Innovation is viewed as the application of better solutions that negate market needs.
One survey across a large number of manufacturing and services organizations found that systematic programs of organizational innovation are most frequently driven by: improved quality, creation of new markets, extension of the product range, reduced labor costs, improved production processes, reduced materials cost, reduced environmental damage, replacement of products/services, reduced energy consumption, and conformance to regulations
 Innovation is related to, but not the same as, invention: innovation is more apt to involve the practical implementation of an invention (i

