Technological advances that form the basis of new designs may be applied to the development of different types of products/systems.

• A. Technology push (innovation strategies)
• B. Technology transfer (innovation strategies)
• C. Target audience
• D. Style obsolescence

Answer: (B)

Technology transfer is at play here: it’s about taking a technological advance that underpins a design and using it to develop different kinds of products or systems. When a new tech provides a basis for design, engineers can reuse the same knowledge, components, or processes in other contexts, saving time and expanding potential applications. For example, a material or manufacturing process developed for one product can be adapted to create a range of other products in different markets. This is different from technology push, which focuses on introducing new tech into markets, and from ideas like targeting a specific user group or fashion-driven obsolescence, which don’t address cross-context application of a technology.