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Continuous Innovation – ledelse af dualiteter gennem koordinering
No full textEn vanskelig udfordring for etablerede virksomheder er at fordele kræfterne på i dag og i overmorgen, mellem drift og udvikling, mellem stabilitet og forandring. På den ene side må virksomhederne få mest muligt ud af de eksisterende muligheder gennem proces og produktudvikling/forbedring. På den anden side må der genereres nye forretningsmuligheder gennem intrapreneurer, forsknings/udviklingsaktiviteter, opkøb eller alliancer mm. At balancere “udviklingsporteføljen” over tid er en stor udfordring og indeholder mange dilemmaer, især for ledelsen. For veletablerede virksomheder er problemet ofte at skabe radikal innovation når det går godt.“Vi kan ændre os nu fordi vi ikke er i krise” er et sjældent udsagn (3M’s direktør Lewis Lehr). Klassiske løsninger på ”Continuous Innovation” er således enten at adskille udvikling og drift og lede det forskelligt eller at skifte over tid mellem drift og udvikling og ændre lederstil efter situationen. Disse løsninger rækker i mange tilfælde ikke længere. Harry Boer og Frank Gertsen behandler i kapitlet “Continuous Innovation – ledelse af dualiteter gennem koordinering” denne vanskelige problemstilling
When New Product Development Is Not Enough for Sustained Performance: An Empirical Validation of “The Continuous Innovation Stool”
Full text linkHyland and Boer (2006) introduce the “continuous innovation stool”, describing continuous innovation in terms of operational, innovation and strategic capabilities. They hypothesize that the better a firm aligns, coordinates and/or integrates the functions responsible for these areas, the higher and more sustainable the firm will perform. The purpose of this paper is to test the stool model, using data obtained from the Chief Operating Officers and the Chief Technology Officers from 189 firms in eight countries. The analyses show that firms that excel at innovation management, are also more likely to be good at managing operations and strategic choices. Also, and more important, the higher the firm’s capabilities on these three domains, the better their business performance, which is a first confirmation of the “continuous innovation stool”
Harry Pepper Fonds
No full textThe fonds consists of newspaper articles written by Harry Pepper from the Rossland Miner and the Trail Times.Born in 1913, Harry Pepper spent most of his youth in Suffolk, England, before immigrating to Canada in 1929. He spent his early years in Canada working on farms during the summer months, and in the bush during the winter. In 1940 he enlisted for the war, and joined the RoyaL Canadian Artillery, fighting in the 8th Canadian Field Regiment. During the war, Harry served in England, North Africa, Italy, France, Belgium and Holland. While overseas, he married, and his new family returned to Canada in 1945. He moved to Trail as a foreman of the 4X Bakery in 1946, and was later employed by Buchan’s Bakery. In 1949 he began working at Cominco, and stayed there until his retirement. Harry Pepper was incredibly active in the sports community in Rossland, and volunteered with soccer, baseball, softball, lacrosse, and hockey. He was also an avid Curler and Golfer. He wrote a sports column for the Rossland Miner called “As I See It” and stayed with the newspaper until the building burned down and it subsequently went out of business. On his 60th birthday, he was asked to do a sports column in the Trail Daily Times called “Pepp Talk”
Designing and developing OM research – from concept to publication
Full text linkPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify similarities and differences between qualitative-based and quantitative-based research, and to present recommendations for designing and conducting the research so that the possibilities of publishing it in leading Operations Management (OM) journals are improved. Design/methodology/approach: The paper takes its outset in contributions made at the 2016 European Operations Management Association Young Scholars Workshop. The theme of the workshop was “Designing and developing research projects in Operations Management – from concept to publication.” Taking the perspectives of the case researcher, the survey researcher and the editor/reviewer, the authors present and discuss the views on and experiences with designing research for publication. Findings: The authors identify a number of recommendations that researchers should use when designing, conducting, and presenting their research for publication. The recommendations include the need to clearly and concisely establish relevance, account for choice of methodology as well as the operationalization, sampling, analytical, and validation methods used, and demonstrate the contribution of the paper in the discussion section. Furthermore, the authors draw attention to the importance of developing a publication strategy as early as possible. Other important aspects include the title of the paper, keywords selection, and rejection criteria. Finally, the authors stress the importance of “total quality management” in designing and executing OM research. Originality/value: Going beyond the standard author guidelines found at journal web sites, the authors present a collection of viewpoints, which are based on the authors’ experiences as reviewers, editors, and evaluators of OM research projects and their designs.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
sj-docx-1-pus-10.1177_09636625241245371 – Supplemental material for Citizens and conspiratorial anti-science beliefs: Opposition versus support in 38 countries across Europe
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-pus-10.1177_09636625241245371 for Citizens and conspiratorial anti-science beliefs: Opposition versus support in 38 countries across Europe by Joop de Boer and Harry Aiking in Public Understanding of Science</p
Electrochemical evaluation of electron transfer kinetics of high and low redox potential laccases on gold electrode surface
No full textLaccases and other multicopper oxidases are reported to be able to carry out direct electron transfer reactions when immobilized onto electrode surface. This allows detailed research of their electron transfer mechanisms. We have recently characterized the kinetic properties of four laccases in homogenous solution and immobilized onto an electrode surface with respect to a set of different redox mediators. In this paper we report the direct electron transfer of four purified laccases from Trametes hirsuta (ThL). Trametes versicolor (TvL), Melanocarpus albomyces (r-MaL) and Rhus vernicifera (RvL), by trapping the proteins within an electrochemically inert polymer of tributylmethyl phosphonium chloride coating a gold electrode surface. In particular, we have characterized the steps involved in the laccases electron transfer mechanism as well as the factors limiting each step. During the voltammetric experiments, non-turnover Faradic signals with midpoint potential of about 790 and 400 mV were observed for high potential laccases, ThL and TvL, corresponding to redox transformations of the T1 site and the T2/T3 cluster of the enzyme, respectively, whereas low redox potential laccases r-MaL and RvL shown a redox couple with a midpoint potential around 400 mV. The electrocatalytic properties of these laccase modified electrodes for the reduction of oxygen have been evaluated demonstrating significative direct electron transfer kinetics. The biocatalytic activity of laccases was also monitored in the presence of a well known inhibitor. sodium azide. On the basis of the experimental results, a hypothesis about the electronic pathway for intramolecular electron transfer characterizing laccases has been proposed. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Letter from Harry and Yaso Ueno to Michi and Walter Weglyn, June 03, 1987
No full textA letter from Harry and Yaso Ueno to Michi and Walter Weglyn in which the authors lament a United States Supreme Court and criticize Japanese American Citizens' League (JACL) leader Mike Masaoka.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
Kinetic and biochemical properties of high and low redox potential laccases from fungal and plant origin
No full textThe electrochemical studies of laccase-mediator systems are aimed at understanding the mechanism of their redox transformation and their efficiency in both homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions; this topic has paramount application spanning from bleaching of paper pulp and the enzymatic degradation of lignin to the biosensors and biofuel cell development. In this paper four different laccases from Trametes hirsuta (ThL), Trametes versicolor (TvL), Melanocarpus albomyces (r-MaL) and Rhus venticifera (RvL) were characterized from both biochemical and electrochemical points of view. Two of them (TvL and ThL) are high redox potential and two (RvL and r-MaL) are low redox potential laccases. The outline of this work is focused on the determination of catalytic and bioelectrochemical properties of these four enzymes in homogenous solution as well as immobilized onto electrode Surface in the presence of a set of different redox mediators. The results measured in the homogenous reaction system correlated well with those measured with the immobilized enzymes. In addition, they are in good agreement with those reported with reference techniques, suggesting that the electrochemical methods employed in this work can be applied well in place of the traditional techniques commonly used for the kinetic characterization of laccases. These results are also discussed in terms of the known amino acid sequences and three-dimensional (3D) structures of the laccases. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Implementering af modularisering
No full textArtiklen søger svar på hvordan modularisering kan anvendes til effektivisering af produktudvikling for at imødekomme øgede krav om produktvariation og kortere produktlevetider. Artiklen bygger på forskning i Crisplants forsøg på at modularisere sine produkter
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