10 research outputs found
Open Production: Chances for Social Sustainability in Manufacturing
No full textAbstractThe participation of spatially distributed individuals in the whole production cycle is feasible through the transnational possibilities of information, communication, and production technologies. To a much greater extent than ever before value creation is generated through the use of knowledge. Open Production is a concept which enables companies to apply the criterion of openness to the whole value creation process. These new patterns of value creation (bottom-up-economics) enable the realization of small firms, which combine the three production factors - labor, ground and capital - in one stakeholder. This article addresses the social aspect of sustainability and gives an overview on the chances of micro-factories to foster social sustainability in manufacturing and redirect development efforts towards a collaboration-oriented rather than a growth-oriented approach
Knowledge Management in Value Creation Networks: Establishing a New Business Model through the Role of a Knowledge-Intermediary
No full textAbstractThe spatial distribution and growing granularity of value chains within manufacturing networks increase the complexity of inter-organizational value creation processes and pose new challenges for their coordination and a common innovation development. “Knowledge” is the essential resource to cope with this complexity. However, in an inter-organizational context conflicts between knowledge management objectives and general management objectives can arise, which have to be compensated. The presented article describes the role of a knowledge intermediary, which represents a support function within value creation networks. The intermediary supports value creation structures, processes and the artifact, which ensure an appropriate symbiosis between knowledge management objectives and general management objectives
System integration of a silicone-encapsulated glucose monitor implant
No full textS.S.1089-S1092An intelligent sensor implant for continuous glucose monitoring is presented as intended for use in the human interstitial. The sensor operates by the principle of affinity viscosimetry, by which glucose concentrations are determined with a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) measuring the glucose-dependent viscosity of a concanavalinA-dextran assay. Data transmission is performed in the 403MHz band as approved for medical implant communication services (MICS). The sensor system is encapsulated in silicone to enable a sufficient hermiticity for time spans of weeks and months. In vitro testing revealed no corrosion of system components for a period of months.59Nr.s
Sensing glucose concentrations at GHz frequencies with a fully embedded biomicro-electromechanical system
No full textThe progressive scaling in semiconductor technology allows for advanced miniaturization of intelligent systems like implantable biosensors for low-molecular weight analytes. A most relevant application would be the monitoring of glucose in diabetic patients, since no commercial solution is available yet for the continuous and drift-free monitoring of blood sugar levels. We report on a biosensor chip that operates via the binding competition of glucose and dextran to concanavalin A. The sensor is prepared as a fully embedded micro-electromechanical system and operates at GHz frequencies. Glucose concentrations derive from the assay viscosity as determined by the deflection of a 50 nm TiN actuator beam excited by quasi-electrostatic attraction. The GHz detection scheme does not rely on the resonant oscillation of the actuator and safely operates in fluidic environments. This property favorably combines with additional characteristics—(i) measurement times of less than a second, (ii) usage of biocompatible TiN for bio-milieu exposed parts, and (iii) small volume of less than 1 mm3—to qualify the sensor chip as key component in a continuous glucose monitor for the interstitial tissue
Sensing glucose concentrations at GHz frequencies with a fully embedded Biomicro-electromechanical system (BioMEMS)
No full textSensing glucose concentrations at GHz frequencies with a fully embedded biomicro-electromechanical system
No full textImpact of students' cultural values on the corporate entrepreneurship management linked to social responsibility
No full textThe present study tries to analyse the influence of students' cultural values on corporate entrepreneurship management associated with social responsibility. For that purpose, we adopt a multidisciplinary approach that combines stakeholders' issues, topics about corporate entrepreneurship, and innovation management concepts in a specific context where companies need to solve the stakeholders' needs in a new way. In this sense, and according to the scarce breakthrough about the inclusion of new actors in the corporate entrepreneurship process, we decide to review the literature about innovation - a near concept - that allows the participation of other players, different from employees. To then, define a quantitative sequential methodology that begins with the analysis of the gathered data through a classification tree, and finish with an artificial neural network. The study results find that only 14 of the 58 student's cultural values, impact and predict the corporate entrepreneurship management linked to social responsibility. A finding that we incorporate in a simulator that predicts the student's idea quality in the social responsibility framework, from 14 of their cultural values. Finally, we suggest the future verification of our results, in specific contexts that we do not consider like intellectual property issues, cost savings, and recruitment politics. Copyright © 2020 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
