2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation

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Living Lab is a user-centric open innovation approach for fostering everyday life innovation in users' real life contexts. Based on the Living Lab literature review and our own Living Lab practice experiences, we propose a Living Lab methodology framework and taxonomy of Living Lab methods and tools. We test and illustrate the proposed framework and taxonomy by two international Living Lab project... View full abstract»

This paper provides an analysis of coordinated collaboration in three cases where each an idea holder has been selected in an open idea competition and then matched with a suitable Living Labs for user validation. Applying case study research we reflect on the operations of Living Labs that have been launched as a regional innovation policy instrument during the Finish EU Presidency in 2006. The c... View full abstract»

The city of Nancy (France) launched a Living Lab approach for the redevelopment of its eco-district. The first step of this project focuses on ideas exploration with the organization of participative workshops grouping citizens, technicians and politicians around the same table. The Environment and Methodology of Acceleration space or EMA space proposes ten theoretical functions adapted to realize... View full abstract»

During the last years, the concept of Living Labs as environments of user driven and collaborative innovation has received much attention. Until recently, collaboration and networking between single living labs has not been much of an issue. The APOLLON project has now extended the concept of single living labs to cross-border networks of living labs aiming to support SMEs innovation and access to... View full abstract»

This paper introduces a holistic approach for describing a User eXperience (UX) model that is composed of different experience types, concepts and elements. Looking at the current UX body of knowledge, several theoretical and experimental models already exist and address various aspects of the resulting user experience when interacting with a product, such as perceived usefulness, ease of use, hed... View full abstract»

This research investigates the dynamics of firm innovativeness in emerging markets. It explores how firms acquire knowledge externally, in what ways existing knowledge base and intensity of effort components of absorptive capacity contribute to the innovativeness of the firms. It also examines the complementarities arising from the favorable interaction of them in order to innovate. It addresses t... View full abstract»

Chinese carmakers are leapfrogging traditional innovation patterns in automotive design by leveraging electric vehicle propulsion technologies and providing low cost solutions. This approach has become a potential threat for mature global players. On the other hand, European premium carmakers have been able to increase their penetration in emerging markets. Even though premium cars yield higher co... View full abstract»

Release of Public Sector Information (PSI) is increasingly being mandated on top levels of government. On a local level, PSI release is not always without difficulty. In this paper, we examine how the paradigm of co-creation and participation can be applied to PSI release in the public sector on a local level. A pilot study was organized focussing on the use of released PSI, stimulating idea excha... View full abstract»

The paper aims to study the drivers of innovative capacity of European peripheral regions, whose innovative behaviour has received less attention in the literature than successful regions. To achieve this objective, we apply the Furman et al. (2002) model in order to test if this model is applicable at regional level. Regarding to this point, it constitutes the second objective of the paper. We em... View full abstract»

Business ecosystems describe the network of firms, which collectively produce a holistic, integrated technological system that creates value for customers. Understanding the mode of ecosystem change can provide valuable information for organizations that are positioned in these networked environments. In this paper, we endeavor to provide this understanding by synthesizing the work of scholars in ... View full abstract»

Both monetary and non-monetary benefits may be achieved through different forms for exploiting technology. On the other hand, globalization has pushed firms to exploit their technologies on a global scale. Companies often issue licenses in foreign countries in order to enter a new market. However, not all firms deal with the licensing successfully, especially when it aims to act as a market entry ... View full abstract»

Business Ecosystems come together partially intentional and partially in an “accidental” manner: Leading companies, established suppliers and new actors (customers, engineers, fans) work together to achieve common goals. Therefore new constellations of participants in the innovation process can arise. To give these new actors a common direction for the development process the leading company withi... View full abstract»

The paper builds on the argument that cross-functional teams require autonomy for developing a new business. The paper add on the ongoing discussion to develop a concept of autonomy that defines the playing field for those teams. It is argued that the concept of autonomy inheres the dimensions functional, decision making and strategy making autonomy. We provide two in-depth case studies of high-te... View full abstract»

Various scholars contributed extensively to the area of entrepreneurial education. Nevertheless our key findings in assessing successful entrepreneurs is that strategic partnerships are very important in the daily practice of entrepreneurial companies but these partnerships are almost completely ignored in entrepreneurship courses and business models. These courses and models seem to focus on stan... View full abstract»

The concept of `coupled processes' is widely recognized in the open innovation literature. However, there is little evidence on how growth strategies based on coupled processes are put into practice, leading, thus, to the lack of a relevant strategy formulation framework. In this regard, the paper develops a generic framework for describing the formulation of open strategies that emphasize on coup... View full abstract»

This paper focuses on user involvement in the innovation process in the area of services and especially e-services, a highly unexplored topic. Our research is built on a comprehensive review of the resource-based view, customer/user integration and e-services. A qualitative investigation is performed to explore the situation concerning user involvement in several different companies offering e-ser... View full abstract»

In collaborative crowdsourcing, the problem of maintaining solvers' motivation and participation plays a crucial role. It has been noticed that one of the major issues is related to the scarce capacity of novices to face expert users in finding good solutions, which leads to an high rate of community abandonment. In order to overcome such a problem the best solvers should be asked to illustrate th... View full abstract»

The term Obeya has become known as part of the Toyota Product Development System and the Lean Product Development strategy which has come out of that. Literature describes the Obeya as one of the tools of the TPDS, but rarely discusses what really makes an Obeya work, and what the critical aspects of it are. In the EU-sponsored project Linked Design, which develops methods for design in distribute... View full abstract»

In modern companies which aim to stay competitive the in-house strategic management plays a big role in directing the daily operations and the decision making. The specifications of the chosen corporate strategy have an affect up to the level of decision finding in the product development process (PDP). Here it is necessary that the development team is conscious about the effects of their decision... View full abstract»

The aim of paper is to present a framework for emerging design methodology. The framework constitutes the approach to the design engineering of products and product families for contributing to the concept of concurrent enterprising. The factors facilitating the targeted application areas are pooled as the framework of Design for Procurement (DfP). The framework is supposed to bind together the as... View full abstract»

The introduction of new products makes it important for marketers to understand how innovators respond it. This paper investigates consumer innovativeness (CI) from hierarchical perspective of CI and examines the simultaneous impacts of CI on new product adoption. The first, generalist streams represents a generalized personality trait that engenders consumers to adopt new product. The second, par... View full abstract»

In this paper, a network-based diagrammatic approach for visualising the co-creation process is proposed. The approach centres on the use of three main primitives to depict the different forms of involvement and techniques for co-creation. The approach was evaluated through the visualisation of three co-creation methodologies from literature. The paper concludes with a discussion on the applicatio... View full abstract»