TY - JOUR T1 - Framing Multi-Stakeholder Value Propositions: A wicked problem lens JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2021 A1 - Yat Ming Ooi A1 - Kenneth Husted KW - complexity KW - complicatedness KW - scaling-up KW - stakeholders KW - value proposition KW - wicked problem AB - Balancing various stakeholder (often contradictory) expectations creates tensions when developing value propositions for a new firm. Customers, funders, owners, and society-at-large often expect different value outcomes from a firm. They therefore have different motivations for being involved in the firm. These differences in value expectations are more strongly expressed in technology-based ventures, which often rely heavily on access to heterogeneous external resources such as capital, specialised knowledge, distribution, and service. In this paper, we use a wicked problem lens to explore specific challenges for companies to mediate seemingly contradictory propositions. We use two dimensions of wicked problems involving complexity and complicatedness, and conduct a secondary analysis of seven technology venture case studies from Australia and New Zealand. We then categorise the configuration types of these firms' stakeholder value propositions in the context of their scale-up process. We contribute to the value proposition and business model development research streams by suggesting that the challenge of mediating value propositions that conflict can manifest itself in four types of configurations: easy, complicated, complex and wicked. Complicated and complex propositions are thorny, but with structures and processes in place, they can be adequately addressed. On the other hand, wicked propositions consist of many unknowns and require firms to collaborate with stakeholders to derive outcomes that align company scaling objective with stakeholder value propositions. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 11 UR - timreview.ca/article/1434 IS - 4 U1 - University of Auckland Business School Yat Ming Ooi is a Research Fellow at the Department of Management and International Business, University of Auckland Business School. He holds a PhD in Management from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research focuses on collaborative forms of innovation activities, digital transformation, problem-solving in grand challenge initiatives, technology commercialisation, and the economic impact of stagnation on developing countries' entrepreneurial activities. Yat Ming has published articles in Research-Technology Management, University of Auckland Business Review, and Kindai Management Review. He is also an editorial review board member for the Technology Innovation Management Review. U2 - University of Auckland Business School Kenneth Husted is a Professor of Innovation and Research Management, and Head of the Department of Management and International Business, University of Auckland Business School. He holds a PhD from Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. His research covers innovation and research management, knowledge management, management of R&D and research commercialisation. He has published articles in reputable journals, including Journal of Management Studies, Organizational Dynamics, California Management Review, Technovation, R&D Management, Journal of Knowledge Management, and Creativity and Innovation Management. He is also regional editor for the Journal of Knowledge Management and associate editor for the Technology Innovation Management Review. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Facebook’s Digital Currency Venture “Diem”: the new Frontier ... or a Galaxy far, far away? JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2020 A1 - Jahja Rrustemi A1 - Nils S. Tuchschmid KW - Bitcoin KW - blockchain KW - crypto assets KW - cryptocurrencies KW - Diem KW - Diem Association KW - digital currency KW - distributed ledger technology KW - Facebook KW - fiat currencies KW - financial inclusion KW - Financial industry KW - Libra KW - local currencies KW - tokenization AB - This article focuses on Facebook's new digital currency, initially called "Libra" and renamed in December 2020 "Diem", that has been designed and proposed by the Diem Association (formerly the Libra Association). It briefly reflects on the historical meaning of money and currency, as well as "local currencies" viewed as precursors to the new "digital currencies" or "cryptocurrencies". The paper presents a general overview of the Diem project, particularly from the perspective of financial theory and practise. It looks specifically into Diem's business model and analyzes the project's planned and potential revenue streams, according to official documents published by the Diem Association. The research identifies potential obstacles and hurdles this digital currency would (since it has not happened yet) face on launch day and assesses whether the project is feasible in its current form. In the authors' view, although some early concerns were addressed in the Diem White Paper 2.0, the Diem project is only questionably ready for commercial launch in its current state. Speaking directly to the financial aspects of the Diem Association's project, the current regulatory hurdles and institutional pressures seem difficult to bypass without making some additional noticeable and meaningful changes to Diem. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 10 UR - timreview.ca/article/1407 IS - 12 U1 - Haute Ecole de Gestion Fribourg Jahja Rrustemi is a scientific collaborator at the Haute Ecole de Gestion Fribourg (HEG-FR), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland. He holds a Master of Science in Wealth Management at the University of Geneva. The main focus of his research relates to Portfolio Allocation Methods, Risk Minimization, Forward-looking Risk Measures as well as Cryptocurrencies and the Tokenization of the economy. U2 - Haute Ecole de Gestion Fribourg Nils S. Tuchschmid is professor of Finance and head of the Finance Institute at the Haute Ecole de Gestion Fribourg (HEG-FR), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland. Before joining HEG-FR, Nils was a Partner, Head of Tactical Trading Strategies and Chairman of the Investment Committee at Tages Group. Previously, he was the Co-Head of the Alternative Funds Advisory team at UBS and Head of Multi-Manager Portfolios at Credit-Suisse. He also worked as Strategist and Head of quantitative research and alternative investments at Banque Cantonale Vaudoise. Nils was Professor of Banking and Finance at HEG Geneva and Professor of Finance at HEC Lausanne University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Geneva. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fundraising Campaigns in a Digital Economy: Lessons from a Swiss Synthetic Diamond Venture's Initial Coin Offering (ICO) JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2020 A1 - Jahja Rrustemi A1 - Nils S. Tuchschmid KW - Bitcoin KW - blockchain KW - crowdfunding KW - crypto assets KW - cryptocurrencies KW - distributed ledger technology KW - entrepreneurial finance KW - Ethereum KW - Financial industry KW - FinTech KW - ICOs KW - IEO KW - moral hazard. KW - signaling KW - STO KW - token offering KW - token sales KW - tokenization KW - venture capital AB - As economies digitalize and many local businesses gradually internationalize, crowdfunding platforms have offered a new way for ventures to raise capital. Relying on distributed ledger technology (DLT, blockchain), the method of "tokenization" now seems to be the next way for digital economics to be actualised in practise. Digitalizing some of the production and selling processes through crypto-tokenization technology has brought with it new perspectives and opportunities. Any thorough consideration of the logic of "distributed systems" applied to economics is bound to see that it potentially brings considerable disruptions and significant changes in how companies get access to funding. Cryptocurrencies, and subsequently "tokens" initially issued from "initial coin offerings" (ICOs) have answered an obvious need for efficient, borderless, and secure flows of capital. This article first summarizes what early academic research tells us about ICOs based on DLTs and their factors of success. We then use the case of LakeDiamond, a Swiss venture in the business of growing and polishing synthetic diamonds, to present and contextualize the process of holding an ICO, which ultimately did not succeed. In the final section, we present two fund raising models that have recently gained traction and popularity, namely "security token offerings" (STOs) and "initial exchange offerings" (IEOs), and highlight their main advantages compared to ICOs. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 10 UR - timreview.ca/article/1368 IS - 6 U1 - Haute Ecole de Gestion Fribourg (HEG-FR) Jahja Rrustemi is a scientific collaborator at the Haute Ecole de Gestion Fribourg (HEG-FR), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland. He holds a Master of Science in Wealth Management at the University of Geneva. The main focus of his research relates to Portfolio Allocation Methods, Risk Minimization, Forward-looking Risk Measures as well as Cryptocurrencies and the Tokenization of the economy. U2 - Haute Ecole de Gestion Fribourg (HEG-FR) Nils S. Tuchschmid is professor of Finance and head of the Finance Institute at the Haute Ecole de Gestion Fribourg (HEG-FR), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland. Before joining HEG-FR, Nils was a Partner, Head of Tactical Trading Strategies and Chairman of the Investment Committee at Tages Group. Previously, he was the Co-Head of the Alternative Funds Advisory team at UBS and Head of Multi-Manager Portfolios at Credit-Suisse. He also worked as Strategist and Head of quantitative research and alternative investments at Banque Cantonale Vaudoise. Nils was Professor of Banking and Finance at HEG Geneva and Professor of Finance at HEC Lausanne University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Geneva. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Framework for Field Testing in Living Lab Innovation Projects JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Lynn Coorevits A1 - Annabel Georges A1 - Dimitri Schuurman KW - context research KW - field test KW - living labs KW - testing KW - user innovation AB - Within innovation research and, more specifically, living lab projects, a crucial component is to test an innovation in a real-life context with potential end users. Such a field test can validate assumptions by combining insights on behaviour and attitudes towards the innovation. This allows for iterative tailoring of the innovation to the needs and wants of the potential end users. Moreover, relevant insights can be gathered to stop or rescope the innovation project before big investments are made. Although studies indicate that testing innovations (or prototypes) in real-life contexts improves the innovation process, there is no specific framework on how to conduct a field test for an innovation. This is important because, in living lab field tests, users are actively involved in co-creating the solutions, which impacts the operational side of setting up living lab projects. Therefore, within this article, we propose a framework for field testing based on the degree to which it reflects reality and the stage within the living lab process. We distinguish four types of field tests: concept, mock-up, pilot, and go2market field test. Based on this framework, we propose some practical guidelines for setting up living lab field tests. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1204 IS - 12 U1 - imec.livinglabs Lynn Coorevits is an Innovation Manager at imec.livinglabs, where she is responsible for tools and methodologies that improve testing in living labs. She is also affiliated to the imec-mict-ugent department Ghent University in Belgium as a Senior User Researcher. She holds master degrees in Psychology and Marketing Analysis from Ghent University and has over 10 years of experience in innovation research and consultancy. U2 - imec.livinglabs Annabel Georges is a User Specialist at imec.livinglabs. Within this “living-lab-as-a-service” she conducts user research to structurally support innovation development for SMEs. Next to this, she is also involved in several smart city projects. Her main research topics are drop-out and user engagement within field tests and working on the processes of current living lab practices. Annabel holds a Master in Communication Sciences degree with a specialization in New Media and Society at Ghent University. U3 - imec.livinglabs Dimitri Schuurman is the Team Lead of the Business Model and User Research Team at imec.livinglabs. He holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences from Ghent University in Belgium. Together with his imec colleagues, Dimitri developed a specific living lab offering targeted at entrepreneurs in which he has managed over 100 innovation projects. He is also active in the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) and in the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) as a living labs specialist. His main interests and research topics are situated in the domains of open innovation, user innovation, and innovation management. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From Closed to Open Innovation in Emerging Economies: Evidence from the Chemical Industry in Brazil JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Elisa Thomas KW - collaboration KW - emerging economy KW - intermediary KW - Open innovation KW - R&D AB - In this article, we examine how firms in an emerging economy perform research and development (R&D) activities in regards to the concept of open innovation. Most literature on open innovation shows multinational knowledge-intensive firms with well-established R&D processes mainly in developed countries. Searching for management contributions for firms in emerging economies, we qualitatively analyzed two chemical firms in Southern Brazil that have different profiles and are representative samples of typical firms in the region. Our results show that firms did not fully exploit the potential benefits brought by open innovation, even when complete opening was not the main goal. The firms were similar concerning interactions with partners and stages where relationships occur. The generation of ideas was an open activity performed both by firms and by clients, and interactions with universities were getting stronger. On the other hand, intellectual property has not been used as means of profiting from innovation activities. Our main finding refers to the internal mediation of relationships with partners. R&D teams rarely contact external organizations directly; instead, they leave such interactions to other departments within their firms. Relationships with clients are mediated through technical and commercial departments, and interactions with suppliers are intermediated by the supply staff. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1144 IS - 3 U1 - University of Stavanger Elisa Thomas is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for Innovation Research at the University of Stavanger in Norway. Previously she has worked as a teacher, a course coordinator, and a student’s supervisor at Unisinos University in Brazil. Elisa completed her PhD at the Business School at Unisinos University, having spent one year at the University of Southampton for empirical research in the United Kingdom. Her research focusses on open innovation, innovation intermediaries, university–industry partnerships and the role of universities in innovation systems. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From Importing Innovations to Co-Producing Them: Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Development of Online Land Management Tools JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Alex Baumber A1 - Graciela Metternicht A1 - Peter Ampt A1 - Rebecca Cross A1 - Emily Berry KW - adaptive KW - co-production KW - collaboration KW - decision-support KW - innovation KW - land management KW - tools KW - transdisciplinary AB - While traditional approaches to innovation diffusion often assume that innovations come from outside a local system, transdisciplinary co-production offers an alternative paradigm in which local stakeholders are engaged as co-producers of innovations. The use of digital online tools for agriculture, conservation, and citizen science is an area of expanding opportunities, but landholders are often dependent on tools developed outside their local communities. This article looks at the potential for transdisciplinary co-production to be used as a framework for more participatory development of digital online land management tools, with a case study from the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. This research has implications beyond rural land management to other industries and contexts where reflexive and integrative strategies are needed to overcome barriers to stakeholder participation and engagement with new technologies. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1175 IS - 8 U1 - University of Technology Sydney Alex Baumber is a Scholarly Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He has undertaken collaborative research on a range of rural sustainability issues, including revegetation, bioenergy, agroforestry, wildlife management, and carbon accounting. Research grants include projects on Landholder Collaboration (NSW Environmental Trust), Low Carbon Tourism (CRC for Low-Carbon Living 2013–2015), Optimising Revegetation Management for Regent Honeyeater Recovery (NSW Environmental Trust 2013–2016), the Central Tablelands Agroforestry Bioenergy Project (RIRDC and DAFF 2010–12), and the Barrier Ranges Sustainable Wildlife Enterprise Trial (RIRDC 2006–2009). U2 - University of New South Wales Graciela Metternicht is a Professor in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She has expertise and experience in land degradation assessment and monitoring, ecosystem-based approaches to land use planning, and sustainable development. Her prior and current work includes working with UN Environment, the UNCCD, and as a reviewer of major reports of the Convention of Biological Diversity and of the State of the Environment Australia Report 2016. Metternicht has experience in leading multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral projects in environmental assessment and management, including the Collaborative Planning Support Tools for Optimising Farming Systems (funded by the Australian Research Council). U3 - University of Sydney Peter Ampt is a Lecturer in Natural Resource Management and Extension at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has expertise in participatory research, which seeks to integrate production and conservation, including as a lead investigator for the project Landholder Collaboration for Landscape-scale Conservation (NSW Environmental Trust 2016–18). His roles include manager of the Future of Australia’s Threatened Ecosystems (FATE) program and steering committee member for the Communities in Landscapes (CiL) project, which aimed at improving the management of Box Gum grassy woodlands under the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country program. Ampt’s track record includes participatory research projects such as the Central Tablelands Agroforestry Bioenergy Project (RIRDC and DAFF 2010–12) and the Barrier Ranges Sustainable Wildlife Enterprise Trial (RIRDC 2006–2009). U4 - University of Sydney Rebecca Cross is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has led the development of participatory social research methodology for the Landholder Collaboration project (NSW Environmental Trust) and has worked on several projects including Communities in Landscapes (CiL) (funded by Caring for Our Country, 2010–2012) and Mining and Biodiversity Offsetting in Agricultural Landscapes in Mudgee, NSW and the Burdekin, QLD (UNSW, 2014). U5 - University of New South Wales Emily Berry provided support for social research and coordination of the project Landholder Collaboration for Landscape-scale Conservation (NSW Environmental Trust 2016–18). She holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Environmental Management from the University of New South Wales and has also undertaken research into landholder perceptions of land degradation in the Far West NSW, private land conservation in NSW, and cultural land management in the NSW Central Tablelands. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From Organizations to Organizational Fields: The Evolution of Civic Innovation Ecosystems JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Matthew Claudel KW - city KW - civic technology KW - innovation policy KW - innovation systems KW - Living lab AB - Contemporary approaches to urban technology emphasize local “innovation ecosystems”. Two organizational models – living labs and innovation integrators – are commonly used as hubs to broker these ecosystems. Curiously, both coexist in some cities, allowing a comparison of their impact and an analysis of their development over time and in context. The case studies presented in this article suggest that our analytical frameworks for technology policy may fall short, in that they contemplate only the organizations themselves – the living labs or innovation integrators. The dynamics observed in each city are well articulated, however, in the sociotechnical systems literature. The hub can be understood as a “niche”, which fosters radical innovations and new processes. As these prototypes are increasingly deployed and accepted, there is a regime shift, ultimately creating an experimentalist culture that fills the role previously held by the hub. This conclusion is neither a challenge to ecosystem theory nor a critique of innovation policy and its implementation. Rather, I suggest that we must extend these theoretical frameworks, drawing on sociotechnical systems literature to better account for institutions and for systems change as we design policy for urban technology. This article therefore makes a contribution by using a sociotechnical systems lens to explain the evolution of local urban innovation ecosystems. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1163 IS - 6 U1 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Matthew Claudel is a PhD candidate in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and he is also affiliated with the MIT Lab for Innovation Science & Policy and the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. Matthew is a Co-Founder of MIT designX, where he is the Head of Civic Innovation. He is also the co-author of two books: Open Source Architecture and The City of Tomorrow. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Frugal or Fair? The Unfulfilled Promises of Frugal Innovation JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Mario Pansera KW - frugal innovation KW - inclusive innovation KW - scarcity KW - social justice AB - Frugal innovation has become a popular buzzword among management and business scholars. However, despite its popularity, I argue that the frugal innovation literature, in its present form, is problematic for at least two reasons. First, the frugal innovation literature assumes that scarcity is a normal condition of the “Global South”. In this article, I show that this assumption neglects the fact that scarcity can be socially constructed to deny certain social sectors the access to resources essential for their flourishing. Second, despite all the good intentions underpinning the idea of “alleviating poverty”, frugal innovation studies rarely challenge, or even discuss, the causes of destitution and social exclusion. Innovation, as well as technology, is overwhelmingly framed in an agnostic and neutral way that sidelines the socio-economic complexity of the exclusion mechanisms that cause poverty and underdevelopment. By ignoring this, the frugal innovation literature risks limiting the understanding of the problems it seeks to solve and, most importantly, it risks limiting its impact. Most frugal innovation literature, in other words, seems to elude the fact that, rather than being a mere lack of resources or technology, poverty is a matter of social justice. In order to be empowering, technology has to be value-based, normative framed, socially controlled, and democratically debated. In this article, I propose that we should use these principles to develop a new wave of frugal innovation literature and practice. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1148 IS - 4 U1 - University of Bristol Mario Pansera is a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. He gained a PhD in Management from the University of Exeter Business School in the United Kingdom. His dissertation focused on the discourses of innovation and development with a particular interest for the Global South. He joined the University of Bristol after completing a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-Doctoral fellowship at the Academy of Business in Society in Brussels. His primary research interests are responsible research and innovation, sustainable and ecological transition, and the critique of the development discourse and growth. He is also particularly interested in the dynamics of innovation in emerging economies, appropriate technologies, grassroots, and social innovations. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0): A Social Innovation Perspective JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2017 A1 - Rabeh Morrar A1 - Husam Arman A1 - Saeed Mousa KW - fourth industrial revolution KW - Industry 4.0 KW - Internet of Things KW - social innovation AB - The rapid pace of technological developments played a key role in the previous industrial revolutions. However, the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) and its embedded technology diffusion progress is expected to grow exponentially in terms of technical change and socioeconomic impact. Therefore, coping with such transformation require a holistic approach that encompasses innovative and sustainable system solutions and not just technological ones. In this article, we propose a framework that can facilitate the interaction between technological and social innovation to continuously come up with proactive, and hence timely, sustainable strategies. These strategies can leverage economic rewards, enrich society at large, and protect the environment. The new forthcoming opportunities that will be generated through the next industrial wave are gigantic at all levels. However, the readiness for such revolutionary conversion require coupling the forces of technological innovation and social innovation under the sustainability umbrella. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 7 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1117 IS - 11 U1 - An-Najah National University Rabeh Morrar is an Assistant Professor in Innovation Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine. He received and PhD degree in Innovation Economy from Lille 1 University for Science and Technology, Lille, France. His current research interests include innovation networks, the knowledge-based economy, economic development in developing countries, the labour economy, and the service economy. Dr. Rabeh is a Fellow of the Economic Research Forum (ERF), the Turkish Economic Research Forum, the American Economic Association (AEA), the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), and the European Association for Research in Services (RESER). He is a member of the Advisory Committee of Economic Statistics, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the Palestinian National Committee of Trade in Services, the National Team for Developing National Export Strategy, the Business Innovation and Partnership Centre in Palestine, the ESCWA Team for ICT and Innovation, and the National Team for Public Procurement Capacity Building Strategy. Rabeh has published more than 15 scientific papers, reports, and policy papers in different disciplines related to innovation economics, Palestinian economics, trade, and the service economy. U2 - Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Husam Arman is an Associate Research Specialist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. Dr. Arman is currently engaged in work related to competitiveness and innovation and SME development. He studies and works in the leading edge subjects of strategic technological innovation and R&D management. During his Research Fellow posting and PhD studies at The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, he developed methodologies to optimize technology investments strategies within large firms such as Rolls-Royce. He has worked for more than five years in universities in teaching and research. His work has appeared in the International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, R&D Management Journal, the International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the International Journal of Technology Intelligence, and Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, and he has presented at conferences such as PICMET and IAMOT. U3 - Palestinian Technical University Kadoorie Saeed Mousa is a Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Palestinian Technical University Kadoorie (PTUK), where he teaches Innovation, Technology and business related courses. In addition, is Head of the Studies & Development Division at PTUK, where he conducts research regarding improving the university, such as strategic and implementation planning through preparing and submitting development proposals, as he is responsible for developing and driving innovation roadmap through encouraging creativity in R&D team. He holds a master’s degree in Innovation Economics from Friedrich Schiller University in Germany. Saeed’s current research interests span a wide range of topics regarding innovation, such as social innovation, technology innovation, and non-technical innovation. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Factors Affecting the Attrition of Test Users During Living Lab Field Trials JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2016 A1 - Annabel Georges A1 - Dimitri Schuurman A1 - Koen Vervoort KW - attrition KW - drop-out KW - field trial KW - Living lab KW - Open innovation KW - user engagement KW - user involvement AB - Next to active user involvement and a multi-method approach, a third major principle within living lab research consists of capturing the real-life context in which an innovation is used by end users. Field trials are a method to study the interaction of test users with an innovation in the context of use. However, when conducting field trials, there are several reasons why users stop participating in research activities, a phenomenon labelled as attrition. In this article, we elaborate on drop-outs during field trials by analyzing three post-trial surveys of living lab field trials. Our results show that several factors related to the innovation, as well as related to the field trial setup, play a role in attrition, including the lack of added value of the innovation and the extent to which the innovation satisfies the needs and time restrictions of test users. Based on our findings, we provide practical guidelines for managers to reduce attrition during field trials. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 6 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/959 IS - 1 U1 - iMinds – MICT – Ghent University Annabel Georges is a Junior Researcher in the research group iMinds – MICT – Ghent University in Belgium. She holds a Master's degree in Communication Sciences from Ghent University, with a specialization in New Media and Society. In her master's thesis, Social Media from A to Z: The Role of Media Coaches in the Diffusion of Social Media Literacy within the Library as an Organization, she used social network analysis to study the diffusion of social media literacy with library staff. At iMinds, her main interests are social innovation and the factors that motivate test users to participate in field trials. U2 - iMinds – MICT – Ghent University Dimitri Schuurman holds a PhD (2015) and Master's degree in Communication Sciences (2003) from Ghent University in Belgium. He joined the research group iMinds – MICT – Ghent University in Belgium in 2005 and started working at iMinds Living Labs in 2009. Together with his iMinds colleagues, Dimitri developed a specific living lab offering targeted at startups and SMEs, in which he has managed over 50 innovation projects. As a senior researcher, Dimitri is currently responsible for the methodology and academic valorization of living lab projects. He also coordinates a dynamic team of living lab researchers from iMinds – MICT – Ghent University. His main interests and research topics are situated in the domains of open innovation, user innovation, and innovation management. In early 2015, he finished his PhD entitled Bridging the Gap between Open and User Innovation? Exploring the Value of Living Labs as a Means to Structure User Contribution and Manage Distributed Innovation. U3 - iMinds – MICT – Ghent University Koen Vervoort manages and coordinates panels within living lab settings within one of the first living lab organizations in Europe: iMinds Living Labs in Belgium. He also represents iMinds within large Flemish and European living lab projects, hosts workshops, benchmarks internal processes within the entire living lab community (and beyond), oversees an internal quality survey, and organizes fieldwork for iMinds' flagship, Digimeter, a report that tracks the ownership and use of media (technology) among the Flemish population. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Framework for Sustainable Circular Business Model Innovation JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2016 A1 - Maria Antikainen A1 - Katri Valkokari KW - business canvas KW - business model KW - case study KW - circular economy KW - innovation KW - sustainability AB - The circular economy concept is a novel economic model aiming to foster sustainable economic growth, boost global competitiveness, and generate new jobs. In order to make the circular economy mainstream, radical and systemic innovation is needed. Currently, a majority of the business modelling tools and methods lack at least some of the identified and needed elements for innovating business models in a circular economy. In this article, we build a framework for sustainable circular business model innovation by adding important perspectives: recognizing trends and drivers at the ecosystem level; understanding value to partners and stakeholders within a business; and evaluating the impact of sustainability and circularity. We present the results of a case study with a startup company, which was designed to test the framework and provide a concrete example of its usage and future development needs. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 6 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1000 IS - 7 U1 - VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) Maria Antikainen is a Senior Scientist at VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) in the Business, Innovation and Foresight research area. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Industrial Management at Tampere University of Technology, where she specializes in innovation in business networks. Maria’s main research areas are the circular economy and sustainable business models and new business opportunities enabled by the Internet of Things. During her 14 years of experience in research, Maria has been initiating, conducting, and managing numerous research and development projects with research partners, companies, and public funding organizations such as Tekes and the European Union. Maria holds a PhD in Technology Management from the Tampere University of Technology (2011) and a PhD in Marketing from the University of Tampere (2007). U2 - VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) Katri Valkokari is a Principal Scientist at VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) in the Business, Innovation and Foresight research area. Over the past 15 years, she has carried out several development projects concerning different networked business arrangements (ecosystems, networks, partnerships, and firms). In 2009, Katri completed her doctoral thesis on business network development. She has published several international and national articles in the research areas of business network management, collaboration, organizational knowledge, innovation management, and sustainability. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Finding the Signal in the Noise of Patent Citations: How to Focus on Relevance for Strategic Advantage JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2014 A1 - Derek Smith KW - citation noise KW - citation-based patent evaluation KW - intellectual property KW - literature review KW - patent evaluation KW - patent evaluation limitations KW - prior art citations AB - Patent evaluations based on prior art citation data are business methodologies that can reveal hidden relationships between a patent and the associated prior art citations. These hidden relationships can further identify firms, actors and, technology and can identify strategic business relationships and opportunities. However, a fundamental problem with existing methodologies for discovering relevant relationships in citation data is noise. Citation noise obscures relevant relationships and impedes the potential value of these methodologies. This article reviews the literature on prior art citations as they relate to citation-based patent evaluation methodologies. A framework is presented to overcome citation noise and reveal relevant relationships to evaluate knowledge, technology, and invention properties, thereby opening up strategic and competitive advantages to the evaluating firm. The article provides guidance to executives and managers to help improve strategic decision making through relevant citation-based patent evaluations. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 4 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/830 IS - 9 U1 - Carleton University Derek Smith is the founder and principal of Magneto Innovention Management, an intellectual property consulting firm that assists entrepreneurs and small businesses with difficult intellectual property issues. He is a registered patent agent in both Canada and the United States, and he has over 20 years of experience working as an intellectual property management consultant and patent agent for IBM Canada, Bell Canada, and Husky Injection Molding Systems where he was Director of Global Intellectual Property. Prior to entering the field of intellectual property, he was an advisory engineer at IBM Canada where he was involved in a variety of leading-edge software development projects. Derek holds an MASc degree in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, for which he was awarded a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement. His thesis is "A New Methodology For Citation Dependent Patent Evaluations". Derek also holds a BEng degree in Systems and Computer Engineering, also from Carleton University. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Finnish Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in China: Market Entry and Position in the Value Chain JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2014 A1 - Sen Bao A1 - Marja Toivonen KW - internationalization of services KW - KIBS KW - knowledge-intensive business services KW - Western companies in China AB - The internationalization of companies offering knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) plays an important role in the general process of globalization. As the largest emerging market, China is attractive for Western KIBS. This article presents a case study on Finnish KIBS in China. Three companies in "clean tech" engineering, eco-cities design, and 3D media solutions describe the challenges and promoting factors in entering the Chinese markets. The study also examines the various ways of positioning the firm in the value chain through the roles of an integrator, a concept developer, and a multi-stage actor. Our findings illustrate the new business opportunities provided by China in advanced service sectors focusing on sustainability issues and creative content. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 4 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/784 IS - 4 U1 - Aalto University Sen Bao is PhD candidate in the School of Science at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, where he also holds a Master’s degree in Service Management and Engineering. He also works as Research Scientist in Business Ecosystems Development at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. He has over 4 years’ working experience in service industries, half of it in the ICT sector. Currently, his research interests focus on service business development and internationalization of services. He is carrying out a research project on the service activities of Finnish manufacturers and technological knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) in China. U2 - VTT Technical Research Centre Marja Toivonen is Research Professor at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, her specialty being service innovation and service business models. She is also Adjunct Professor at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Marja has written several articles on service-related topics and been an invited speaker in many international conferences focusing on these topics. She is a council member of the European Association for Research on Services (RESER), and she is a member of the European Union's 2013–2014 High-Level Expert Group on Business Services. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Formulating an Executive Strategy for Big Data Analytics JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2014 A1 - Gopalakrishna Palem KW - big data KW - business vision KW - executive strategy KW - IT entrepreneurship KW - predictive analytics AB - The recent surge in big data technologies has left many executives, both of well-established organizations and emerging startups, wondering how best to harness big data. In particular, the analytics aspect of big data is enticing for both information technology (IT) service providers and non-IT firms because of its potential for high returns on investment, which have been heavily publicized, if not clearly demonstrated, by multiple whitepapers, webinars, and research surveys. Although executives may clearly perceive the benefits of big data analytics to their organizations, the path to the goal is not as clear or easy as it looks. And, it is not just the established organizations that have this challenge; even startups trying to take advantage of this big data analytics opportunity are facing the same problem of lack of clarity on what to do or how to formulate an executive strategy. This article is primarily for executives who are looking for help in formulating a strategy for achieving success with big data analytics in their operations. It provides guidelines to them plan an organization's short-term and long-term goals, and presents a strategy tool, known as the delta model, to develop a customer-centric approach to success with big data analytics. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 4 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/773 IS - 3 U1 - Gopalakrishna Palem is a Corporate Technology Strategist specialized in distributed computing technologies and advanced predictive analytics solutions. During his 12-year tenure at Microsoft and Oracle, he helped many customers build their executive strategy for various technology initiatives, driving the brand-name promotions and improved revenue targets. He offers consultations for C-level executives in technology management strategy and is actively engaged in guiding researchers and entrepreneurs in knowledge modelling systems, algorithmic information theory, and systems control and automata. He can be reached at gopalakrishna.palem.in ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Firm-Level Innovation Management Framework and Assessment Tool for Increasing Competitiveness JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Sorin Cohn KW - competitiveness assessment KW - firm-level innovation KW - innovation models KW - innovation performance KW - management KW - management effectiveness KW - tools AB - Innovation depends on much more than just technology and R&D. It is a means to an end – competitive success and higher market value – and it needs to be managed strategically and methodically for tangible corporate performance where it matters: in the market. This article introduces a comprehensive corporate innovation management framework (v-CIM) and a targeted competitiveness assessment tool (i-TCA). Properly used by corporate leaders, this framework and its associated tool enable innovation managers to decide on priorities for competitive development, adopt appropriate innovation strategies to meet corporate goals, monitor progress, make adjustments, and help create and maintain a culture of innovation that is aligned with business goals. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/731 IS - 10 U1 - BD Cohnsulting Inc. Sorin Cohn has 35 years of international business and technology experience, having been involved in most facets of innovation development: from idea to research and lab prototype, from technology to product, and then to market success on the global stage. He has developed new technologies, created R&D laboratories, started new product lines, and initiated and managed new business units. Sorin has several essential patents in web services, wireless, and digital signal processing, as well as over 70 publications and presentations. He has also been Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa. He is a Killam Scholar, and he holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering, an MSc in Physics, and an MEng in Engineering Physics. Sorin is President of BD Cohnsulting Inc. As well, he acts as Leader of Innovation Metrics at The Conference Board of Canada and as Chief Program Officer of i-CANADA. He is also Member of the Board of Startup Canada as well as the Board of the Centre for Energy Efficiency. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From Idea Crowdsourcing to Managing User Knowledge JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Risto Rajala A1 - Mika Westerlund A1 - Mervi Vuori A1 - Jukka-Pekka Hares KW - crowdsourcing KW - knowledge management KW - lead users KW - online communities KW - user innovation AB - This article explores how technology companies can benefit from user knowledge in product and service innovation beyond mere idea generation through crowdsourcing. We investigate a case from the telecommunications sector to discover the ways a company can overcome the challenges of motivating users to participate in innovation activity and gaining from their knowledge in the innovation process. In particular, we seek to learn how the company has created understanding about the future uses of technology and the developments of the market with the lead users. In addition, we analyze the key means of capturing value from the knowledge gathered from the users, including the essential organizational practices that support user innovation and the ways the company makes sense of the vast volume and variety of user knowledge. Our empirical inquiry increases the understanding of how technology companies can complement and use crowdsourcing to effectively utilize knowledge resident in user communities. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/750 IS - 12 U1 - Aalto University Risto Rajala, D.Sc. (Econ) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Dr. Rajala holds a PhD in Information Systems Science from the Aalto University School of Business. His recent research has dealt with management of complex service systems, development of digital services, service innovation, and business model performance. Rajala’s specialties include management of industrial services, collaborative service innovation, knowledge management, and design of digital services. U2 - Carleton University Mika Westerlund, D.Sc. (Econ) is an Assistant Professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics. His doctoral research focused on software firms’ business models and his current research interests include open and user innovation, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries. U3 - Aalto University Mervi Vuori, M.Sc. (Econ) is a researcher and doctoral candidate at Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Since 2010, she has acted as a principal researcher in several research projects in the field of purchasing and innovation management. She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation on "Innovating and collaborating with external resources: crowds, communities and suppliers". Her research is centered on the use of external resources, related management interfaces, as well as integration mechanisms in service and business model innovation. U4 - Aalto University Jukka-Pekka Hares, M.Sc. (Econ) received his master’s degree from the Aalto University School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. His master’s thesis focused on crowdsourcing and user knowledge management in online user communities. He is currently working at the public relations agency Manifesto as a communications consultant. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From Ideas to Opportunities: Exploring the Construction of Technology-Based Entrepreneurial Opportunities JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Ferran Giones A1 - Zhao Zhou A1 - Francesc Miralles A1 - Bernhard Katzy KW - constructivist view KW - entrepreneurship policy KW - technology entrepreneurship AB - The transformation of business ideas into market opportunities is at the core of entrepreneurship. Nevertheless, the complexity of such a transformative process is seen to change depending on the variables influencing the opportunity-entrepreneur nexus. Although technology-entrepreneurship is regarded as a force of change and dynamism in socio-economic growth, it also depends upon an intricate process of opportunity development. The interest in understanding better how technology-based entrepreneurs simultaneously cope with technological uncertainty while trying to gain stakeholder support and access to resources, highlights a relevant research gap. The research described in this article uses the constructivist view to deepen our understanding of the technology-based entrepreneur’s conceptualization of the opportunity as a process of social construction. Our results show how initial consensus-building efforts and iteration with knowledgeable peers are an essential part of the emergence of the opportunity, changing both entrepreneur's and stakeholders' perceptions of the early business idea. Consequently, our results provide evidence in support of policy programs and measures that favour social-construction support mechanisms to foster technology-based entrepreneurship. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/692 IS - 6 U1 - Ramon Llull University Ferran Giones is a research assistant at La Salle Innova Institute – Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, Spain. He has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Business Administration from ESADE Business School in Barcelona. Ferran’s professional background is in management consulting and international business-operations development. In recent years, he has been working in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation, closely studying how entrepreneurs' ventures emerge in dynamic environments under high uncertainty conditions. U2 - Leiden University Zhao Zhou is a PhD candidate at the Center for Technology and Innovation Management (CeTIM) at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research interests are focused on the regional innovation system, technology-based entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. He has published in several international journals. U3 - Ramon Llull University Francesc Miralles leads the La Salle Innova Institute in Barcelona, Spain, and is Professor of IS strategy, Innovation Management, and Research Methods in La Salle BES, at La Salle Campus Barcelona - Ramon Llull University. He has a PhD from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and an MBA from ESADE. Before joining La Salle BES - URL, he was Executive Director in the Information Society Observatory of Catalonia (FOBSIC). Francesc was Professor and Dean at the University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona. His current research interests are in the area of information technology management, innovation management, and entrepreneurship. He has participated in several international research projects funded by the European Commission, the CYCIT (Spanish government), and the CENIT programme (Ministry of Science & Innovation). For three years, Francesc was a member of the executive committee of the International Conference on Information Systems (sponsored by AIS). He was co-chairman of the ICIS’02 held in Barcelona in December 2002. U4 - University BW Munich / Leiden University Bernhard R. Katzy is Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at the University BW Munich in Germany and Leiden University in The Netherlands. He is founder and director of the Center for Technology and Innovation Management (CeTIM). Bernhard was invited to be the keynote speaker at the launch event of the European Living Lab movement in December 2006, is leading the knowledge-worker living lab (one of the first wave of living labs), and is founding member of ENoLL, the association of living labs. He started his professional career with an apprenticeship as car mechanic and later earned Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering and business management. He holds a PhD in industrial management from University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen in Germany and a second Ph.D. (Habilitation) in general management and technology management from University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. His research interest is about entrepreneurial management of fast-growing high-tech firms and the management of strategic change in the transition to the information age. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From Business Administration to Business Creation: The Case of the Kalevala Global Business Creation School JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2012 A1 - Marko Seppä KW - business creation KW - business school KW - co-creation KW - entrepreneurship KW - knowledge investing KW - Open innovation KW - university AB - Are there any businesses left to administer? The question is of course rhetorical and aimed at underscoring how several societies are more severely in need of creators of new businesses than managers of established ones. And yet, nearly all universities only produce masters of business administration, at best. Apart from theoretical research about business creation, and the education of masters of such research, universities are generally not equipped to produce knowledge for business creation or to produce masters of business creation. This conceptual article calls for a new, complementary approach to research and education, around the theme of global business creation. Due to the limitations and restrictions related to the traditions and practices of the science of business administration, where the means justify the ends, a new exploratory field coined as the “Art of Business Creation,” where the end justifies the means, is being explored for some inspiration. For a concrete solution, the concept of a globally distributed, enterprise-centric, entrepreneurial-faculty-driven, open-innovation-based, and social-media-empowered university entity is depicted in this article. It is a new-generation private-public-partnership and “Living Lab 2.0” referred to as Kalevala Global Business Creation School. The conceptualization draws from observations and action research during the Global Venture Lab Finland experiment at the University of Jyväskylä from 2007 to 2011. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 2 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/562 IS - 6 U1 - Global Enabler Marko Seppä is “serial co-creator” and knowledge investor specialized in growth venture creation. He was apprenticed as venture capitalist by Panostaja Group, in Finland in the late 1980s. Since 1991, he has led the co-creation of three enabler organizations: FVC, a pioneering venture capital firm for the emerging markets of Russia and the Baltic countries; eBRC, an ambitious e-business research center for a local pilot of eEurope; and GVL Finland, a global venture lab experiment for University Alliance Finland. He holds an MSc in Management from the University of Tampere and a PhD in Corporate Strategy from the University of Jyväskylä. He is currently engaged in the co-creation of Global Enabler: A community, platform and factory of enablers of global business creation for problems worth solving. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From Stories to Evidence: How Mining Data Can Promote Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2012 A1 - Michael Lenczner A1 - Susan Phillips KW - Ajah KW - charities KW - community sector KW - data mining KW - funding database KW - nonprofit KW - social innovation AB - Being a director at a nonprofit organization often means making guesses instead of properly informed decisions. One source of the “information fog” is fragmented funding. Nonprofit organizations have multiple types of funders, most of whom are not their direct beneficiaries. Predicting funder behaviour is therefore more of an art than a science. Planning for the future, setting goals, and making decisions all suffer in the nonprofit sector because of a lack of timely and accurate information. This article examines the opportunities to use newly available digitized information to address this information deficit. It shows how the rich, variegated and fast-changing landscape of information available online can be collected, combined, and repurposed in order to deliver it in actionable forms to decision makers across the nonprofit sector. This information can significantly improve planning decisions and enhance the effectiveness of the sector. The article concludes that a cultural shift is required in order for the nonprofit sector to exploit the opportunities presented by digital information. Nonprofits and funders are enjoined to increase their numeracy and to find creative ways to use data as part of their evaluation, planning and decision making. Researchers need to be adventurous in their use of quantitative information and specifically should employ linked datasets in order to explore previously unanswerable research and policy questions. The producers of data need to collect and publish their information in ways that facilitate reuse. Finally, funders need to support a variety of projects that seek to exploit these new opportunities. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 2 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/575 IS - 7 U1 - Ajah Michael Lenczner is a Montreal-based entrepreneur who works in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. He has worked on community technologies since 2000, community data since 2003, and on open government data since 2005. He co-founded Ile Sans Fil, CivicAccess.ca, Montréal Ouvert, serves on the board of several nonprofits, and is a frequent partner in academic-community collaborations. He is the CEO and founder of Ajah, a company that builds online tools for the Canadian nonprofit sector. U2 - Carleton University Susan Phillips is Professor and Director of the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where she has led the creation of Canada’s first Masters in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership. Internationally recognized for her research in this field, Susan is currently co-editing the Routledge Companion to Philanthropy, the first international handbook in philanthropy, and she is beginning a major SSHRC-funded comparative study of community foundations. She is a frequent advisor to nonprofits, foundations, and governments. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fostering Student Entrepreneurship and University Spinoff Companies JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2011 A1 - Tony Bailetti KW - entrepreneurship KW - spinoff KW - student entrepreneur KW - university AB - A student spinoff company strives to transform knowledge acquired by students into an income-generating business. This article outlines how a university can increase the number of spinoff companies created by its student entrepreneurs. Student spinoff companies are of interest to all forward-thinking universities, particularly those that support research and teaching programs in the field of entrepreneurship. The spinoff companies provide tangible evidence that students acquire viable entrepreneurial skills while studying at the university. In addition, student spinoff companies contribute to regional economic development, commercialize knowledge that otherwise would go undeveloped, help universities attain and expand their core missions, and increase the return on the investments in university R&D. University policies developed specifically for student spinoff companies significantly affect the growth potential of such ventures. This article provides a model and a set of principles that universities can use to support and increase the number of student entrepreneurs at their institutions. The model and principles are grounded in research findings and practical experience. In addition, the article suggests that universities adopt a results-based management approach to plan and deploy initiatives to support student entrepreneurs. The approach is widely used by government agencies interested in increasing the outcomes from their investments. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 1 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/485 IS - 1 U1 - Carleton University Tony Bailetti is an Associate Professor in the Sprott School of Business and the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Professor Bailetti is the Director of Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management program. His research, teaching, and community contributions support international co-innovation, technical entrepreneurship, and regional economic development. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Future of Co-Creation JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2011 A1 - Marko Seppä A1 - Stoyan Tanev AB - The objective of this article is to provide a brief summary of the key directions in value co-creation research that have emerged in the last 10 years. It points to several emerging streams in value co-creation research including: i) general management perspective; ii) new product development and innovation; iii) virtual customer environments; iv) service science and service-dominant logic (SDL) of marketing; and v) international markets and entrepreneurship, with a focus on the general management and innovation perspectives. In addition, the article points to another emerging new direction focusing on business co-creation. The development of business co-creation frameworks integrating the participatory role of both universities and vibrantly emerging business ecosystems represents a valuable alternative to traditional technology transfer and business administration approaches. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/423 IS - March 2011 U1 - University of Jyväskylä Marko Seppä is a "serial co-creator". In 1981, at age 16, he co-created an American football club in Finland, and in 1991, he co-created a pioneering VC firm focused on the emerging markets of Russia and the Baltic countries. In 2001, he co-created an ambitious e-business research centre for a pilot of the eEurope programme. He currently serves the University of Jyväskylä as Professor of Growth Venture Creation and works to co-create a global faculty partnership for problems worth solving. He is founding chair of Global Venture Lab Finland, a university consortium that is developing a "distributed business co-creation environment". He is also a co-founder of the Global Venture Lab Network, which is coordinated at UC Berkeley. U2 - University of Southern Denmark Stoyan Tanev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology and Innovation and member of the Integrative Innovation Management (I2M) Research Unit at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. I2M is a research group operating across the faculties of social sciences and engineering. Before joining the I2M unit at SDU in August 2009, Dr. Tanev was a Faculty member in the Technology Innovation Management Program of the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Stoyan Tanev has an MSc. and PhD. in Physics (1995, jointly by the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, and the Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France), an MEng. in Technology Management (2005, Carleton University, Canada), and an MA. (2009, University of Sherbrooke, Canada). His main research interests are in the fields of technology innovation management and value co-creation in technology-driven businesses. Dr. Tanev teaches technology innovation, technology marketing, and technology management courses in the MSc. Engineering program "Product Development and Innovation" at the University of Southern Denmark. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fundamentals of a Volume Market Engine JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2010 A1 - Fred Holahan AB - This article discusses the unique challenges commercial open source companies face in bringing their products and services to market. It recommends an overhaul of traditional software vendor market approaches in favour of a volume market strategy and identifies the core technology, content, and best practice methodologies of that strategy. The article is organized into five sections. The first section discusses the nature of open source customer relationships. It explains why the traditional sales funnel metrics do not apply in a commercial open source context. The second section introduces the concept of "progressive engagement" and discusses the lifecycle of open source relationships. The third section, multi-channel demand generation, identifies techniques for improving lead flow and quality by incorporating traditional lead sourcing techniques into the volume market model. The fourth section makes the case for marketing automation software and discusses some of the critical elements of an automated marketing infrastructure. The fifth section covers high-value content - the raw fuel of a volume market engine. It offers helpful insights for marketers to build and manage their content portfolios. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/363 IS - July 2010 U1 - Open Source Advisory Fred Holahan is founder and president of Open Source Advisory (OSA). OSA helps early stage software companies design and implement high-powered volume market distribution strategies. OSA specializes in the unique challenges facing commercial open source start-ups, including licensing strategies, product/service mix, free-to-fee crossover, and volume demand creation. Fred has over 25 years of technology market experience and has been the founding CEO of three prior companies: LexiBridge Corporation (acquired by Level3 Communications), GemLogic, Inc. (acquired by Silverstream Software), and Active Endpoints, Inc. Fred is a recognized open source expert and pioneer of the progressive engagement model of volume market interaction. He holds a MBA from the Olin School of Management at Babson College and a BS in Management Science from the University of Maine. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Feds are Ready for a Change JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2009 A1 - Mike Gifford AB - Canada is at the tipping point for acceptance of open source. Open source software and culture has reached a critical mass in the business world and it is also being actively deployed within the Canadian government. While open source has contributed outstanding code, its impacts are even more profound, raising core values of participation, co-operation and standardization. However, like many large institutions, there has been reluctance to modernize its official position regarding this approach to software development. There is still considerable investment in existing procurement practice and thousands of jobs and billions of dollars are being invested in old information technology (IT) solutions. This article discusses the global momentum in federal government departments to support open source as well as some of the problems with the federal government's procurement process. However, despite the problems and relatively slow adoption of open source technology, there is movement for adoption. Federal government policies may be lagging behind other G7 governments, but it is being implemented across the civil service. There are also many people within government, at all levels, who understand the advantages of using open source. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/251 IS - May 2009 U1 - OpenConcept Mike Gifford is the founder and president of OpenConcept Consulting Inc., an open source web development shop specializing in non-profits, unions and government. He has led open source projects since 2000, is actively engaged in Ottawa's Drupal community, and is spearheading the accessibility initiatives within the latest version of Drupal. OpenConcept has a policy of ensuring that all their software development is licensed under the GPL 2.0. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - First Steps towards Mapping the Economy's Genome JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2009 A1 - Evan Andrews AB - Companies are increasingly being pressured to be green, although it is not always clear what this means. Upon closer examination, the concept of green can be seen as an emergent quality of the interactions between many companies, many chemicals, and our environment - all driven by our collective purchases. This tangled web can be better understood with the right analysis methods, software, and data, but these resources are currently scarce and expensive. The intellectual capital companies need to navigate this landscape can be quickly dispersed if they encourage the construction of an open environmental infrastructure of tools and data. This article discusses the analysis methods, software, and data that can be used to help companies, the economy, and society become greener, faster. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/270 IS - July 2009 U1 - Sylvatica Evan Andrews is an analyst at Sylvatica, a Life Cycle Assessment consulting firm and research group. Sylvatica's mission is to propose creative solutions to improve, and eventually make positive, the environmental and social impacts of our actions. It administers the Earthster Project as one of its many initiatives. Evan is based in Montreal, Quebec. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - F/LOSS is Commercial Software JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2009 A1 - David A. Wheeler AB - Many people mistakenly use the term "commercial software" as if it was the opposite of Free/Libre Open Source Software (F/LOSS). This is in spite of: i) the rise in commercial development and support for F/LOSS; ii) the goal of most F/LOSS projects to incorporate improvements, which is actually a form of financial gain; iii) official definitions of "commercial item" that include F/LOSS; and iv) F/LOSS licenses and projects that clearly approve of commercial support. In reality, there are two types of commercial software: proprietary software and F/LOSS. This paper provides examples for each of the four points mentioned above, briefly notes some alternative terms, and ends with some conclusions, and explains why it is important to understand that F/LOSS software is almost always commercial. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/229 IS - February 2009 U1 - David A. Wheeler is a software developer and technical author. His interests include include writing secure programs, vulnerability assessment, open standards, open source and free software, Internet/web standards and technologies, and POSIX. David holds a MS, Computer Science and BS, Electronics Engineering from George Mason University. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Freely Licensed and Open Source Pipelines for Art Based Film and Media Production JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2009 A1 - Anthony Whitehead AB - Given the number of free/libre and open source licensed tools, and the number of "no cost" applications at the fingertips of the artist/animator/film developer today, the ability to "create what you will" is now an option for everyone. The advent of affordable media development tools has opened up the world of media production to those who were previously locked out of the Hollywood studio system. Proprietary software including Adobe Creative Suite, Autodesk?s Maya, Nuke, After Effects, Final Draft, and a litany of other necessary tools creates a financial wall so high that ?will? cannot overcome it alone. In this article, we examine a standard pipeline from a birds-eye-view for anyone with a will to create an Indie film. Without breaking the bank, the entire pipeline is achievable using F/LOSS tools and content that is available under a creative commons license. This allows high quality media development for all. In many cases, these same tools are being used by the Hollywood elite. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/296 IS - October 2009 U1 - Carleton University Anthony Whitehead is a Professor in, and the Director of, The Carleton University School of Information Technology. As a faculty member with the Interactive Multimedia and Design Program he has created art based media installations featured at SIGGRAPH, installed in the Museum of Civilization, featured in International visual effects festivals and supervised interactive installation developments at the School. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Flat Network for the Unflat World: Open Educational Resources in Developing Countries JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2008 A1 - Steven Muegge A1 - Monica Mora A1 - Kamal Hassin A1 - Andrew Pullin AB - Open educational resources (OER) apply the principles of openness - particularly the freedoms of use, modification and redistribution - to digital materials for teaching, learning, and research. OER can potentially touch all areas of education, from elementary schools to higher education to professional development all over the world, but we are particularly excited about the potential to expand access to education in developing countries. That is the focus of our research and the topic of this article. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/174 IS - August 2008 U1 - Carleton University Steven Muegge is a faculty member of the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Professor Muegge teaches within the Technology Innovation Management program. His current research interests include open source software, open innovation, and open source ecosystems, and the application of management theory to solving practical problems. U2 - CIDETYS Monica Mora received a Master's degree in Technology and Innovation Management from Carleton University. She has worked for the Technological University of Panama in different positions, including assistant professor and assistant of the President of this university. She is currently part of the technical committee of CIDETYS which was created to advise the Board of Directors and plan the first activities of the programme. U3 - Carleton University Kamal Hassin received a B.Eng. in electrical engineering from Carleton University in 2004. He is currently a Master's student in Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management program. His research interests include software intellectual property management, intellectual property law, open source licensing, and open educational resources. U4 - Carleton University Andrew Pullin received a B.Sc. in Combined Honours Chemistry and Computer Science from Carleton University in 2006. He is currently a Master's student in the Technology and Innovation Management within the Faculty of Engineering at Carleton University. His research interests include open source project ecosystems, open source licensing and open educational resources. He currently acts as Associate Director for Shad Valley Carleton and serves on the Board of Advisors to Virtual Ventures. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Free and Open Source Licenses in Community Life JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2008 A1 - Stefano De Paoli A1 - Maurizio Teli A1 - Vincenzo D'Andrea AB - The objective of this article is to examine how software licenses in build and shape political and technological boundaries. We examine the cases of the Geographic Resources Analysis Support System( GRASS) geographical information system and the OpenSolaris operating system. The first project is GPL licensed software developed by a worldwide community of voluntary programmers; the second project is sponsored by a company and released under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) license. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/193 IS - October 2008 U1 - National University of Ireland Maynooth Stefano De Paoli is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National University of Ireland Maynooth in Ireland. His research interests include computer security, legal protection of intellectual creations, and information technology and division of labor. U2 - University of Trento Maurizio Teli, PhD in Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento (Italy), has a background in Political Science. He is involved in and researches about the importance of FLOSS "practices of freedom" in the processes of organizing a community and producing technology. U3 - University of Trento Vincenzo D'Andrea is an Associate Professor at the University of Trento. His research interests include service-oriented computing, free and open source licensing, and virtual communities. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Free and Open Source Software: Overview and Preliminary Guidelines for the Government of Canada JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2008 A1 - Robert Charpentier AB - After a slow beginning in the late 1990s, Free/Libre and Open Source Software (F/LOSS) has been constantly growing in importance and expanding in many software architectures all over the world. This impressive growth has been supported by the numerous successes, the high-quality reputation of F/LOSS-based systems and, of course, by the expectation of cost savings. In 2003, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) initiated a special study to determine the role of F/LOSS in our information system architectures. This study was later expanded to the whole Government of Canada (GoC). This article summarizes some key findings based on the original DRDC report published in 2004. It includes a general introduction to F/LOSS followed by some guidelines in assessing the usefulness of F/LOSS in GoC project contexts. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/127 IS - March 2008 U1 - Defence Research Establishment Robert Charpentier completed his degree in engineering physics at l'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal in 1979. After working at CAE Electronics on flight simulators, he joined Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, where he specialized in infrared imagery and space-based surveillance. His current research domain is software security design and attack resistance of information systems operated in hostile environment. He has been deeply involved in F/LOSS studies since 2003. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Five Stage Approach to Licensing JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2007 A1 - Thomas Prowse AB - This article will set out a practical five stage approach to Open Source Software (OSS) legal issues for organizations that are working, or thinking of working, in this area. While OSS affords a plethora of legal challenges and ongoing developments that merit treatment, I will focus on a general framework for managing OSS legal issues. Since I will provide general legal information and not legal advice, I strongly encourage your organization to work with legal counsel with competency in the OSS area to address its specific circumstances. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/64 IS - October 2007 U1 - Gowlings Thomas Prowse, a partner with Gowlings' Kanata Technology Law Office, practices in the area of technology law. His private practice, government policy, and in-house counsel experience ground his deep understanding of the business and technological complexities faced by companies today. As Nortel Senior Counsel from 1994 to 2007, Thomas provided general legal support to global product development organizations and worked extensively on Open Source Software matters. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Free as in Adjective, Not as in Verb JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2007 A1 - Amos Hayes AB - Open source provides an avenue for distributing academic research well beyond the covers of journals or the lunchtime chatter of sharp-minded thinkers to a much broader audience. Interestingly, the choice of open source license is often a choice of community. By understanding the goals and underlying philosophy of a research project, one is better equipped to find a suitable license and attract a community with similar interests. This article provides an examination of a particular academic research project's licensing goals and presents some of the lessons learned during the license selection process. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/69 IS - October 2007 U1 - Carleton University Amos Hayes is a technical specialist turned researcher and manager at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (http://gcrc.carleton.ca) at Carleton University. A good part of his work is to help turn the ideas of researchers from a whole host of different academic disciplines into a set of technical capabilities for an open source community atlas framework. ER -