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Finding Applications for Technologies Beyond the Core Business
Full text linkOnly a small number of companies systematically search for opportunities to apply their technology outside their core markets. As a result, many miss out on potential profits and avenues for growth and renewal
Staged thyroidectomy: time to consider intraoperative neuromonitoring as standard of care.
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Characteristics of supplier performance measurement systems in collaborative innovation projects: the role of the purchasing department
Full text linkPurpose: In the wake of the growing popularity of the open innovation approach, leveraging suppliers as external sources of innovation has attracted increasing interest from scholars and practitioners. Successful supplier involvement largely depends on an effective performance measurement process, but both supply chain management and innovation management literature have paid limited attention to this aspect. This paper aims to fill this gap by illustrating how companies measure the performance of the suppliers involved in their innovation projects and what role is played by the purchasing department. Design/methodology/approach: This study interviews project stakeholders from nine different organizations acting as focal companies in the supply chains of various industries. This paper complements this on-field information with a vast amount of data collected from secondary project documents. Structured data coding and analysis allow us to discuss how companies redesign their performance measurement systems to ease the collaboration with suppliers in innovation and what factors underly these decisions. Findings: The findings show that, in many cases, supplier performance measurement systems deviate from their typical characteristics to support collaboration in innovation projects. They integrate quantitative and qualitative measures, include contributions from different project stakeholders and are oriented toward high visibility and transparency with suppliers. A more substantial redesign of these systems is favored when purchasing is assigned to strategic project responsibilities and possesses higher absorptive capacity. Originality/value: The results complement the knowledge for the supply chain management field, where supplier performance measurement systems have been discussed in the context of traditional buyer-supplier relationships, but not comprehensively in innovation projects and not considering the role of purchasing. Findings also contribute to the innovation management literature, which has mostly focused on what aspects need to be measured for innovation partners, rather than how to manage the performance measurement process in practice
Survive to stay connected: patterns of user experiences in a Life Long Learning digital platform
Full text linkIn an ever-changing world, having the right competences for the job market represents a key challenge for sustained employability. To address this need a growing number of digital platform for life long learning (LLL) has been developed. Anyway, it is less known how users navigate and use these platforms. The present study represents a one of the first attempts to fill this gap, offering a deep analysis for the identification of latent subgroups of learners with similar behaviours on a digital LLL platform. Then, the identified subgroups are described in terms of personal features and survival profiles. Findings reveal three distictive latent classes, with very different survival profiles. The analysis provides interesting insights about how the administators of a digital LLL platform can better personalize their contents according to the type of learner, to support and let them stay on the platform, acquiring the needed skills for the job market
Caratterizzazione delle Emissioni Veicolari in Atmosfera: Sistema EVA
No full textCon attenzione al problema della qualità dell'aria ed in riferimento al suo inquinamento, viene preso in considerazione il contributo dovuto alle emissioni veicolari. Per potere condurre al meglio le analisi delle polveri e degli inquinanti presenti in atmosfera e dovuti a questo tipo di emissioni, si propone la realizzazione di un complesso sperimentale che, ricreando il più fedelmente possibile le condizioni ambientali in un volume chiuso e controllato, possa rendere possibili misure accurate e soprattutto complete delle emissioni veicolari, in rapporto alloro impatto con l'atmosfera. Tale dispositivo consentirà inoltre di certificare i veicoli in riferimento al loro impatto ambientale e ciò varrà anche per veicoli che utilizzeranno tecnologie alternative ai carburanti convenzionali. Autori: F. Frattini, M. Berico, F. Franchini, G. Zanin
Digital innovation in times of emergency: Reactions from a school of management in Italy
No full textThe study explores how the COVID-19 outbreak prompted digital innovation in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) by providing evidence on the dimensions leveraged, the initiatives organised and the organisational results achieved. By means of an exploratory single case study based on a School of Management located in Northern Italy, the study proposes a process model to highlight how digital innovation has been fostered during the emergency. Results highlight the relevance of both technological and cultural aspects that supported the digital transformation during the crisis. The dimensions of digital readiness and cultural openness, together with a defined strategic orientation, represented relevant facilitators of the digital innovation process. In turn, digital innovation had important implications for sustainability, which was fostered by increasing the accessibility to quality education and addressed as a topic of many of the digital contents delivered. Thus, the study contributes to the stream of research that investigates how digital innovation in HEIs and other public administrations happens and how such an innovation can support sustainability. Finally, the paper provides practical implications on both technological and cultural aspects of innovation
Tumor regression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in gastric carcinoma: are there really so few responders?
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