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This paper provides insight into the application of real options theory as it affects techno-economic investment decisions in global system for mobile communication (GSM) network ventures. Although the net present value (NPV) is most widely applied, however, there is growing awareness that this approach may underestimate the true economic value of such investments. The case study examples discussed...
Learning math may not sound interesting to most students. However, motivation is an essential factor to promote academic performance and learning satisfaction. Augmented reality technology combines virtual and real worlds and gives users interesting visual experiences. Since related research is still limited, the purpose of this study is to investigate whether AR helps improve math learning motivation...
In many development projects capacity training and building is a crucial factor for success or failure. The authors set out to clarify the concept of capacity by means of a number of examples and they propose a strategy for rural entrepreneurship for smallholder farmers and vocational practitioners, with capacity training in a pivotal role. The introduction, step-by-step of small-scale technology...
In recent decades, firms to get competitive advantages have increased their relationships with universities as the main generators of science and technology in modern societies. Various goals and drivers inspire firms to engage in such relationships. These goals and drivers along with several facilitators, in turn, indicate different types of relationships between firms and universities. The relationships...
Sustainability combines environmental, economic, and social dimensions and is considered to be a complex and hard to learn subject needing a lot of experience to create competence. This paper introduces a learning scenario created for a serious game to develop competences in the domain of sustainable manufacturing, by applying a Lifecycle Assessment (LCA). The scenario has been evaluated with 24 master...
In many sectors offering durable goods the extension of the service business is often seen as a possible key element in the current competitive context. Integration of services with an eye on sustainability issues is another aim that is considered for the servitization process, according to the so-called Product Service Systems. Product Service Systems are then taken as a reference for this paper,...
The more complex processes, the higher need for process transparency through high-quality real-time data. The steadily improvement of Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies during the last years ensures this process transparency and the IoT vision of an interconnected world of objects is about to become reality. However, although these technologies allow real-time data collection, the potential of...
The increased complexity in Product Service Systems development goes hand in hand with complex heterogeneous networks. A Human-Centred Design approach has been taken to understand such networked collaboration and to develop a framework having user-experiences guiding communication and collaboration among parties. The current work elaborates on the development of a framework for networked collaboration...
The paper deals with the tension between accountability and sustainability in relation to institutional domains and it discusses the conditions under which these two principles can be reconciled effectively and legitimately, enabling responsible innovation. The Rotterdam Port Authority serves as a case, with special attention to its latest construction project: Maasvlakte 2. This port extension project,...
An interesting phenomenon that has received limited attention in the literature is the concept of workaround practices in the field of IT and their use in organizations adopting ERP solutions. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of workaround strategy by examining the main reasons behind it. The “Echo” method was used to evaluate the comments that participants provided regarding...
Technology intelligence is becoming increasingly relevant in this economic crisis, as a managerial process that stimulates and supports radical innovation and the creation of new business. Technology scanning, i.e. “learning about any technological development which could have an impact on the future” (Mortara et al., 2008) is probably the most difficult type of technology intelligence process. At...
The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework of the influence of external forces on supply chain sustainability goals and decisions. The framework is grounded on systems theory, contingency theory and institutional theory. It will be used to study sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices in the oil and gas (O&G) industry. The industry is facing intense pressure to...
In the production industry, the development speed of new product has increased after the introduction of CAE tools and the modularization of product structure. In this situation, it is more difficult to keep corporate businesses profitable through developing new products based on the "competitive differences in product" concept. Most of commercially available innovative products are created...
The focus of this paper is on living labs for health innovation. Health care (cure) systems are under pressure as a consequence of the ageing population and fast increasing population with chronic conditions, in a situation of decreasing financial budgets. At the same time, the valorization of health inventions is stumbled by many blocks. Living labs as an innovation tool, whether conceived as delimited...
Use of video conferencing and other collaborative tools is growing in concurrent engineering. However, the tools generally fail to deliver the users' attention and awareness of each other. The paper describes a browser based video conferencing prototype application where each of the remote participants is represented by own video stream and camera, letting the local user to see to whom the remote...
Trend scouting and roadmapping is no longer the task of a small team of specialists. As participation of the crowd can be fostered by applying Web 2.0 technologies the innovation process has become more collaborative. User generated content together with proper navigation and visualization features enables such a process. In this paper two different but similar types of radars are introduced. The...
Performance measurement and benchmarking methods like the balanced scorecard face the challenges to measure the idiosyncratic nature of the back-office of public organizations. The goal of this paper is to develop measurement perspectives that take into account public sector characteristics and specific organizational and technical challenges that need to be tackled. We do this by extending the BSC...
In this study we demonstrate that taking into account human values in standardization leads to more successful standards in terms of market uptake. We have performed an inductive case study of the classical VCR standards battle. Taking into account human values led to a deeper understanding of the standards battle and of why certain design choices were made and what factors led to a value sensitive...
Serendipity, the process of making fortunate discoveries for which someone was not looking for, plays a critical role in leveraging creativity and innovation. In this paper we propose a framework for facilitating serendipity in web information systems. We focus on three main technological areas which use the World Wide Web as a space for information seeking and knowledge creation: search, browse (navigation)...
The global strategies of high-tech startups fall into two types. One is characteristic of knowledge-based firms; the other is characteristic of knowledge-intensive firms. We present two propositions related to timing of globalization and resource acquisition for each type and examine four case studies from the region around Cambridge University in the UK. Knowledge-based startups target global markets...
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