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Using a design led disruptive innovation approach to develop new services : practising innovation in times of discontinuity
No full textOrganisations face increasing competition from new firms in emerging\ud
markets and their past superior products may no longer provide\ud
competitive advantage in markets based on different cost and value\ud
differentials. A shift in design practices from product solutions to health\ud
services which are accessible and affordable by all is required. This paper\ud
explores a design led approach to innovation to assist medical device\ud
companies develop new services and experiences and reshape their notions\ud
of the nature, development and deployment of health care services.\ud
This approach uses design tools and methodologies that are grounded in\ud
the authentic understandings of stakeholder experiences, to assist an\ud
organisation create a vision of likely future health care scenarios. Through\ud
this process, organisations can explore the complexities in the delivery of\ud
future health care services in new and emerging markets allowing them to\ud
tailor product and service solutions which focus on being accessible and\ud
affordable by all. The industry based case study for the design of health\ud
services in carried out in emerging economies. The contribution of this\ud
work in advancing research into design innovation and future research\ud
directions are also presented
Understanding the impact of strategic alignment on the operational performance of post implemented technological innovations
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of three strategies - organisational, business\ud
and information system – in post implementation of technological innovations. The findings reported in\ud
the paper are that improvements in operational performance can only be achieved by aligning\ud
technological innovation effectiveness with operational effectiveness.\ud
Design/methodology/approach – A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used to\ud
apply a two-stage methodological approach. Unstructured and semi structured interviews, based on the\ud
findings of the literature, were used to identify key factors used in the survey instrument design.\ud
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine structural relationships between the set of\ud
observed variables and the set of continuous latent variables.\ud
Findings – Initial findings suggest that organisations looking for improvements in operational\ud
performance through adoption of technological innovations need to align with operational strategies of\ud
the firm. Impact of operational effectiveness and technological innovation effectiveness are related\ud
directly and significantly to improved operational performance. Perception of increase of operational\ud
effectiveness is positively and significantly correlated with improved operational performance. The\ud
findings suggest that technological innovation effectiveness is also positively correlated with improved\ud
operational performance. However, the study found that there is no direct influence of strategiesorganisational,\ud
business and information systems (IS) - on improvement of operational performance.\ud
Improved operational performance is the result of interactions between the implementation of strategies\ud
and related outcomes of both technological innovation and operational effectiveness.\ud
Practical implications – Some organisations are using technological innovations such as enterprise\ud
information systems to innovate through improvements in operational performance. However, they often\ud
focus strategically only on effectiveness of technological innovation or on operational effectiveness. Such\ud
a focus will be detrimental in the long-term of the enterprise. This research demonstrated that it is not\ud
possible to achieve maximum returns through technological innovations as dimensions of operational\ud
effectiveness need to be aligned with technological innovations to improve their operational performance.\ud
Originality/value – No single technological innovation implementation can deliver a sustained\ud
competitive advantage; rather, an advantage is obtained through the capacity of an organisation to\ud
exploit technological innovations’ functionality on a continuous basis. To achieve sustainable results,\ud
technology strategy must be aligned with organisational and operational strategies. This research\ud
proposes the key performance objectives and dimensions that organisations should focus to achieve a\ud
strategic alignment.\ud
Research limitations/implications – The principal limitation of this study is that the findings are based\ud
on investigation of small sample size. There is a need to explore the appropriateness of influence of scale\ud
prior to generalizing the results of this study
How does small business impact on utilization of industry-led supply chain innovation capacity?
No full textThis research uses confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling to examine how organizational size - made up of four dimensions - control, resources, trust and complexity - impacts on utilization of industry-led supply chain innovation capacity in a traditional agribusiness industry, the Australian beef industry. It confirms small business rather than larger business accords greater importance to exploiting supply chain dynamic capabilities, particularly in relation to utilizing industry–led supply chain innovation capacity. For small business in Australian beef supply chains, being agile and able to adapt and align their business practices with supply chain partners is integral to ensuring these businesses remain relevant and competitive in this market. In theoretical terms this is supported by authors in the dynamic capabilities literature as they argue these types of capabilities enable organizations to innovate faster (or better), often leading to the creation of newer sources of competitive advantage
Asymmetric Relationships in Innovation Processes: A Comparison of SME Managers’ Perspectives in Switzerland and Italy
No full textIn this paper, we ask how SME-suppliers in innovation networks in the food sector experience their relationships with network partners and how they configure modes of interaction with them. Based on an interview study with managers from six Swiss and five Italian processing SME-suppliers from the food industry, we describe how SME-managers perceive the nature of interaction as well as benefits and disadvantages resulting from asymmetric relationships within innovation process
«Es geht nicht um eine Kuschelatmosphäre»
Full text linkIna Goller ist Professorin für Innovationsmanagement an der BFH. Gemeinsam mit ihren Teamkolleginnen und -kollegen hat sie ein Trainingsprogramm entwickelt, um die psychologische Sicherheit in Teams zu steigern. Dabei geht es darum, mutig zu sein, eigene Bedenken zu äussern und sich trotzdem wertgeschätzt zu fühlen
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Spirit biel/bienne. Sicherheit
No full textWährend das Empfinden von Risiken stärker wird und die Angst vor Gefahren zunimmt, leben wir de facto in der sichersten aller Zeite
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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