PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology最新文献

{"title":"It industry development by dynamic transformed human networks in Sapporo valley","authors":"Seiko Hayashi, K. Tanabe","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262239","url":null,"abstract":"Sapporo Valley in Hokkaido of Japan has IT industrial accumulation that has been spontaneously generated since the middle of the 1970s. Sapporo Valley has 247 IT companies with the sales of 366 billion yen and the employment of 16,085 people in the fiscal year 2007. The human networks among members (university professors, CEOs of IT company, journalists and local government officers) has been formed in Sapporo Valley through the participation in the study groups and the projects. The collaboration between those networks has deepened by joint activities and the networks dynamically transformed according to the changes of the circumstances. Many spin-off companies have been emerged by the support of those human networks in Sapporo Valley. This paper attempts to demonstrate that the dynamic transformed human networks has cultivated their members entrepreneurship and has contributed to the development of IT industry in Sapporo Valley. They can be thought of as a regional innovation system.","PeriodicalId":185147,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122070045","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":"A computer-based approach to material and process selection using sustainability and ecological criteria","authors":"M. Djassemi","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261872","url":null,"abstract":"Decision on selecting a material or process for a particular product is a common task in product engineering and facility planning. Such decision may have a significant impact on entire product life cycle including raw material acquisition, product manufacture, use, disposal, and environment. Traditional factors for decision making are economical, functional and aesthetical properties of the product. However, the issues of sustainability and environmental impact of materials and manufacturing processes have gained a growing attention in recent decade by general population as well as academicians and industrial practitioners. The objective of this study is to explore a software tool for material selection with focus on sustainability and ecological issues. To achieve this objective, first a number of sustainability/ecological attributes of materials will be reviewed. Second, a methodology for evaluating materials sustainability using an emerging software tool known as Cambridge Engineering Selector will be introduced. Finally a case study will be presented to exemplify the sustainability/ecological aspects of material/process selection.","PeriodicalId":185147,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117003210","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":"Making your R&D future proof: The roles of corporate foresight in innovation management","authors":"R. Rohrbeck, H.G. Gemunden","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262043","url":null,"abstract":"In the strategic management literature it is emphasized that in order to ensure long term survival and competitiveness, companies need to develop ambidextrous capabilities. Such capabilities should enable companies to develop both incremental innovation and radical innovation. In innovation management scholars and practitioners alike have engaged with great interest in understanding how large companies can develop radical innovation concluding that separate organizational structures and processes need to be put in place. In this article we explore how companies use corporate foresight to enhance their ability to develop both radical and incremental innovation. Using empirical evidence from 18 case studies in multinational enterprises and over 100 interviews, we identify three roles of corporate foresight systems for innovation management: The Initiator, the Strategist and the Opponent.","PeriodicalId":185147,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129498912","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 effect of R&D and technology commercialization capabilities on the innovation performance of Korean it SMEs: The case of direct and indirect recipients of public R&D funding","authors":"Seo-kyun Kim, B. Lee, Kyoung-Seok Oh","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261985","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the relationship between R&D capabilities (learning, R&D and external networking), technology commercialization (manufacturing and marketing), and innovation performance (product competitiveness) among SMEs in IT-related businesses. The study focuses on 254 Korean IT SMEs that were either recipients of government R&D grants or their indirect beneficiaries during the two-year period between 2005 and 2007. The major findings of this study are as follows: First, unlike what has been suggested by previous studies, R&D intensity was not the only factor influencing the innovation performance of firms; learning and external networking also had a significant influence on innovation. The research implication of this finding is that the measurement of firms' performance should not be solely based on the intensity of R&D expenditures, but a broader set of factors including learning and external networking capabilities. Second, the technology commercialization capabilities of firms played the role of a mediator in the relationship between R&D and innovation performance. Within the innovation cycle of input (R&D capabilities), process (technology commercialization capabilities) and output (innovation performance), we found that R&D seldom influenced performance in a direct fashion, but its influence was most often mediated by technology commercialization capabilities. The practical implication of this finding for companies is that in order to improve performance, they must avoid narrowly focusing on R&D, but must invest also in capabilities to commercialize technologies resulting from R&D. Third, when direct and indirect beneficiaries of public R&D funding are compared together, the explanatory power of the relationship between R&D capabilities, technology commercialization capabilities and innovation performance was stronger among the latter than the former. This result suggests that indirect technology support toward Korean IT SMEs through government-sponsored research institutions is a more effective way of allocating public R&D funds than direct funding in the form of grants to individual companies. In other words, sponsoring R&D projects at research organizations with high-quality manpower and equipment and facilities like government research institutions, which are more likely to result in technologies that are readier for commercialization and have greater value-added, and transferring resulting technologies to small and medium-size ventures is a better strategy for enhancing national technological competitiveness in IT.","PeriodicalId":185147,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121208241","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":"An implementation model for six sigma programs","authors":"R. M. Franza, S. Chakravorty","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262019","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the pervasiveness of Six Sigma programs, there is a rising concern regarding implementation failures. One reason many of these implementations fail is because rigorous research is lacking on how to effectively guide implementation. Using a successful Six Sigma program in a network technology company as a case study, this research develops a six-step implementation model. The first step is to perform market-driven strategic analysis. The second is to establish a cross-functional team to drive the initiative. The third step is to identify overall improvement tools. The fourth is to perform process mapping and prioritize improvement opportunities. The fifth step is to develop a detailed plan for low-level improvement teams, and the final step is to implement, document, and revise as needed. We identify key managerial implications of our implementation experience and provide several directions for future research.","PeriodicalId":185147,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114852620","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":"Technological innovation system of university-industry cooperation and technology transfer of emerging economies: Case study of Taiwan's experience","authors":"Yao-Jen Liu, Shang-Jyh Liu, Chiung-Wen Hsu","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261778","url":null,"abstract":"In the 21st century, technological innovation is an essential factor for an enhanced competitive edge for industries within the knowledge-based economic system. As Asia is a new economic power in the world, Taiwan has experiences to develop its own approach to become the newly industrial country and be called “The Taiwan economic miracle” since 80's, these experiences should have some means for the other emerging economies. For example, Taiwan has good University-industry cooperation and technology transfer experiences that are effective approaches for promotion of technological innovation and shift from manufacturing to services industry. Taiwan established a good university-industry cooperation and technology transfer system in the last century. It enabled cutting-edge knowledge-based technology diffusion in the industries by way of technology transfer, thus creating successful economic development and become the fundamental of Taiwan's “economic miracle”. This article is designed to introduce Taiwan's practical approaches and improvement measures while implementing university-industry cooperation and technology transfer and explain Taiwan's experience in university-industry cooperation and technology transfer.","PeriodicalId":185147,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127736701","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":"Risk factors of the long tail in mobile manga sales","authors":"Taro Sugihara, Yoshiya Kobayashi, Y. Ikawa","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261950","url":null,"abstract":"After the Long Tail was proposed by Chris Anderson in 2004, people started believing his theory that internet services, such as Amazon.com, can achieve great success in retailing. Internet stores can sell enormous numbers of books, comics, CDs, and DVDs and make great profits through the reduction in distribution costs that is achieved through this medium. Despite the fact that mobile internet retail is on equal terms with retail through PCs, the properties and modes of usage of a mobile phone, which strongly influence the purchasing aspect, have not been considered as the Long Tail of mobile retail. In this paper, therefore, we have discussed whether the Long Tail of mobile internet retail is profitable, especially in connection with mobile manga sales. Three series of researches were conducted in this study: a Pareto analysis for mobile manga sales, two focus group and individual interviews on how to use and purchase mobile manga, and a field experiment to determine the influence of distributors' recommender systems. The results we found were that when users searched for novel titles, they did not devote sufficient time toward retrieving the same and mostly depended on best seller rankings. We thus concluded that the Long Tail of mobile manga sales has few prospects of profitability.","PeriodicalId":185147,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"2014 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128155674","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":"Optimization of retail clusters by improving individual store performance","authors":"A. Rizvi, A. Sachdeva","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262058","url":null,"abstract":"Clustering is a common phenomenon seen all around the world in industries, and the service sector. Clustering is a complicated case in retail, and mainstream literature is populated with studies that define store performance for single stores; however, not much is available when they are in clustering, as the conventional trading boundaries, which form the area in which the store's influence extends, cannot be defined. The present study was conducted to improve the overall performance of the entire cluster, by dealing with individual stores. It was conducted in a large retail cluster dealing exclusively in stationary. The store facilities are analysed using fuzzy linguistic modelling from both, the customer and the retailers stand point. A model of such clusters is then prepared for the current demographic. The model generated aims to provide a holistic approach to grade the facilities available in order to determine returns. This also gives a framework for retailers to upgrade their existing facilities according to the cluster characteristics, thus improving not only individual performance, but also the performance of the cluster.","PeriodicalId":185147,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125309391","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":"Order release and dispatching in a sequence dependent job shop","authors":"F. Gentile, K. Rogers","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262014","url":null,"abstract":"Determining when order release should occur and how dispatching should be accomplished is critical to the success of a manufacturing enterprise. Although a significant amount of job shop production scheduling and control literature exists, a void with respect to order release and dispatching in a sequence dependent setup (SDS) environment remains. This research provides a comprehensive literature review of order review and release simulation based studies in job shop environments, and dispatching techniques in the SDS job shop. The literature review served as the basis for developing order release and dispatching mechanisms for the SDS job shop. The main effects and interactions of order release and dispatching mechanisms in a simulated benchmark job shop model were examined for these mechanisms and select mechanisms from the literature. Analysis of variance results demonstrated that the main effects of both order release and dispatching mechanisms are significant, as is the interaction between these variables. Simulation results also proved that the Work Load Control Machine Center order release and Similar Setup dispatching mechanisms yielded the most favorable and robust performance results.","PeriodicalId":185147,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125728133","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":"Technology adoption among SMEs in Malaysia: Development of an assessment process","authors":"N. H. Abdullah, A. Shamsuddin","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261819","url":null,"abstract":"Basing on the importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to Malaysia's economy, the importance of adopting technology to increase SMEs sustainability, this research proposes an integrated process to measure technology adoption among SMEs in Malaysia. This process acknowledges the unique characteristics of SMEs as compared with large companies. Although Malaysian goverment has implemented various policies, financial incentives and technological infrastrutures, there is a need to shift focus on internal factors such as SMEs owners. It is proposed that low technology adoption among SMEs is influenced by factors closely associated with the SMEs owners' values and attitude towards technology.","PeriodicalId":185147,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125978081","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}