Briefly describe the example and with reference to relevant definitions/theories explain why you and/or others consider it be innovative?

Select a ‘circular’ product, service, product service or wider ‘system innovation’ with which you are familiar or find interesting (but haven’t previously used in any previous assessment) and you and/or others consider to be innovative. Then present a response to the following tasks.

1. a) Briefly describe the example and with reference to relevant definitions/theories explain why you and/or others consider it be innovative? Is the innovation ‘disruptive’ and if so, what is being disrupted or likely to be disrupted? In other words what is the comparator? From your research, explain the nature of the innovation, how it came about and how this relates back to relevant theories and models in the module. This should include an application of the ReSOLVE framework to your case example to identify areas of the circular economy that the innovation addresses.
2. b) What lessons and conclusions can be drawn from your case example in terms of factors that have acted as enablers or barriers to implementing innovative ideas (in organisations, or in wider society) with respect to the circular economy.
   Draw on your ideas from the formative assessments to plan/structure this work.
   Assignment checklist
   Aspect Notes
   The product/service/system etc Describe it with references and sources
   Who is the innovator/what is the innovation
   Who benefits
   Why is it innovative According to who/definition
   Innovative to region/firm/sector etc
   What frame of reference/theoretical perspective e.g. Disruptive/Open/BoP/Definitions
   Were there specific entrepreneurial qualities involved
   Is the Innovation Disruptive What is disruption
   How do we know
   What is being disrupted and how
   How did the ‘innovation’ come about Who, what, when, how
   What was the context
   How was it funded
   What were the challenges/barriers that had to be overcome
   Innovative to who
   What were the processes
   Stage gate/ideation or more formal R&D, blue sky, govt funded etc
   What were/have been/might be the outcomes Market penetration
   Diffusion
   Scenarios e.g. Growth Within
   Organisational dimensions e.g. changes/collaborations/ecosystems
   Relevance of the innovation to the CE Apply the ReSOLVE framework
   Which elements of the ReSOLVE framework align with the innovation?
   Lessons to be drawn from the case study for CE Did it work? If so, why – if not, why not
   What were the succeiquss factors/barriers?
   Conclusions Short and punchy