Souad Brinette , Abdoulkarim Idi Cheffou , Vessélina Tossan
{"title":"Management support and learning from innovation trophies: Insights from a large french energy company","authors":"Souad Brinette , Abdoulkarim Idi Cheffou , Vessélina Tossan","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101794","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article aims to show how a firm learns from innovation trophies while focusing on a specific category of these trophies concerning symbolic rewards of intrapreneurial projects that were professionally managed but failed for various reasons. It was written after a case study in a big company. The interest of this Trophy of Best Failed Ideas is discussed based on interviews conducted with intrapreneurs and managers. The results suggest that innovation \" failures \" can serve as a source for organizational learning and some of them should be called \" nearlings \" to comply with impression management theory.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"71 ","pages":"Article 101794"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139033739","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}
Felipe Bastos dos Reis , Alceu Salles Camargo Júnior
{"title":"Industry 4.0: An investigation of benefits and barriers with managers of Brazilian manufacturers adopters","authors":"Felipe Bastos dos Reis , Alceu Salles Camargo Júnior","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101786","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study aims to understand how Brazilian manufacturers’ managers perceive the benefits and barriers to adopting I4.0. The study collected data from 194 managers who implemented I4.0 solutions developed by technology suppliers supported by Finep Inovacred 4.0. Our results show that large and high-technology-intensity manufacturers considered managerial benefits more critical, while small-medium sized and medium-low technology-intensity manufacturers evaluate operational benefits as the most important. Data security and employee skills were evaluated as the main barriers by large and international manufacturers’ managers while high investments and government regulations were figured as the main barriers by small-medium sized and high-tech manufacturers’ managers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"71 ","pages":"Article 101786"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138501786","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":"Research on innovation cooperation network of Chinese universities based on patent data","authors":"Yamin Du , Miaomiao Wang , Yushi Yin","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101784","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101784","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Innovation collaboration is of paramount importance in the socio-economic context. This study employs social network analysis methods to investigate patent data from Chinese universities between 2002 and 2021. We constructed a patent collaboration network and explored its dynamics. We analyzed and compared the evolution of university patent collaboration networks across different stages. The results indicate that collaboration among universities is not balanced, with a dominant presence of top-ranked universities. Businesses tend to engage in in-depth technical collaborations with universities in their respective fields. Companies place emphasis on leveraging the technological resources of universities for both technology and product innovation. The patent collaboration network has witnessed an increasing number of nodes and edges, tighter relationships, and greater diversification in collaboration patterns.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"71 ","pages":"Article 101784"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923474823000541/pdfft?md5=97687f922bb65008975365740a2d355c&pid=1-s2.0-S0923474823000541-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138501785","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":"The set up process of Innovation Units: Resource development and interaction","authors":"Arianna Chiarabilli, Serena Galvani, Alessandro Pagano","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101785","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study observes the set-up and development process of Innovation Units in firms, exploring implications at the intra- and inter-organisational level. Methodology relies on an in-depth, qualitative single case study of an engineering firm operating in the Oil & Gas sector. The analysis identifies three phases constituting the process of developing Innovation Units (IUs); every phase requires combining interdependent intra- and inter-organisational resources, adding complexity to the whole process. An Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) perspective based on the resource interaction approach (RIA) helps in disentangling IUs’ implementation, from which theoretical and managerial implications emerge.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"71 ","pages":"Article 101785"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923474823000553/pdfft?md5=838c5ef7368d025f3fe7c86456045c6e&pid=1-s2.0-S0923474823000553-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138501232","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":"Organizational learning and the evolution of firms’ competitive advantage","authors":"Chien-Nan Chen , Jun-You Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101780","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>How do firms manage timing and transitions when changes occur in the level of their competitive advantage? This study explores the relationship between firms’ organizational learning and the evolution of their competitive advantage to ascertain when a firm should switch between exploitation and exploration learning as its competitive advantage changes. This study utilizes a sample of <em>Tech 100 in Taiwan</em> from 2000 to 2013 to test our arguments. The findings suggest that firms invest more resources in exploitation to build and sustain their competitive advantage. Conversely, they invest more resources in exploration when their competitive advantage faces erosion. The results indicate that firms adopt a punctuated equilibrium learning pattern, which balances the transition between exploration and exploitation over time to enable the adaptation to highly competitive environments. Furthermore, firms must take precautions to not fall into the success trap caused by excessive exploitation but should rather strengthen their abilities to conduct effective exploration in organizational learning. These findings offer important advances to our understanding of the competitive advantage evolution of firms’ organizational learning.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"70 ","pages":"Article 101780"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67740097","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 to leverage the impact of firm-specific uncertainty on innovation performance? Moderating effects of alliance stage and partner type in the pharmaceutical industry","authors":"Hyejae Jung , Junseok Hwang , Eungdo Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101781","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the impact of firm-specific uncertainty on innovation performance and how alliances moderate this relationship in the pharmaceutical industry. To reflect drug research and development (R&D) characteristics, we separate the alliance stage into “preclinical research” and “drug development,” and examine the effects of alliances with different partner types (public and private). An integrated firm-level dataset was created for empirical analysis by combining financial, alliance, patent, and new product data from 96 US pharmaceutical firms. We found that while a firm's uncertainty does not always significantly impact alliance activities, it positively influences certain innovation performance (new products). Furthermore, we probe the moderating effect of alliances on the relationship between uncertainty and innovation performance. The results revealed that alliances with public organizations strengthened the relationship in the “preclinical stage”; however, there was no significant effect in the “drug development” stage. Also, alliances with private firms even negatively moderates in “drug development stage” in some innovation performance. This study provides novel evidence that alliances can mitigate or exacerbate innovation performance depending on the alliance stage and partner type.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"70 ","pages":"Article 101781"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91987335","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":"Geographic distance and innovation: The impact of distant knowledge acquired on patent value","authors":"Hsin-Ning Su , Igam M. Moaniba","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101782","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Measuring the value of inventions in the intellectual property landscape is a complex challenge. Experts rely on patent valuation techniques that use resources like the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This study contributes to patent value research by examining the relationship between the geographic distance among collaborating inventors and patent value indicators. Scholars have suggested that the value of an invention increases as the geographic distance between co-inventors grows. To test this proposition, the study conducted a regression analysis on a dataset of over two million USPTO patents. The analysis controlled for patent and inventor characteristics and consistently found a positive influence of geographic distance on patent value. These findings challenge assumptions and offer insights into collaborative innovation dynamics. They have significant implications for innovation management, urging inventors and organizations to carefully consider spatial factors and recognize the advantages of extended geographic distances when forming collaboration networks. By strategically selecting partners, inventors can optimize patent value, foster innovation, and navigate the evolving intellectual property landscape effectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"70 ","pages":"Article 101782"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134657853","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}
Daniel Trabucchi, Clarissa Falcone, Luca Gastaldi, Tommaso Buganza, Mariano Corso
{"title":"Platform enhancers: Collaborating in the early stages of transactional platform development","authors":"Daniel Trabucchi, Clarissa Falcone, Luca Gastaldi, Tommaso Buganza, Mariano Corso","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101779","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Transactional platforms have emerged over the last decades as a dominant business configuration, receiving substantial attention from scholars and practitioners in several fields. Despite their pivoltal role, several transactional platforms fail in the launching phase, given the difficulties of reaching a critical mass and igniting cross-side network externalities. In this study we explore how a platform provider can introduce a collaborative framework from the earliest stages of platform development, aiming to highlight the benefits and challenges of moving towards a wider ecosystem through the involvement of other players. We introduce the role of platform enhancer, who is neither a supply side or a complementor, but a specific role aiming to support the platform provider in the launch and growth of the platform. We rely a single exploratory case study based on the Italian platform for digital identity, created and managed by the Italian Government through the support of a set of companies working as identity providers. Platform enhancers collaborate with the platform provider in the launch and development of a transactional platform, generating opportunities at both the launch and development stages, yet also substantial challenges and criticalities linked to increasing complexity, which climbs with the number of enhancers involved, producing coopetitive dynamics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"70 ","pages":"Article 101779"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67740096","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":"Development of a self-assessment tool for the effective management of Living Labs","authors":"Fumiya Akasaka , Yuya Mitake , Kentaro Watanabe , Yusuke Tsutsui , Yoshiki Shimomura","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101783","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Living Lab (LL) is an innovation platform through co-creation among users and other stakeholders. Existing LL studies have provided frameworks and guidelines for LL practices but not specific methods to manage the long-term and complex design process in an LL project. This study develops a self-assessment tool that supports the effective management of LL projects by assessing the state of LL projects and providing indications for adjusting and improving the design process. The evaluation results demonstrated that the tool is effective for LL project management, as it identifies points to be improved and facilitates introspective reflection on an LL project.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"70 ","pages":"Article 101783"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134657295","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":"The affordances of technology and strategic roadmapping: An exploration of its instrumental, symbolic, and political functions","authors":"Romain Rampa , Guy Parmentier","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101778","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101778","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Scholars agree that the roadmapping process and product both have multiple benefits for organizations in terms of strategic planning and coordination of strategic activities. However, the social and organizational aspects surrounding strategic and technological roadmapping are still poorly understood. By mobilizing the literature on strategic tools-in-use, and the theory of affordances, this paper explores the practical affordances of roadmapping. Our results, based on a longitudinal study of the development and dissemination of a roadmap within Hydro-Québec, show that the roadmapping process and product fulfill three main types of function: instrumental, symbolic, and political. We also find that the coordination and alignment benefits are highly dependent on the political affordances of the tools that individuals anticipate in the conduct and dissemination of roadmapping.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"71 ","pages":"Article 101778"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135587839","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}