{"title":"Selecting research and development center partners for semiconductor industry in Taiwan","authors":"Chih-Hung Hsieh","doi":"10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654455","url":null,"abstract":"Attracting multinational enterprises to set up research and development centers (RDCs) in domestic is a key strategy to upgrade industry ability for developing countries. In 2004, in order to strengthen its competitiveness of IC industry, Taiwan government decided to actively select multinational enterprise and pursuer them to setup RDCs in Taiwan. This paper describes the process of identifying required technologies and partners. Analysis by industry intelligence institute and survey of industry executives are employed in the process. The process used in the study is a top-down approach beginning from structure of the whole semiconductor industry, to required critical technologies, to possible RDC partners. Promotion and invitation programs are executed based on the result of the analysis. Taiwan government successfully pursuer some of the target partners and have them set up RDCs in Taiwan.","PeriodicalId":332967,"journal":{"name":"2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123650537","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 empirical study of the wood pellet publishing activity development","authors":"H. Jarvenpaa, A. Tapaninen","doi":"10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654341","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change have highlighted the potential for bioheating solutions, including wood pellet technologies. This study investigates the development phase of the technology regarding wood pellets. We use the technology life cycle indicators as a proxy for the development phase but also compare those results to the actual historical development of the technology. In addition, we analyze the wood pelletspsila geographical differences by looking at the different countriespsila publishing activity on wood pellets. The results show that the number of publications has increased significantly in the 21st century. This indicates the accelerating growth of development in the current technology. In addition, concentration of wood pellet publishing is substantial with two countries dominating the engineering publishing activity.","PeriodicalId":332967,"journal":{"name":"2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122081503","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":"Quality practice and impact of culture: A study of small and medium sized manufacturing in the South of Thailand","authors":"R. Sinthavalai, N. Memongkol, Srisit Chainrabutra","doi":"10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654401","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is formulized by the research question as how small and medium-sized manufacturing are utilizing the quality systems. The research designs to cover the findings from research exploring the nature and extent of quality practices in those types of manufacturing in the South of Thailand, as case study. Factors motivating, hierarchical patterns, encountered problems and elements of quality culture are observed. Respectively, the findings are discussed based on culture analysis, which is derived from Hofstedepsilas dimensions of culture. Remarkably, this study is not to outline methodology for implementing a change. It is to ascertain the quality culture that has impact to value of people, attitudes, and behaviors; indeed those are claimed as contributing to the success of quality practice.","PeriodicalId":332967,"journal":{"name":"2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125858437","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 empirical study of psychological safety and performance in technology R&D teams","authors":"C.C. Huang, C. Chu, P. Jiang","doi":"10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654580","url":null,"abstract":"R&D teams are utilized to develop technologies, improve services and operations. Thus, understanding how R&D teams perform successfully is the focus of this study. Psychological safety could facilitate team learning because team members are not afraid to make mistakes and then teams could perform better. Therefore, this study analyzes psychological safety in team performance and examines the mediated effect of team learning on psychological safety and team performance in technology R&D teams. Our research model is assessed using data from a sample of 100 members of 60 technology R&D teams and is analyzed using partial least squares (PLS) method. The results of this study indicate: (1) psychological safety has an effect on team performance and (2) team learning mediates the relationship between psychological safety and team performance. This study also discusses implications for technology R&D teams, based on the results of this study.","PeriodicalId":332967,"journal":{"name":"2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124639473","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 collective effects of product and service quality on customer satisfaction - An empirical study on iPod and iTunes","authors":"M. Chan, Y. Ding, K. Chai","doi":"10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654492","url":null,"abstract":"The relationships between quality, customer satisfaction and loyalty have been widely investigated for more than two decades. However, most of these studies focus on a pure product or a pure service setting. This study hopes to fill the gap by investigating the effects of product and service quality on customer satisfaction and loyalty based on a holistic view. Results from an empirical study on iPod and iTunes show that service quality will greatly influence the impact of product quality on customer satisfaction and software, either as a core product or complementary component.","PeriodicalId":332967,"journal":{"name":"2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124666281","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 assessment of related parameters affecting on success and failures of national IT projects: Case study of Iran","authors":"S. Mohammadi, S. Zare-Hoseini, H. Jahanshahi","doi":"10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654438","url":null,"abstract":"Emergence of Information technology and its rapid progress hugely influence every aspect of human life in the world; hence IT projects have a particular importance in different countries and organizations implementing IT projects have major role in the matter. Success or failure in an IT project depends on several internal or external factors. In this study, these factors and criteria are examined and determined for a nation-wide IT projects in Iran as a case study. A survey on the performed national IT projects in this case study enables us to analyze the drawbacks and advantages of the process and handling IT projects. Consequently it paves the way to reduce the failure rates of the IT projects in Iran.","PeriodicalId":332967,"journal":{"name":"2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128234450","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":"Demonstration research of factors influencing job satisfaction: Evidence from Chinese CPAs specilized in high-tech industry","authors":"Pan Jing, Tong Xin, Chen Yongqiang","doi":"10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654374","url":null,"abstract":"As a kind of work attitude, job satisfaction influences the willingness and quality of CPAspsila (Certified Public Accountant) work directly and influences the development of CPA firms indirectly. The importance of job satisfaction of CPA can not be ignored. This paper first analyses the professional characteristics of CPA specialized in high-tech industry, then interview them by using carefully designed questionnaire. After data statistical analysis, this paper finds out industry prospect, sense of identity and welfare rank the first three most important factors which influence the job satisfaction of CPA. This paper also explores the influences of individual difference on job satisfaction. In the end, this research draws conclusions based on the combination of research findings and development status of chinese accounting firms.","PeriodicalId":332967,"journal":{"name":"2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129743558","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}
M. Tuominen, P. Parvinen, J. Hietanen, H. Tikkanen
{"title":"Collaborative resources in innovation and global competition: Profitability implications","authors":"M. Tuominen, P. Parvinen, J. Hietanen, H. Tikkanen","doi":"10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654591","url":null,"abstract":"We argue in this paper that in expanding global competition, when the knowledge base of products and markets is complex and the sources of performance advantages are widely dispersed, the locus of innovation will be found in inter-firm collaboration, rather than in individual firms. By examining the role of firm resources and capabilities in innovation and business relationship management, we put forward a collaboration-innovation-performance model and derive hypotheses that link various findings in the literature on ldquomarket-oriented innovationrdquo. We test these hypotheses on a sample of 5627 firms across different industries both in the manufacturing and service sector in 13 countries. Results support our hypotheses and have implications for practice and future research on firm resources in innovation and inter-firm collaboration.","PeriodicalId":332967,"journal":{"name":"2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127145723","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":"Analyzing job performance structural model using decision making trail and evaluation laboratory technique","authors":"C. Fang, Guan-Li Chen, H. Hung","doi":"10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654372","url":null,"abstract":"This study was designed to understand which factors influence job performance. In the first stage, theory structure of Mowday et al. and Mathieu & Zajac serves as the foundation of this research to submit awareness of employees of organization climate, job characteristics and role pressure as independent variables, and with organization commitment, job satisfaction, and involvement as mediate variables and job performance improvement model as dependent variables. This part would construct from structural equation model and verified the fitness of the model. In the second stage, the researcher aims at understanding what the key factors affecting job performance are under the overall structural model. We found that organizational climate is the most important influential role of job performance structural model. The study concludes with suggestion for key factors to give important ensuing research directions and suggestions to the academic and practice fields with the research results.","PeriodicalId":332967,"journal":{"name":"2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127433086","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 OSI network management model- capacity and performance management","authors":"Chompu Nuangjamnong, S. Maj, D. Veal","doi":"10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654552","url":null,"abstract":"With the rapid growth of large enterprise networks, capacity and performance management issues are becoming increasingly important to both business organizations and the telecommunication industry. Capacity and performance management techniques and methods provide guidance on how to plan, justify and manage network resources. Inappropriate planning for capacity and performance may lead to wasted resources resulting in unnecessary cost, or lack of resources resulting in poor network performance or even the unavailability of IT services. Moreover, it is not uncommon for networks to be equipped with devices from different vendors which potentially add to complexity. Resource management may be assisted by using a network management framework. The OSI Network Management Model (NMM) is the standard model and provides a conceptual framework for organizing a diverse range of network resources. This paper is an analysis of the OSI NMM to evaluate its use within large enterprise networks focusing upon capacity and performance management.","PeriodicalId":332967,"journal":{"name":"2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129962153","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}