Showing papers in "International Journal of Innovation Science in 2012"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an approach to investigating past success stories focused around approaches derived from "Blue Ocean Strategy", for this new dimensions of performance and value have been introduced, and the lesson learned from this survey is that certain strategies based on the fulfilment of established or overlooked customer needs provide greater market appraisal.
Abstract: Several scholars dealing with business innovation individuate a great role played by customer value in achieving market success. With this perspective the investigation of prescriptive means for New Value Proposition represents a promising, although still poorly explored, domain. The paper presents an original approach to investigating past success stories focused around approaches derived from "Blue Ocean Strategy", for this new dimensions of performance and value have been introduced. The lesson learned from this survey is that certain strategies based on the fulfilment of established or overlooked customer needs provide greater market appraisal. This article introduces some preliminary directions to support the rethinking of products and services.
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TL;DR: In this article, a statistical study shows the results of an investigation of supply chain innovation practices of Indian Cement Manufacturers, which are a significantly large and quickly advancing industry in India.
Abstract: The following statistical study shows the results of an investigation of supply chain innovation practices of Indian Cement Manufacturers, which are a significantly large and quickly advancing industry in India. Aside from being a study of adoption of supply chain innovation practices (SCIP) in an emerging super power (India) the benefits of supply chain innovation (SCI) are discussed including the major advances in supply chain management. The statistical study compared innovation supply chain practices (like JIT, WMS, CPFR, and others) in 125 large cement firms to their financial performance measures (ROI, market share, EBIDTA, customer satisfaction, productivity). The resulting correlations showed very high levels of reliability and adequacy, and were uses to make conclusions on which supply chain innovation practices had a positive impact on company financial performance. The conclusions are somewhat astounding with the interesting finding that some innovation practices do not support firm performance and maybe should be avoided; while others ICS practices are shown to support firm performance to a high degree.
27 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an exploratory study examined eight academic programs offering an educational credential focused on innovation available to students in a variety of majors and identified where a curriculum is situated along the spectrum of topics that characterize innovation education.
Abstract: Universities are increasingly promoting programs and courses that focus on innovation to prepare students across disciplines for work in a competitive global economy. Information about program outcomes, target competencies, or best practices is limited given their early stages of development. This exploratory study examined eight academic programs offering an educational credential focused on innovation available to students in a variety of majors. The analyses of program descriptions and curricular requirements provide an understanding of their structure, content, and value they propose to students. This paper explores what teaching innovation means at a program-level and identifies where a curriculum is situated along the spectrum of topics that characterize innovation education. The results can be useful in developing and articulating core competencies related to innovation and understanding approaches to teaching it.
24 citations
TL;DR: The approaches and design elements of an App for presenting concepts in mathematics and engineering are presented and could act as very effective supplements to the exiting learning modalities in Math, Science, and Engineering.
Abstract: Since the introduction of Apple's App store and Google's Android Market (now Google Play) around the middle of 2008, the applications (commonly called Apps) for the iPhone and Android-based phones have surpassed 500,000 for each of the platforms. There are Apps for just about anything one can imagine. In the very near future, the use of smartphones and tablet devices for gathering information from the Web and for learning is expected to exceed the PC's and laptops. Given this, the design, development, and deployment of mobile Apps that support learning would be highly beneficial to students and learners. Such Apps could act as very effective supplements to the exiting learning modalities, especially in the areas of Math, Science, and Engineering, where most students have to grapple with abstract and hard concepts. This paper presents the approaches and design elements of an App for presenting concepts in mathematics and engineering.
21 citations
TL;DR: SVPT as discussed by the authors is a tool to help companies develop innovative products and services that are sustainable for the environment, the economy, and society, and it can generate sustainable economic success by designing products and service that meet people's needs.
Abstract: This paper offers two starting points bridged by a question: The first point is the field of sustainability concepts that can help transform a resource-wasting society into a sustainable one. The second point is the field of design-driven innovation that can generate sustainable economic success by designing products and services that meet people's needs. A question bridges these two starting points: How do we design sustainable products to make them more successful? This essay introduces a tool to help companies develop innovative products and services that are sustainable for the environment, the economy and society: the Sustainable Value Proposition Tool (SVPT).
20 citations
TL;DR: In this article, effectuation and effectual logic are applied to the product development process and systems development process to understand the differences between entrepreneurs and typical enterprise managers as they pertain to: goal setting, risk taking, resource selection and gathering, dealing with setbacks, building networks, and management control.
Abstract: Recent research into effectuation and effectual logic show that entrepreneurs think and make decisions dramatically different than typical enterprise managers. One of the major issues in applying entrepreneurship and innovation to corporations is likely the misunderstanding and failed application of these core concepts to management practices. Thus, those studying intrapreneurship and innovation would find great value from this paper's discussion of effectuation and effectual logic as it explains its major differences between entrepreneurs and typical enterprise manager views as they pertain to: Goal setting, risk taking, resource selection and gathering, dealing with setbacks, building networks, and management control. To dive deeper into these valuable concepts, effectuation and its core principles were applied to the product development process and systems development process. This includes applying them to: Screening of ideas, business analysis, development, product validation, and the market launches...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how entrepreneurs' attitudes to failure in early stage technology companies differ in the USA (Silicon Valley), UK (Cambria), and Ireland (Cape Town).
Abstract: Entrepreneurs develop new technology ventures in uncertain conditions with unproven technologies and limited resources. The majority of such ventures fail. Examining entrepreneurs' attitudes to failure may reveal much about how entrepreneurs learn and how they identify subsequent opportunities.There is much literature on entrepreneurial failure [1-7] but relatively little that is focused on attitudes to failure [8, 9], the high-technology industry, or international comparisons. Pioneering work by the late Jason Cope applied methodologies derived from qualitative psychology to investigate attitudes to failure in entrepreneurs with recent experience of failed ventures in the aftermath of the ‘dot-com’ crash in 2001. We develop this work further, examining a wider range of geographic regions, a less intense period and focusing entirely on attitudes of the entrepreneur.This paper examines how entrepreneurs' attitudes to failure in early stage technology companies differ in the USA (Silicon Valley), UK (Cambri...
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TL;DR: In this paper, a sample of UK-based companies were surveyed to identify how companies generate potential product ideas and what barriers they face in taking these ideas to the next stage of development.
Abstract: With the global economy facing its toughest test in over 60 years never has it been so important for companies, large and small, to innovate and grow. Whilst few business leaders would argue with this statement, research has highlighted the difficulty that businesses face in developing commercially successful, innovative products and services. It's well documented that between 80-90% of new product launches fail and whilst 80% of business leaders believe that innovation is important 65% are dissatisfied with their ability to innovate. To understand why successful, innovative products and services appears to be so elusive we conducted original research amongst a sample of UK based companies. The aim of the research was to identify how companies generate potential product ideas and what barriers they face in taking these ideas to the next stage of development. The results showed that whilst small and medium sized companies recognized the importance of innovation they did not have formal processes for genera...
13 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a process for managing innovation in small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) through a directory, which organizes techniques and tools into four generic types and 36 sub categories.
Abstract: The sustained competitive advantage of a company today requires the management of internal and external knowledge and leveraging it to create innovation. The 21st century is rapidly moving into what is being called the "global knowledge economy," marked by the increased turbulence, uncertainty, and ambiguity of the current economic climate. Managing innovation requires research methods which evaluate: a) the technological abilities, b) the procedures, and c) the needs of a company/organization and propose specific actions for improvements, progress, and development. This paper proposes a process for managing innovation in small to medium size enterprise (SME). In order to support this process, this article elaborates on the innovation management techniques through a directory, which organizes techniques and tools into four generic types and 36 sub categories. Finally, to demonstrate this process a fictitious case example is presented.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors pointed out the limitations of qualitative models and pointed out that certain conditions related to the validity of the described models may be violated due to the inherent limitations of such models.
Abstract: The research about the patterns of technology evolution is populated by descriptive models, explaining quite regular trends of product development processes. The most popular schemes share the idea of long innovation periods characterized by incremental improvements and punctuated by technological turmoil events. Within the engineering field, such pattern can be described by S-shaped curves depicting the growth of performances in charge of technological paradigms, which approach their natural limit after entering their maturity stage. The birth of a novel S-curve symbolizes the emergence of a new breakthrough technology, which is followed by the choice of a preferred paradigm in the industry, generally designated as Dominant Design. However, new exigencies expressed by practitioners have remarked the limitations of qualitative models. Whereas some contributions openly question the general validity of the described models, a remarkable amount of literature claims that certain conditions related to the inno...
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TL;DR: Cradle to Cradle certification is the roadmap for moving companies ahead of the constantly evolving regulatory process, for transforming retailers into agents of restorative change, and for shifting certification from a marketing exercise to a core business strategy.
Abstract: Cradle to Cradle certification is the roadmap for moving companies ahead of the constantly evolving regulatory process, for transforming retailers into agents of restorative change, and for shifting certification from a marketing exercise to a core business strategy. Here we focus on the decade of work done with companies through the certification process to spur innovation, disseminate best practices, and promote healthy alternatives to business as usual. We define Cradle to Cradle principles and certification, explain why these are important, offer details about the certification process, and list examples from companies working to use Cradle to Cradle (C2C) principles to create new products and materials. Specific detail about certification will be given in the areas of: material health, material reutilization, energy, water stewardship, and social responsibility.
TL;DR: There is an ongoing need to explore opportunities and build a healthy and prosperous future, create new revenue streams and wealth, discover new solutions, and transform our organizations, industries, and societies This need leads us to focus on innovation management.
Abstract: There is an ongoing need to explore opportunities and build a healthy and prosperous future, create new revenue streams and wealth, discover new solutions, and transform our organizations, industries, and societies This need leads us to focus on innovation management Through innovation management, order can be found in chaos, while nations, industries and economies can be pulled out of crisis This will lead to a new foundation for growth and prosperity, which may be realized sooner rather than laterDespite the growing awareness that innovation is the only sustainable source of growth, competitive advantage, and new wealth, the Council on Competitive Report [1] and a recent Arthur D Little survey of 700 global companies and their executives found fewer than 25 percent of the companies believe innovation performance is where it needs to be if they are to be successful in the competitive global marketplace Having tried endless alternatives, company leaders are now ready to accept innovation management
TL;DR: Action learning projects as mentioned in this paper is a form of student learning where students work collaboratively to address a client's real-world organizational challenge through their concurrent learning and application of course content.
Abstract: Traditional approaches to teaching in higher education typically fail to prepare students with many of the skills they need to become the knowledge workers employers expect them to be as graduates. Furthermore, successful students expect that the strategies they cultivated during their academic career will transfer to their professional career, only to be disappointed and frustrated when the traditional modes of student learning fail to bring them comparable levels of success. It is the position of this article that those teaching in higher education have an obligation to assist students in developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities, while also cultivating appropriate mindsets that will allow them to discover new approaches to enduring organizational challenges and develop novel solutions to tomorrow's problems. Action learning projects, where students work collaboratively to address a client's real-world organizational challenge through their concurrent learning and application of course content, ...
TL;DR: The best way to equip students with the skills to lead and thrive in a global economy is to teach innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership, and make them aware of sustainability as discussed by the authors, which is becoming increasingly critical as in many industries technological innovation is the most important driver for competitive success.
Abstract: The best way to equip students with the skills to lead and thrive in a global economy is to teach innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership, and make them aware of sustainability. Students can develop the skills to identify and capitalize on new business opportunities through an active learning process. Universities provide students with the knowledge, and serve as the fuel for innovation and entrepreneurship [1]. Problem solving develops complex thinking ability in the students [2]. This is becoming increasingly critical as in many industries technological innovation is now the most important driver for competitive success. Global competition has also put pressure on the firms to continuously innovate [3]. There is also a need to continuously challenge given this the students need to think about building a sustainable society. An increased focus on sustainability will promote meeting the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs [4].
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the use of sociodrama action methods within a design thinking workshop created to support marketing planning for a new product innovation, where participants were a digital sector SME and researchers within a UK university knowledge transfer programme.
Abstract: This paper describes the use of sociodrama action methods within a design thinking workshop created to support marketing planning for a new product innovation. Participants were a digital sector SME and researchers within a UK university knowledge transfer programme. The paper (1) discusses the theoretical foundations of design thinking and sociodrama; (2) presents a detailed case study of workshop co-development and delivery; and (3) reports the impacts for the client and the university. The authors assert that the discourse of design thinking enhances innovative, collaborative problem solving that improve exploration of possibilities for new product and service development as well as improved organizational business processes. Sociodrama methods assist facilitators by incorporating psychological, linguistic and biological elements to design thinking, leading to superior outcomes than simply from setting up a creative problem solving activity.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the center for innovation phenomenon and provided an understanding for the basis and rationale for why organizations across various contexts are pursuing centers for innovation, and characterized the practices, rationales, success factors, challenges, and other descriptors of these centers in an effort to understand their operating characteristics.
Abstract: The center for innovation model is a growing and prominent phenomenon across corporate, government, nonprofit, and university contexts. Based on the name, one would infer an aim is to serve as a mechanism that catalyzes innovation. A further aim would be to serve as exemplars of technology development, knowledge development, and knowledge dissemination in the course of delivering a given mission. To date, little work has examined the center for innovation phenomenon and so there is a need to investigate these inferences and provide an understanding for the basis and rationale for why organizations across various contexts are pursuing centers for innovation. Examining mission statements followed by an electronic survey of 66 centers for innovation, we characterize the practices, rationales, success factors, challenges, and other descriptors of these centers in an effort to understand their operating characteristics. Results suggest four archetypes for the center for innovation model based on constituency. ...
TL;DR: This paper aims to redress the gap through the development of a technology confidence scale, as appropriate explicitly to the feasibility phase of medical device design, from analysis of three recent innovation studies within the medical device industry.
Abstract: Innovation is a critical factor in ensuring commercial success within the area of medical technology. Biotechnology and Healthcare developments require huge financial and resource investment, in-depth research and clinical trials. Consequently, these developments involve a complex multidisciplinary structure, which is inherently full of risks and uncertainty. In this context, early technology assessment and ‘proof of concept’ is often sporadic and unstructured. Existing methodologies for managing the feasibility stage of medical device development are predominantly suited to the later phases of development and favour detail in optimisation, validation and regulatory approval. During these early phases, feasibility studies are normally conducted to establish whether technology is potentially viable. However, it is not clear how this technology viability is currently measured. This paper aims to redress this gap through the development of a technology confidence scale, as appropriate explicitly to the feasibility phase of medical device design. These guidelines were developed from analysis of three recent innovation studies within the medical device industry.
TL;DR: Using feature-based Jaccard-Tanimoto similarity, it is found that "idea space" is consistently about 14-dimensional regardless of the origin or specifics of the ideas, which has some practical consequences for the behavior and display of similarity search results.
Abstract: In a large idea management system it is very useful to have a general purpose "ideas like this" capability. Such a tool can be used to define a distance between two ideas, and with a distance metric it is possible to explore the dimensionality and size of a space. Using feature-based Jaccard-Tanimoto similarity, we find that "idea space" is consistently about 14-dimensional regardless of the origin or specifics of the ideas, which has some practical consequences for the behavior and display of similarity search results. In addition, given a distance within which people judge ideas to be "practically identical", the size of the universe of ideas can (whimsically) be estimated at 6 billion ideas.
TL;DR: Jindall et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a project for UP Participatory Forest Management & Poverty Alleviation Project (PFPAP), which is based on the Indian Institute of Statistics (IIS).
Abstract: Atul Jindall1, K .C .Malhotra2, Dr. Sanjay Verma3 1Project Director (Monitoring and Evaluation), Uttar Pradesh Participatory Forest Management & Poverty Alleviation Project. Lucknow, India, atjindal@yahoo.com 2Formerly Professor, Indian Institute of Statistics. Kolkata, India 3Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Project Management Consultants, Uttar Pradesh Participatory Forest Management & Poverty Alleviation Project. Lucknow, India
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how people experience innovation, from the inside, using metaphors such as "flow" and "being in the zone" to describe the way new thoughts and ideas emerge like gifts from the sea.
Abstract: How do people experience innovation, from the inside? Psychologists such as Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi [1] offer metaphors such as “flow” and “being in the zone”, but phenomenology is not the same thing as psychology [2] Phenomenology is a philosophical inquiry about what it is possible to access within ourselves, an investigation (in other words) into the structures of consciousness Somehow, somewhere in the structures of consciousness – or we might say on the threshold of consciousness, new thoughts and ideas emerge like gifts from the sea It makes sense for a scientist of innovation to understand the structures where this can be said to happen
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an analysis and critique of a new product development and innovation conference from a learning perspective to determine if one could learn new product developing and innovation in a conference setting.
Abstract: This is not an advertisement for a conference; it is serious analysis and critique of a new product development and innovation conference from a learning perspective to determine if one could ‘learn new product development and innovation in a conference setting. The author attended the product innovation management annual conference in Orlando in October 2012 [1, 2] and audited the academic forum, workshop series, and general conference sessions with special attention paid to the format and content. Participant's ratings of "value" and "the amount they learned" were captured from "beginners" and "experts". The results show that individuals who prefer learning through auditory and reading/writing reported, "absorbing" the most; while kinesthetic learners and those who required all inputs (auditory, visual, written/reading, and kinesthetic) wanted a greater variety of formats namely more exercises, demonstrations, case examples, and videos examples. The author tentatively concluded that "yes" one can learn ...
TL;DR: Due to a misprint Figure 1 & 2 were incorrectly displayed in the original manuscript published in volume 4 issue 2; the following presents the corrected figures.
Abstract: Due to a misprint Figure 1 & 2 were incorrectly displayed in the original manuscript published in volume 4 issue 2; the following presents the corrected figures.