{"title":"Market creation for radically new technologies: A literature review on the role of market niches","authors":"R. Ortt","doi":"10.1109/ICE.2012.6297642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2012.6297642","url":null,"abstract":"The article focuses on the role of niche markets in creating a market for radically new technologies. Managerially, niche strategies are important to build up a market. Scientifically, the information about these strategies is scattered. In a literature review four research questions are addressed: (1) Are different types of niches distinguished? (2) Are specific sequences of niches distinguished? (3) What are the factors that determine the emergence of niches? (4) Are different niche strategies distinguished? We found that articles focusing on technical details or on social aspects alone underestimate the difficulties in building up markets for radically new technologies. Three sequences of market niches are found to build up such markets. Many factors important for the emergence and selection of niches are found but the overview is lacking. We found two generic niche strategies and indicate when these strategies are applicable. The review discovers important gaps in the extant literature.","PeriodicalId":219998,"journal":{"name":"2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125071191","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}
A. Bettoni, M. Alge, D. Rovere, P. Pedrazzoli, L. Canetta
{"title":"Towards sustainability assessment: Reference data model for integrated product, process, supply chain design","authors":"A. Bettoni, M. Alge, D. Rovere, P. Pedrazzoli, L. Canetta","doi":"10.1109/ICE.2012.6297708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2012.6297708","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainability is an emerging factor companies are called for considering in their business according to the growing people-awareness about the impact of their behaviour as customers against environmental, social and economic issues. However, companies seldom manage to focus on sustainability all along the design and decisional process due to lack of proper sustainability measurement systems and/or inability to propagate this analysis on all the actors involved in the extended production system definition. This paper presents a novel approach aimed at supporting an integrated product, production system and supply chain design for sustainability. This goal will be pursued by, first, providing the system architecture of a system that supports the design activities taking place at the abovementioned three levels and, second, a data model encompassing all the required entities of the design for implementing the sustainability assessment.","PeriodicalId":219998,"journal":{"name":"2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124482012","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}
G. Fantoni, R. Apreda, D. Gabelloni, G. Montelisciani
{"title":"You solve, I learn: A novel approach to e-learning in collaborative crowdsourcing","authors":"G. Fantoni, R. Apreda, D. Gabelloni, G. Montelisciani","doi":"10.1109/ICE.2012.6297659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2012.6297659","url":null,"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 the rationale of their solutions and to share the adopted heuristics before receiving the award. This procedure allows the less expert to learn by doing and see how best solvers innovate products. The paper presents the “You solve, I learn” approach and how it has been implemented in an original platform able to promote innovation, creativity and effective knowledge sharing. The software use and achieved results are demonstrated through a case study.","PeriodicalId":219998,"journal":{"name":"2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130443099","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":"IDeALL: Exploring the way to integrate design for all within living labs","authors":"I. Vérilhac, M. Pallot, F. Aragall","doi":"10.1109/ICE.2012.6297699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2012.6297699","url":null,"abstract":"On the one hand, new paradigms, such as Open Innovation (Chesbrough, 2003) and Web 2.0 (O'Reilly, 2004) as well as Living Labs operating as a User Centred Open Innovation Ecosystem (Pallot, 2009), promote a more proactive role of users in the R&D process. However, a number of existing methods for involving users are abundantly described in the literature as reported by Pallot and colleagues (2010) while proposing a domain landscape of research and design methods supporting user involvement in R&D. On the other hand, the Design Creative City Living Lab has deployed the LUPI® methodology (Vérilhac, 2011) for involving all stakeholders, including users, at the earlier stage in opening a specific design lab. The LUPI® main strength consists in the proactiveness on the value creation chain from foresight up to the market (Jégou, 2009). Finally, there is the Design for All (DfA) approach and HUMBLES design method (Aragall, 2012) where products and services are adapted to the needs and wishes of all people, regardless of their differences. This paper briefly explores these different methods and tentatively tries to provide criteria for selecting design methods according to project specific aspects in integrating the DfA approach to meet the needs of all users whatever their differences.","PeriodicalId":219998,"journal":{"name":"2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134176910","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":"Shared understanding in networked organizations","authors":"K. Bondar, B. Katzy, R. Mason","doi":"10.1109/ICE.2012.6297688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2012.6297688","url":null,"abstract":"Creating shared understanding has always been seen as a factor for achieving corporate goals in management. Traditionally hierarchy and bureaucracy have been organizational coordination mechanisms to align the efforts of employees towards organization performance. Today, we must recognize that a new set of communication tools, new social media, is challenging the impact of formerly successful organizational practices. With social media employees build their own independent networks and exhibit work practices and professional behavior that are outside any norms of planned bureaucratic structures. In this paper, we explore this shift in attitudes and behavior and re-conceptualize the notion of shared understanding in a network environment. Early examples of networked organizations, like concurrent engineering, show that shared understanding remains a strong impact factor on organizational performance and that there are managerial measures beyond hierarchy and bureaucracy to create shared understanding among network members.","PeriodicalId":219998,"journal":{"name":"2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation","volume":"71 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128181432","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}
A. Cabello, K. Flores, M. Flores, M. Khan, A. Al-Ashaab
{"title":"An analysis of methods to achieve robustness towards a lean product development process","authors":"A. Cabello, K. Flores, M. Flores, M. Khan, A. Al-Ashaab","doi":"10.1109/ICE.2012.6297672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2012.6297672","url":null,"abstract":"Since Taguchi's introduction to robustness much has been researched about it, particularly into the field of new product development. Despite the attention given to the subject by academia, recent research has found that industry has yet to fully grasp its benefits. Among the main attributed factors, lie the complexity of the proposed statistical tools and a general misconception of the concept and its implementation. Based on Toyota's Product Development System, the term Conceptual Robustness is broadly defined based on three forms of variation: physical, design and market. Parting from the this definition and as part of the LeanPPD Project, the objective of this paper's contribution is threefold: 1), to present the state of the art on research in the area of robustness, 2) propose a taxonomy in order to understand the different scopes of available resources and 3) finally identifying the possibilities to achieve conceptual robustness (that of Sobek et al., 1999) with the available resources presented to the industry by academic research.","PeriodicalId":219998,"journal":{"name":"2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115755181","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":"Compatibility evaluation of future product concepts","authors":"C. Hepperle, F. Lachner, M. Mortl, U. Lindemann","doi":"10.1109/ICE.2012.6297712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2012.6297712","url":null,"abstract":"Within an increasingly competitive environment companies face the challenge to continuously launch innovations which are accepted by the customer and at the same time manageable by the organization. In this context product planning takes in an important role, as demands and potentials concerning the future lifecycle of a product have to be acquired, anticipated and systematically analyzed in order to derive promising product concepts. To support this task, methods and tools to handle the planning relevant information are needed. Therefore this paper addresses a Multiple Domain Matrix (MDM) approach to enable a compatibility analysis of future solution elements which allows in consequence the identification and interpretation of goal conflicts concerning future products. Furthermore the respective MDM approach is also used to evaluate the compatibility of product concepts concerning multiple planning scenarios and also concerning multiple planning horizons.","PeriodicalId":219998,"journal":{"name":"2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124473786","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":"Uncovering requirements using serious games","authors":"C. Durugbo, M. Kalverkamp","doi":"10.1109/ICE.2012.6297674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2012.6297674","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to advance the understanding of serious gaming for requirements acquisition. To accomplish this, a game-based requirements acquisition process model was formulated and applied through a gaming engine. The gaming engine was then used in a case study to identify and discuss outcomes and generalisation potentials of the formulated game model.","PeriodicalId":219998,"journal":{"name":"2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126631943","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":"Developing experiential living lab as platforms for embedded innovation","authors":"R. Nikolov, A. Antonova","doi":"10.1109/ICE.2012.6297635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2012.6297635","url":null,"abstract":"Within the last decade open innovation became a key ingredient for knowledge creation and knowledge absorption strategies of large companies. SMEs are usually considered to lack resources and capacity to organize alone open innovation activities. In this perspective, Hafkesbrink and Scholl (2010) proposed the model of Innovation 3.0 or embedded innovation, in order to illustrate how SMEs can take advantage of community knowledge. As living labs emerged as community knowledge creation model, they can be discussed as appropriate innovation infrastructure for SMEs based on embedded innovation. However, putting a living lab in operation and building around it dynamic and responsive communities is a challenging experience. The present research proposes a model for a living lab organization and development, combining three perspectives: the Embedded Innovation model (integrating the organization into communities to ensure knowledge absorption), the Knowledge-Social-Business experience (KSB) model (developed under the ELLIOT project) and the Technology-Mediated Social Platform model (TMSP). The new model will integrate the key aspects of living labs and will complete the gaps identified on practice. Finally, an experimental living lab ecosystem for implementing the new model is introduced.","PeriodicalId":219998,"journal":{"name":"2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127524611","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":"Rotterdam open data: Exploring the release of Public Sector Information through co-creation","authors":"P. Conradie, I. Mulder, S. Choenni","doi":"10.1109/ICE.2012.6297651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2012.6297651","url":null,"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 exchange among partners. In this study, students were encouraged to seek collaboration with local partners such as the creative industry, local government, and inhabitants. We elaborate on the results and discuss how this fosters innovation. Not only the co-created applications serve as illustrative examples, but also to collaboration through the co-creation approach seem to be promising. It can be concluded that such an approach connecting crucial partners can create a sustainable infrastructure to co-create public services and fosters further innovation with PSI. We reflect on the use of co-creation as a platform to reap the potentials of released PSI.","PeriodicalId":219998,"journal":{"name":"2012 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128646073","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}