{"title":"Towards an understanding of design leadership","authors":"J. Riedel, K. Pawar, A. Beltagui","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461400","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to explore leadership styles in relation to the management of design. The paper is based on the analysis of data collected during a multiple-case study of the role of design in business. The study involved interviews with senior managers in six case companies. The paper proposes a typology of design leadership, which defines some characteristics of different leadership styles. Design can make an important contribution to the commercial success of firms (Black and Baker, 1987, Rothwell, 1992, Walsh et al., 1992, Sentance and Clark, 1997, Hertenstein et al., 2005). For many managers, however “an excessively narrow view of design hinders a broader, more strategic approach towards its management” (Schneider, 1989). There are arguments that design is misunderstood (von Stamm, 2004) or neglected by “design illiterate” managers (Kotler and Rath, 1984). In some companies, however, design is valued by managers and is key to the success of the business. Verganti (2008) cited examples of successful, design-intensive firms such as Alessi, whose management style nurtures the creativity of designers.","PeriodicalId":124214,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131693574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital factory for collaborative production systems","authors":"Michel Pouly, S. Berthold","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461379","url":null,"abstract":"Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems provide information management and analysis to industrial companies and support their planning activities that are currently based on theoretical values (averages) of parameters like the amount of WIP at different production cells, lead times of different operations and machine load and not on the actual, real shop floor data. This can considerably disturb the planning activities as WIP are taken into account and the machine load can heavily affect the lead times. Sharing data between manufacturers, suppliers and customers becomes very important to fulfil the expectations of the market. This paper proposes software solutions to address these requirements and methods to automatically capture the necessary corresponding shop floor information and compares different technologies like RFID, image and voice processing.","PeriodicalId":124214,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130375157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Work order and task guidance integration for mobile maintenance applications","authors":"Pekka Siltanen, Markus Ylikerala, Hannu Kuukkanen","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461414","url":null,"abstract":"This paper concentrates in a challenge of implementing new mobile field service applications, so that the applications can be integrated into the existing industrial document production processes. The solution described here uses standard based data exchange between document production, maintenance management system and mobile applications. A method for integrating maintenance manuals production and maintenance work order management using standard maintenance data models is described. The results are applied in the prototype application where the information is utilised in mobile terminal used by the field service technician.","PeriodicalId":124214,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130733278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SMEs, new technologies & e-business: The “Globeez project”","authors":"Elizabeth Filippouli","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461439","url":null,"abstract":"The Internet presents tremendous growth potential for enterprises and business. Based on disintermediation it reaches larger audience than any medium in history. There is a robust tide of SMEs and potential producers, consumers, seller, buyers representing a vast pool of target groups, setting new trends in consumerism and markets. Following extensive research the Globeez project was created as a social networking platform to serve as an important vehicle for these trends and to address the crying need for virtual and physical fora filling the gap between governments, corporations, universities, civil and social organizations and individuals. With the use of New Interactive Technologies, the Globeez project aims at addressing issues like: Productivity gap, relocation of low quality standardized jobs and high skilled work outside the EU, job losses, inclusion, SMEs encouragement/promotion, knowledge-based Economy and strengthen the European Research and Innovation Area by investing in human capital, emerging technologies, innovative systems and collaborative networking.","PeriodicalId":124214,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130147209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic management of intellectual properties for competitive advantage - Proposal of a framework for IPR evaluation","authors":"Osamu Nishijima, O. Tomisawa","doi":"10.3169/ITEJ.65.540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3169/ITEJ.65.540","url":null,"abstract":"Intellectual property, clearly, is a major component for competitive advantage in the 21st century. We can see many industries where IPR played important roles for competitive advantage in the past. However, the Japanese electronics industry lost its leadership in the DRAM and DVD business, despite the fact that it had strong technology superiority in terms of IPR. This suggests that recognition of IPR importance is not sufficient. This paper deals with patents which are important components of intellectual property; specifically this paper tries to visualize the competitive advantage of technology utilizing the two-dimensional framework of IPR exclusiveness and product life cycle.","PeriodicalId":124214,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125044512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contributions of Living Labs in reducing market based risk","authors":"E. Almirall, J. Wareham","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461372","url":null,"abstract":"Traditionally, the gap between research and innovation has been covered by startups and entrepreneurs who take on the risk and the uncertainty associated with bringing to market novel products or services. Public intervention in innovation has indeed attempted to lower that risk, but his intervention has been commonly associated to increasing the availability of factors that could trigger innovation, such as capital or research potential, rather than reducing the risks associated with the market, such as product/service or business model inadequacy. However, experience shows that are these market risks the main culprits of the failure of new ventures. Recently a new kind of institution called Living Labs, aims to address this area, providing not only help in managing market risks but the kind of entrepreneurial spirit that could push innovation forward while helping in creating an initial demand that might foster its development.","PeriodicalId":124214,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129263634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Product and Production Configuration Method - enhancing the customer driven value chain by the cognitive dimension","authors":"N. Jufer, J. Bathelt, Matthias Durst, A. Kunz","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461387","url":null,"abstract":"Concurrent product and production design in conjunction with mass customisation is in the focus of the work presented in this paper. The novel Product and Production Configuration Method (PPCM) is embedded in two dimensions: the value chain dimension and the cognitive dimension. The value chain dimension includes the synchronisation of product and production design considering all variants implied by the customer. The cognitive dimension captures the knowledge generation and exploitation within an organization. Relations and dependencies between the variants demanded by the customer and the corresponding product- and production-properties can be tracked and documented by the PPCM. The knowledge about these dependencies is crucial when synchronising product and production data. A case study demonstrating the capabilities of the PPCM concludes this work.","PeriodicalId":124214,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130500145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jose Arturo Tejeda Gomez, Agusti Sancho Martinez, Esteve Allmirall
{"title":"Xpertum: Competences and social networking","authors":"Jose Arturo Tejeda Gomez, Agusti Sancho Martinez, Esteve Allmirall","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461376","url":null,"abstract":"We present Xpertum, a web-based tool for visualizing social networks to provide valued insights in the knowledge and innovation management processes. Our approach is based on networking between individuals and competences. Since people could gain experience in several knowledge areas, we consider the competences as levels of knowledge in a certain technical area or discipline, which users are dynamically involved inside the organizations. Large communities of individuals offer a significant complexity not only for visualization but also for understanding and explore. We suggest algorithms to highlight the relationships between both entities, individuals and competences, which are being visualized. The tool deals also with clustering of entities and work team assembly.","PeriodicalId":124214,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121299555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Planning distributed innovation processes in virtual organisations by applying the Collaborative Network Relationship Analysis","authors":"J. Eschenbächer, M. Seifert, K. Thoben","doi":"10.1007/978-3-642-04568-4_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04568-4_2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":124214,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115756663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The evolution of Interoperability","authors":"P. Assogna","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461395","url":null,"abstract":"Interoperation is the core of complex systems evolution: the science of complexity can provide useful hints for relevant characteristics of Enterprise Interoperability. An isolated system, according to the second law of thermodynamics, inevitably gets to state of maximum entropy, maximum homogeneity and minimum potential energy: it cannot evolve any more. Taking the universe as a system, cosmologists generally agree that as a whole it is running down this course. But there are “islands of complexity”, systems that instead of getting simpler and simpler find a way of interoperate and organize structures that decrease internal entropy, at the expense of their context. Living organisms are the best example of these interoperating systems. Their evolution is a story of competition for resources and of cooperation for the best exploitation of the context. Knowledge is the opposite of entropy, in the sense that to maintain or increase its internal order a system must “know” how to structure its components. Every organism operates on its environment by building and using models, so that modelling is the main tool for interoperation (each organism is part of the environment of all other ones). In this sense knowledge is this capability of building effective models. Some aspects of the way organisms use modelling to compete and to interoperate can be translated to systems interoperability process and tools.","PeriodicalId":124214,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132629614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}