innovation

application of better solutions that meet new requirements, inarticulated needs, or existing market needs
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Summary

innovation is a type of process[1]. innovation draws 6,077 Wikipedia views per month (type of process category, ranking #11 of 47).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3]
  • Subclass of: planned process[4], intellectual activity[5], process[6], economic activity[7]
  • Commons category: Innovation[8]
  • Has cause: innovation activities[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Innovation[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[11]
  • Partially coincident with: technological innovation[12]
  • Has characteristic: progress (history)[13], creativity[14]
  • Studied by: innovatics[15], evolutionary geography[16]
  • Practiced by: innovator[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18], Open Culture / GLAM Glossary[19]

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Influence

Things named for innovation include Đổi Mới[20], an economic reform[21], in Vietnam[22], founded in 1986[23]; Google I/O[24], a recurring event[25], in United States[26], founded in 2008[27]; and World Creativity and Innovation Day[28], a world day[29], founded in 2018[30].

Why It Matters

innovation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] innovation is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for innovation include Đổi Mới[20], an economic reform[21], in Vietnam[22], founded in 1986[23]; Google I/O[24], a recurring event[25], in United States[26], founded in 2008[27]; and World Creativity and Innovation Day[28], a world day[29], founded in 2018[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Jeb · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → Q25099293
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Opposite of: Exnovation"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0222603-inovace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0222603-inovace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259649|batch #259649]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → planned process, intellectual activity, process +1
    Has cause → innovation activities
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 7903, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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