Fernanda Rosalina da Silva Meireles , Ana Cláudia Azevedo , João Maurício Gama Boaventura
{"title":"Open innovation and collaboration: A systematic literature review","authors":"Fernanda Rosalina da Silva Meireles , Ana Cláudia Azevedo , João Maurício Gama Boaventura","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101702","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101702","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The concept of open innovation was developed from a fragmented body of knowledge, with multiple levels of analysis, and little depth and theoretical specificity, presenting a lack of alignment and consolidation, and, evidencing the need for realization of knowledge in this theme. Given this, we propose this systematic review to extend the discussion on open innovation in a collaborative context, revisiting and synthesizing the research developed in this scope, identifying its main characteristics and levels of analysis. Such a review, composed of an already validated methodology, involves data collection, analysis, and synthesis. Results revealed a literature that is mostly empirical, quantitative, and has unclear limits on innovation’s characteristics. As for the levels of analysis, we observed a concentration of studies at the intraorganizational level focused on the organization’s functional aspects. When raising the gaps, we point out potential avenues for future research, which, together with the systematization, constitute the main contribution of this work.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45527248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How do patent trolls affect the technological innovation of Chinese enterprises? Evidence from enterprise patent survey data in China","authors":"Zhifeng Yin , Jian Guo , Zhen Sun , Mindan Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101695","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101695","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Based on the 2017 China Patent Survey data, this study examines how contact with patent trolls affects Chinese enterprises’ technological innovation. The results indicate that the presence of patent trolls in the market may be beneficial for stimulating Chinese enterprises’ awareness of intellectual property rights and improving their technological innovation, indicated by increased R&D investment and patent quantity. However, direct contact with patent trolls does not improve patent value. Such contact further negatively affects patent implementation, as demonstrated by a decreasing share of self-implemented patents and an increasing share of licensed patents. Our findings reveal a “patent troll infection” among enterprises, which hinders patented technology implementation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44795791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How does intelligent manufacturing reconcile the conflict between process standards and technological innovation?","authors":"Kangkang Yu , Cheng Qian , Jinliang Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101698","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101698","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Understanding whether process standards foster or hinder technological innovation lacks consensus in the literatures. From the process management perspective, this study aimes at exploring the mechanisms underlying this relationship under a specific situation of intelligent manufacturing. By analyzing interview data from four case companies in the environmental instrument industry in China and secondary data at the firm level, we find that (i) process standards have a positive effect on technological innovation and (ii) process standards in companies with relatively high levels of intelligent manufacturing raise technological innovation. In particular, these four companies are differentiated with respect to intelligent manufacturing context: two companies with relatively high levels of intelligent manufacturing; and the other two with relatively low levels of intelligent manufacturing. Based on the case analysis, we find that there is an open logic, tightening both internal and external communication linkages, between process standards and technological innovation, so process standards positively affect technological innovation. Further, we find that for those with a higher level of intelligent manufacturing, firms typically benefit more organizational learning competency, which enhances the impact of process standards on technological innovation. The findings are also confirmed by a post hoc survey. Above all, this study contributes to the literatures on process management and technological innovation as well as the new trend of intelligent manufacturing in Industry 4.0.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49415650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling learning traits and team performance with knowledge application: Training and education for engineering work teams","authors":"Chieh-Peng Lin, Kuan-Chen Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101686","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101686","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Drawing upon the trait activation theory, this paper explains team performance from a mediating perspective of knowledge application, which represents a teamwork process of knowledge management. The empirical results of this study reveal that knowledge application mediates the negative relationship between power distance and team performance and the positive relationship between flexibility orientation and team performance. Teamwork engagement moderates the relationship between learning goal orientation and knowledge application and the relationship between flexibility orientation and knowledge application. Finally, team familiarity moderates the relationship between flexibility orientation and knowledge application. Research implications and limitations are also discussed herein.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48850816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the nature, origins and outcomes of Over Featuring in the new product development process","authors":"Giacomo Marzi","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101685","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101685","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Developing new products and services beyond what is required by the needs of users, market demand and the resources of companies ranks among the top 10 risks leading to new product development (NPD) failures. This study defines and refers to this multifaceted phenomenon as ‘Over Featuring’ (OVF) to group different forms of excessive product development, from scope creep to overspecification and feature creep. The classification and theoretical development of the various forms of OVF is proposed, also origins and adverse outcomes, such as feature fatigue, are explored. Stage-Gate and Agile approaches are discussed in the light of the OVF phenomenon.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42138884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ernesto Mastrocinque , Emilia Lamberti , F. Javier Ramirez , Dobrila Petrovic
{"title":"Measuring open innovation under uncertainty: A fuzzy logic approach","authors":"Ernesto Mastrocinque , Emilia Lamberti , F. Javier Ramirez , Dobrila Petrovic","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101673","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101673","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Open innovation has received growing interest in recent years, both in academia and industry. Currently, assessing the degree of openness of a company’s innovation process can be highly challenging due to many qualitative and quantitative factors with different units of measurements involved in the evaluation process. Moreover, the open innovation assessment process is affected by vagueness and uncertainty. In this paper, starting from a thorough review of the open innovation literature and following a holistic approach to open innovation assessment, a novel modular fuzzy rule based system is developed in order to help managers to evaluate the openness of their company. The proposed system allows the decision maker to assess the open innovation level of the firm by providing 19 input variables. The information is then processed by the system through 231 rules in order to compute sub-dimensions, dimensions, building blocks and finally the total degree of open innovation. Furthermore, the proposed system was tested using numerical examples and two real-world case studies of two companies. The results showed the capability of the system to assess open innovation in different scenarios, allowing the decision maker to identify the areas with strengths and weaknesses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923474822000030/pdfft?md5=80724d9b24519383bbae288f7099a927&pid=1-s2.0-S0923474822000030-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41295555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policy-driven open strategy: Lessons from China’s high-speed rail industry","authors":"Xintong Wu , Liang Mei","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101671","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101671","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The role of industrial policy on open strategy (OS) is promising but yet underexplored. To address the issue, we conducted a longitudinal case study of China’s high-speed rail industry based on the combination of industrial policy and OS literature. We proposed a “policy-driven OS” view that differentiates industrial policies from central and ministerial governments and explores how industrial policy affects the inclusion and transparency of OSs over time. Our research contributes to the OS literature from the industrial policy perspective and provides practical implications for policymakers and industrial practitioners</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48562247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robustness of production systems: Evidence from the German manufacturing industry","authors":"Christian Stockmann, Herwig Winkler","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101672","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101672","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Robustness of production systems is a popular research topic that comes in many facets. However, apart from a few case studies, not much is known about what robustness actually means in practice. Therefore, this study analyzes how practitioners deal with robustness. The data is based on a fairly representative survey of the German manufacturing industry. Amongst others, it is shown what practitioners understand by robustness, how they assess it, and which measures they consider as suitable to improve it. The results not only allow practitioners to compare their own status with industry’s best practices, but also suggest further researcher areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49248022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Production outsourcing, technological cooperation and E-business adoption by Spanish manufacturing firms","authors":"Jaime Gómez , Idana Salazar , Pilar Vargas","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101677","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101677","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper studies the adoption of e-business by manufacturing firms. We augment the Technology–Organization–Environment (TOE) framework to consider two organizational features, namely, production outsourcing and technological cooperation. We test the model on a longitudinal sample of Spanish firms covering the period 2002–2014. The results reveal that firms that outsource production are more likely to adopt Supplier-to-Business (S2B) and Business-to-Business (B2B). Technological cooperation with customers and suppliers also has a positive impact on S2B and B2B adoption.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923474822000078/pdfft?md5=c6d8aee603148c170d07834794c24eb8&pid=1-s2.0-S0923474822000078-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42987001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adopting big data analytics (BDA) in business-to-business (B2B) organizations – Development of a model of needs","authors":"Ram JIWAT , Zeyang (Leo) Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101676","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101676","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Big data analytics (BDA) is empowering organisations and reshaping marketplaces. Yet, there is little knowledge on the need for business-to-business organisations to adopt BDA. Hence, this study conducts a six-step systematic literature review (SLR), gathering 1069 articles. Following SLR guidelines, the collected data were filtered to identify 63 relevant articles that were used for two-pronged findings. First, the study presents a new four-category theoretical classification of BDA adoption needs. Second, underpinned by the theory of organisational motivation, it develops a model of needs, including qualifying and nurturing leads, product/service and process innovations, data-driven competition and growing maturity of analytics technologies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45370259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}