{"title":"Deterministic contract award and probabilistic bidding strategies","authors":"R. Goodwin","doi":"10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998376","url":null,"abstract":"This paper uses computable functions and pairwise inner-product comparisons for determining the optimal contract award in engineering management. This paper uses probability distributions for determining the optimal bidding strategies in engineering management.","PeriodicalId":193013,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON)","volume":"161 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134482199","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":"Intellectual Asset Management - key areas to consider prior to product launch","authors":"Keith D. Weiss, Michael N. Spink","doi":"10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998371","url":null,"abstract":"Several areas associated with intellectual asset management (IAM) that should to be considered prior to the launch of a product are described in detail. Specific emphasis is given to integrating an intellectual property strategy with product development and quality processes; developing competitive intelligence in order to determine freedom to operate; controlling external disclosures to maintain patentability; and analyzing global costs associated with prosecuting and maintaining intellectual property in key geographic areas.","PeriodicalId":193013,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129389372","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":"Knowledge value stream framework for architecting complex products","authors":"R. Raman, Meenakshi D'Souza","doi":"10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998412","url":null,"abstract":"Product Development value stream includes all the activities (value added and non-value added) for designing and developing a product. It is characterized by flow of knowledge that drives the decisions, and deals with how the product is conceptualized, architected and designed by the design teams. The intangible flow of knowledge is determined by knowledge value stream - which shapes how the raw concepts/ ideas flow into mature knowledge, how the knowledge is socialized, internalized, and how the knowledge impels the decisions in the product development value stream. For complex products, the design teams encounter significant challenges, such as uncertainty and variability, while making architecture and design decisions. This paper proposes a framework for knowledge value stream for complex product design and development, that encompasses knowledge cadence and learning cycles as its core elements, and incorporates rudiments for complex product design such as uncertainty, variability and perceptions. The framework advocates a phased model for deployment for maturing the knowledge value stream.","PeriodicalId":193013,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON)","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124723148","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":"Aligning and catalyzing research investments across the national security enterprise","authors":"David M. Isaacson","doi":"10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998355","url":null,"abstract":"We report a novel enterprise-level technology management architecture led by the Office of Director of National Intelligence to empower the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and its partners to more effectively inform technology investment decisions by ensuring that the IC and the private sector are sharing information on intelligence-related research efforts. This framework not only provides our academic and industry partners with an open mechanism for collaborating on the IC's future technical directions, but also provides a rational, traceable, and defensible basis for the IC to engage with less traditional U.S. Government partners—such as the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services—as well as foreign allies.","PeriodicalId":193013,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123958039","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":"Chinese firms' R&D “Going Out”: Determinants for location choice","authors":"Xielin Liu, Sheng Wu, Li Zhu, Xuechen Ding","doi":"10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998402","url":null,"abstract":"Based on a dataset on 1500 Chinese firms, which established overseas R&D subsidiaries in the recent 5 years (2010–2014), we investigate the development trends of the Chinese firms' overseas R&D investment, whether and how it differs from the overseas R&D investment peak led by the Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in the developed countries in the past century. Drawing on Dunning's eclectic paradigm, we establish a theoretical framework: the locational advantage of host countries are analyzed in their effect on Chinese firms' establishment of overseas R&D subsidiaries. We also consider how the interaction between the host countries and China, which consists of geographic and cultural distance, moderate the relations between the host countries' advantages and Chinese firms' locational choice, integrating Uppsala model and Geert Hofstede's National Cultural theory into Dunning's eclectic paradigm. A dataset consisting 49 representative host countries and the multiple regression method are employed to test the related hypothesis. We find that the Chinese firms' R&D “Going Out” is strongly oriented by the overseas market; although the “knowledge seeking” is also a major incentive, this orientation is comparatively less strong, and is further weakened by the barriers created by geographic and cultural distance.","PeriodicalId":193013,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129801084","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 craft of R&D leadership","authors":"T. Curtin, S. Ramberg","doi":"10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998394","url":null,"abstract":"R&D has typically been structured and managed in terms of its maturity on a scale that spans from initial concepts to marketable products. In contrast to a linear, stage-gate process that such a scale implies and for which many management tools have been developed, R&D breakthroughs and disruptive innovation typically emerge from coupled feedback loops and timely decisions in response to unplanned events across the R&D portfolio. The craft of tuning the decision feedback process demands specific leadership attributes of R&D portfolio managers. Decision making and key attributes are discussed.","PeriodicalId":193013,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117182474","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":"How do emerging economy enterprises achieve technological catch-up? A dual-drive model of technological discontinuity and institution-driven markets","authors":"Jiang Wei, Cong Sun, Qiuyue Pan","doi":"10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998400","url":null,"abstract":"This article tries to demonstrate a new dual-factor explaining mechanism for why emerging economy enterprises could achieve technological catch-up under the situations of technological accumulation lacks, complex international environments and inferior social reputations. We select 259 firms from 37 industries as our sample to do empirical research and found that technological discontinuity is positively related with technological catch-up but not significantly, institution-driven markets positively affect the catch-up performance significantly. What is more, we find positively synergistic effect of technological discontinuity and institution-driven markets on catch-up performances. We expect our research could provide both theoretical and practical implications.","PeriodicalId":193013,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126457960","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}
F. Tietze, E. Eppinger, Jan Sternkopf, Pratheeba Vimalnath
{"title":"IP strategies for sustainability","authors":"F. Tietze, E. Eppinger, Jan Sternkopf, Pratheeba Vimalnath","doi":"10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998373","url":null,"abstract":"Novel technologies are essential to enable environmental and societal sustainable growth. Intellectual property rights (IPR) provide incentives to technology development. But this positive effect on innovation comes with the downside that IPR can also hinder the diffusion of technology. Open approaches have been suggested to overcome this. However, in spite of this relevance, existing literature about Open IP approaches is scarce, and most investigations are focusing on the software industry. This paper discusses the benefits and drawbacks of different IP strategies against the backdrop of sustainability transition. The various modes of sharing IP are categorized according to their degree of openness in terms of access and contribution. Two case studies of companies that use a complete closed strategy and an open strategy are analysed and provide insights into various conditions that impact the suitability of an open or closed strategy and suggestions for promising future research are presented.","PeriodicalId":193013,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON)","volume":" 36","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113950350","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}
E. Hansen, Florian Lüdeke‐Freund, X. Quan, J. West
{"title":"Beyond technology push vs. demand pull: The evolution of solar policy in the U.S., Germany and China","authors":"E. Hansen, Florian Lüdeke‐Freund, X. Quan, J. West","doi":"10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998364","url":null,"abstract":"To explain and promote the adoption of new technologies, researchers have debated the relative importance of technology push and demand pull factors. Here we examine a crucial problem of contemporary innovation policy — promoting the adoption of renewable energy to reduce anthropogenic global warming — that challenges prior models for large scale innovation adoption. From the recommendations of Mowery, Nelson and Martin (2010) [1], we develop a typology of technology push and demand pull policy design principles for renewable energy adoption. We use these principles to analyze a sample of 79 solar energy policies from 1974 to 2011 in the U.S., Germany and China. From this, we suggest additions to the model of technology push and demand pull — by differing between direct and indirect push and pull — to explain the success of renewable energy policies.","PeriodicalId":193013,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114127760","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}
Waldir Ventura Filho, Andressa Lodi de Brito, Bruno Zezell Crestana, Maxwel dos Santos Prado
{"title":"The benefits of a quality tool in a Student Branch: Implementing the 5S methodology to create a new culture","authors":"Waldir Ventura Filho, Andressa Lodi de Brito, Bruno Zezell Crestana, Maxwel dos Santos Prado","doi":"10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMSCON.2017.7998408","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to explain the implementation of the 5S methodology into the workplace of IEEE UFABC Student Branch as a new culture and the benefits and changes after it. Also, explain each one of the 5 stages that compose the 5S organization method and how it was applied, along with its complications, solutions, benefits and community feedback.","PeriodicalId":193013,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121938950","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}