit” which means social value could influences whether people will accept the innovations. The last reason is “compatibility with vested interest” which means people will accept or reject the innovations depends on their interests. I think the author explains whether people accepting or

In the article accepting or rejecting innovation, the author mentioned that some of the people will pay double price for the designer jeans. Although the jeans without designer have the same quality as the designer one and people will only need to pay half of the price compared to the designer jeans. As a result, many people will still choose to pay double price for the designer jeans. However, the people who bought the designer jeans are only because of social value. They might want to show off in front of other people. Another example in the article accepting or rejecting innovations would be the Japanese language system. Japanese would be more prefer to the “Kanji” system but it is more difficult than to use other method. The reason that Japanese like “kanji” better just because the “Kanji” language system has more has more social value and longer history. These examples show that people might not choose the one which provides more convenience for them. People would rather to choose the one could keep their social values and prestige and they will feel more confident in front of other

Some of the people are rejecting new things because they do not want to start all over again. Some people will still accept the innovations because of their jobs need or the interest of the new things around them. According to the article the ordeal of change written by Eric Hoffer, the author states that a workingman will do his job leisurely because he is sure about his skills. However, when things change totally different, the workingman must to do the job and unwilling to work in the new environment. The workingman needs to adjust in a new situation for a period of time and get used to the new working environment. The work will become more