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What is the difference between technical innovation and administrative innovation?
Provide an example of each. For administrators, what is the problem with a pro-innovation bias?

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This solution carefully compares and contrasts technical innovation and administrative innovation. References are also provided to further validate the findings.

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Technical innovation involves the development of a new product or process that provides a benefit to the user or helps complete a task more efficiently. The development of technical innovation often requires specific scientific knowledge in how the innovation should work and how its various components will fit or work together. It may involve developing a prototype and quite a bit of field testing before it is fully functional or before it is brought to market or implemented on a full scale. An example of technical innovation might be an electronic health record application that also links to ...

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