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Reseña del libro de MARTÍN CLAVIJO, Milagro & BIANCHI, Mattia
Full text linkCERRATO, Daniele. (Universidad de Sevilla). Reseña del libro de MARTÍN CLAVIJO, Milagro & BIANCHI, Mattia. (Coords.). (2018). Desafiando al olvido: escritoras italianas inéditas. Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 570 págs. ISBN: 978-84-9012- 886-
Guest Editorial: Agile beyond software - In search of flexibility in a wide range of innovation projects and industries
Full text linkThe nine papers in this special section focus on new developments in agile software and reports on applications for its use. A key aspect for the extensive use of agile software is that it supports developers with coping with the growing uncertainty and turbulence in technological and market environments. Feedback and change are at the core of Agile for a dynamic, evolving, and organic, rather than static, predefined, and mechanistic development process advocated by waterfall management. To create timely, high-quality, cost-efficient, and innovative solutions, Agile developers organized in small, colocated, autonomous teams, build and test software in rapid iterative cycles, actively involving users to gather feedback, updating the project scope, and plan “on-the-fly,” using face-to-face communication as opposed to documentation. These papers contribute to the state-of-the-art of agile research by offering a rich, up-todate account of the dynamics occurring when expanding Agile into “not-just-software” contexts of the key challenges and perils related to the scaling and of the possible solutions to them
Identifying factors influencing the price of technology licenses: A framework grounded in negotiation research
Full text linkThis paper focusses on the issue of pricing in technology licensing transactions, by developing a framework grounded in negotiation research which identifies the factors affecting the price of a technology license. The different components of the framework are illustrated by using several examples of technology licensing deals from the bio-pharmaceutical industry. The paper contributes to licensing research by shedding light on the mechanisms underlying the formation of price in the market for technologies. It has also interesting practical implications because it helps licensing managers and chief technology officers gain an overarching view on the pricing of technology license, which will hopefully help them in this delicate stage of the licensing process
The commercialization of academic research as a dynamic capability: the case of two Italian universities' Technology Transfer Offices
No full textSelling technological knowledge: how firms can win the complexities of technology transactions
No full textHuman capital and technology licensing performance: evidence from the biopharma industry
No full textLa sfida del trasferimento tecnologico Le Università italiane si raccontano
No full textL’opera presenta e descrive il fenomeno del trasferimento tecnologico da università a industria attraverso una prospettiva originale, da “insider”, cioè la prospettiva delle università. Il volume racconta, attraverso la penna degli stessi protagonisti, la nascita, la crescita e le esperienze degli Uffici di Trasferimento Tecnologico (TTO) delle principali università italiane, facendo emergere l’eterogeneità delle loro ambizioni, dei traguardi raggiunti e delle risorse a loro disposizione per la valorizzazione della ricerca scientifica. L’idea di fondo dell’opera è che i “numeri” danno una visione importante ma solo parziale di quello che è un TTO universitario. Il nostro lavoro a stretto contatto con i professionisti del trasferimento tecnologico ci ha dimostrato che l’attività di tali uffici è ricca di storie significative e ad alto contenuto formativo, dove l’elemento umano, e le modalità con cui esso è gestito, giocano un ruolo centrale nel trasferimento di conoscenza dal mondo della ricerca a quello dell'industria
Organisational modes for Open Innovation in the bio-pharmaceutical industry: an exploratory analysis
No full textThis paper investigates the adoption of Open Innovation in the bio-pharmaceutical industry, studying through which organisational modes it is put into practice and how these modes are interwoven with the different phases of drug discovery and development process. Two rounds of interviews with industry experts were carried out to develop a model describing the adoption of Open Innovation by bio-pharmaceutical companies. This framework was then applied to an extensive and longitudinal empirical basis, which includes data about the adoption of Open Innovation by the top 20 worldwide industry players, in the time period 2000–2007. The paper provides a thorough discussion of how bio-pharmaceutical firms have used different organisational modes (i.e. licensing agreements, non-equity alliance, purchase and supply of technical and scientific services) to enter into relationship with different types of partners (i.e. large pharmaceutical companies, product biotech firms, platform biotech firms and universities) with the aim to acquire (Inbound Open Innovation) or commercially exploit (Outbound Open Innovation) technologies and knowledge. The implications of the study for Open Innovation research and possible avenues for future investigation are discussed at length in the paper
Framing the multifaceted nature of design thinking in addressing different innovation purposes
Full text linkScholars and practitioners acknowledge the role of design, and specifically design thinking, as a driver of innovation and change. Design thinking is gaining attention in the business community beyond the traditional product innovation realm and is increasingly promoted as an engine for the creation of novel user experiences, new businesses, strategic transformation, organizational and cultural change. Is it reasonable to assume that the same set of practices fits such a broad range of applications equally well? This study addresses how design thinking applications are differently framed when addressing diverse innovation purposes. Specifically, we compare two purposes: innovation of solutions, encompassing traditional product and service development projects, and innovation of direction, encompassing strategic and organizational renewal projects. Based on data collected from 146 design thinking projects conducted by European consulting firms we investigate the relationships between the design thinking practices adopted and the value generated by the projects. We then analyze how these relationships vary depending on the purpose of the innovation project, namely whether focused on innovating solutions or direction. The results show that different purposes indeed call for different practices. In projects aimed at innovating solutions, market value is positively related to capturing current user needs and envisioning future society. Conversely, in projects aimed at innovating direction, market value is positively related to challenging current assumptions
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