Technical innovation

TECHNICAL INNOVATION
It can be defined as “a process of broadening human possibilities, enabling individuals to enjoy a long and healthy life, to be educated and to have access to the necessary resources at a dignified standard of living”.
It is a process that has undergone a strong acceleration in many countries of the world since the industrial revolution, and the affirmation of the capitalist system in many countries.
In fact, the capitalist system has proved more capable than other systems of amplifying the formidable creative power of the human being, channeling it towards more useful uses and uses. This has allowed the output created by different human communities to grow much faster in recent centuries than previously, thanks to the profound technological innovations which have led to a general improvement in living conditions in many countries, and have made it possible to increase the productivity of human labor in many sectors, also drastically as in the case of agriculture where, thanks to the introduction of new tools and machinery such as the tractor, the amount of land worked today by the individual farmer is far greater than what was possible to work through the use of more primitive technologies and animals.
The important thing to clarify at the outset is that when we talk about technology and technological innovation, as can also be seen from the example given above, we are not referring only to the sectors related to information technology and to the latest generation of electronics. In fact, technology is a vast area of research that spans various disciplines and has as its object the study of the application of technological tools for concrete uses, to the point that technological innovation can be defined as “creation of new knowledge applied to the solution of practical problems”.
The importance of the practical usefulness of inventions and new knowledge is very important and is the main factor that allows the invention to be transformed into technological innovation. Precisely, in order for the invention to become technological innovation, it is necessary to associate the trait of utility with the invention, which allows the invention to be exploited commercially as it is perceived as useful by individuals.
The innovation can be distinguished in 2 main types based on the motivations that carry the enterprise to pursue a determined process of innovation, these are:

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