TY - JOUR T1 - Enabling and Promoting Sustainability through Digital API Ecosystems: An example of successful implementation in the smart city domain JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2021 A1 - Maurizio Brioschi A1 - Michele Bonardi A1 - Nadia Fabrizio A1 - Alfonso Fuggetta A1 - Emiliano Sergio Verga A1 - Maurilio Zuccalà KW - digital ecosystem KW - FAIR KW - interoperability KW - sustainability AB - Recent studies have recognized that digital ecosystems can enhance the transformation of enterprises and the sustainability of cooperation networks by enabling a regulated and governed exchange of data between different stakeholders according to common rules. Thanks to digital ecosystems, data can be effectively distributed and leveraged to build innovative services in various contexts, such as smart cities or corporate solutions. In this paper we apply the Cefriel Digital Ecosystem Toolkit approach, which was first adopted to foster digital interoperability during the 2015 World Exposition in Milan, Italy. The goal of this lightweight approach is to combine technologies for building API-based solutions with governance processes and common participation guidelines. Moreover, we argue that this approach fosters data sustainability responding to the FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability) principles for data management and stewardship. Since 2015, this approach has been applied in several projects and featured by the European Commission's JRC and the USA's NIST. The Cefriel Digital Ecosystem Toolkit approach now supports the creation of many-to-many digital relationships between stakeholders operating in various domains, allowing the discovery and reuse of digital assets owned by companies and organizations of any type and size, as well as supporting the development of added value services for citizens and other end-users. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 11 UR - timreview.ca/article/1412 IS - 1 U1 - Cefriel Michele Bonardi has been working in Cefriel since 2008. From 2010 to 2015, he was manager of the Technical Management Board of the E015 Digital Ecosystem. He is now the Head of Digital Ecosystems Practice in Cefriel. U2 - Cefriel Maurizio Brioschi is a Business Developer, Director and Foresight Manager in Cefriel. Since April 1997, he has worked in distributed architectures and the strategic development of complex IT systems, ranging from e-government solutions to industrial infrastructure. He was the project manager of ICT planning for Expo 2015, helping to foresee and shape digital innovation scenarios through digital ecosystems. U3 - Cefriel Nadia Fabrizio is a Senior Manager at Cefriel, where she has worked since 2004. In recent years, she has been working as the principal investigator for H2020 and EIT projects in the field of distributed ledger technologies. U4 - Cefriel Alfonso Fuggetta is a Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano and Scientific Director of Cefriel. He has been a member of several committees in the Italian Government. He has also collaborated with AIPA, CNIPA, the Department of Innovation, and the Ministries of Health, Labour, and Education and University. U5 - Cefriel Emiliano Sergio Verga has been working at Cefriel as a Digital Ecosystem Manager since 2013. His main role is the Scientific Coordination of the Lombardy Region’s E015 Digital Ecosystem. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Interview: Discussing Value Proposition Research in the Context of New Companies Committed to Scaling Early and Rapidly JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2021 A1 - Adrian Payne A1 - Pennie Frow A1 - Stoyan Tanev KW - business ecosystems KW - implicitly vs. explicitly formulated value propositions KW - new scaling companies KW - value proposition KW - value proposition alignment PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 11 UR - timreview.ca/article/1432 IS - 4 U1 - University of New South Wales Adrian Payne is Professor of Marketing at the University of New South Wales. He is a frequent keynote speaker at public and in-company seminars and conferences around the world. He has practical experience in marketing, market research, corporate planning and general management. His previous appointments include positions such as Chief Executive for a manufacturing company. He has also held senior company appointments in strategic planning and marketing, working in the IT, financial services professional services, telecom, and utilities sectors. He has also worked with government departments. Professor Payne's research has appeared in a wide range of journals, including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Industrial Marketing Management, Marketing Theory, European Journal of Marketing, British Journal of Management, Journal of Strategic Marketing, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Australasian Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Business Studies, Long Range Planning, Scandinavian Journal of Management, Décision Marketing, Australian Psychologist, European Management Journal, Human Relations, Business Horizons, Journal of General Management, Journal of Business Strategy, Journal of Management Consulting, etc. Adrian Payne is the author of fourteen books including the first text to be published on Relationship Marketing. He has run many workshops and executive programmes in CRM, Marketing Strategy, Customer Retention and Services Marketing, as well as lectured at over twenty leading academic institutions around the world including: Darden School, University of Virginia; Northwestern University; INSEAD; IMD; London Business School; Oxford University; and Cambridge University. U2 - University of Sydney Business School Pennie Frow is a professor in the University of Sydney Business School, Australia. She holds MBA and PhD degrees from Cranfield University, UK. Prof. Frow has worked extensively with service and professional service firms, especially investigating issues related to strategic development of customer relationships. Her research program is in the field of Marketing Management and Strategy focusing on several closely related research areas within this field, including: co-creation, services marketing, relationship marketing, internal marketing, customer relationship management, customer value, and value proposition development. She has a special interest in researching the services sector and especially healthcare. Pennie Frow is currently the Lead Chief Investigator of a health care research project funded by the Australian Research Council, investigating co-creation practices in a new hospital context. Another major project involves investigating the impact of customer value propositions, exploring both firm and customer outcomes. Prof. Frow has published in academic and practitioner journals including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, and the Journal of Marketing Management. U3 - Technology Innovation Management Review Stoyan Tanev, PhD, MSc, MEng, MA, is Associate Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management associated with the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) Program, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Before re-joining Carleton University, Dr. Tanev was part of the Innovation and Design Engineering Section, Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, Denmark. Dr. Tanev has a multidisciplinary background including MSc in Physics (Sofia University, Bulgaria), PhD in Physics (1995, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France, co-awarded by Sofia University, Bulgaria), MEng in Technology Management (2005, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada), MA in Orthodox Theology (2009, University of Sherbrooke, Montreal Campus, QC, Canada) and PhD in Theology (2012, Sofia University, Bulgaria). Stoyan has published multiple articles in several research domains. His current research interests are in the fields of technology entrepreneurship and innovation management, design principles and growth modes of global technology start-ups, business analytics, topic modeling and text mining. He has also an interest in interdisciplinary issues on the interface of the natural and social sciences. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Living Labs for Public Sector Innovation: insights from a European case study JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2021 A1 - Anne Vorre Hansen A1 - Lars Fuglsang A1 - Christine Liefooghe A1 - Luis Rubalcaba A1 - David Gago A1 - Ines Mergel & Nathalie Haug A1 - Maria Taivalsaari Røhnebæk & Francesco Mureddu KW - Citizen engagement KW - co-creation KW - living labs KW - Open innovation KW - Public sector innovation AB - Living labs have gained increased attention in research and practice as both a practical and theoretical innovation phenomenon that emphasizes co-creation, real-life settings, and user/customer involvement. More recently, living labs have also emerged as a specific approach to open innovation processes in the context of publics across the EU. Nevertheless, it is still not clear how the understanding of living labs can be translated and organized into new sectorial settings, what type of public sector innovation challenges it addresses, and what role citizens and users have. The aim of this article is therefore to explore and analyze how living labs are applied as processes for public sector innovation. Based on a mixed method approach of 21 European living lab cases, the analysis reveals a pattern of three different processes for living lab organizational and actor roles: living labs organized as cross-sectorial collaboration, living labs emerging within the public sector as main initiator and beneficiary, and living labs developed by civil society actors. The findings are presented as three scenarios for implementing living labs, which also acts as a background for the article's final discussion about the potentials and pitfalls of living labs in public sector contexts. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 11 UR - timreview.ca/article/1464 IS - 9/10 U1 - Roskilde University Anne Vorre Hansen (Corresponding author) is Associate Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Roskilde University. Anne is an experienced consultant, project manager and researcher of user- and citizen-driven innovation processes across the private, public and third sector, alongside of civil society led initiatives. In her current research, she focuses on social innovation and value co-creation processes and practices. U2 - Roskilde University Lars Fuglsang is Professor at Roskilde University, Denmark. His research is on how institutional and organizational frameworks are created to deal with the impact of innovation, technology and other forms of change on business and society. His current research focuses on practice-based understandings of the innovation process, where innovation is seen as closely connected with practices and routines. U3 - Lille University Christine Liefooghe is Lecturer in economic geography at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Territory Sciences, Lille University, France. Her research focuses on innovation, regional development, and urban change in the knowledge, cultural and creative economy. Her latest projects have focused on the creative city, then the spatial diffusion of third places (coworking, Fablabs) and, within the framework of the Co-VAL H2020 project, on Living Labs and the digitalization of public policies. U4 - University of Alacala Luis Rubalcaba is Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Alcalá and director of the Master on Innovation Economics, Management and Technology. Previous positions: scientific co-coordinator of the Co-VAL H2020 project on public sector innovation, senior innovation specialist at the World Bank in Washington, DC (US), visiting Fulbright Scholar at Boston University (US), distinguished professor at VTT-Tekes/Academy of Science (Finland), honorary scholar at the University of Birmingham (UK), and president of RESER (European Association for Services Research). U5 - San Pablo CEU University David Gago is Lecturer at San Pablo CEU University, Spain, and Professor of the Master on Innovation Economics, Management and Technology at the University of Alcalá, Spain. He has researched and published in the areas of service innovation, innovation metrics and impacts of innovation, and public policies. His practical experience includes working extensively both with public and private boards on strategic planning, decision making, and evaluation/impact assessment. Over time he has also served non-profit organizations. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Role of Digital Platforms in Resident-Centric Housing Concepts JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2021 A1 - Inka Lappalainen A1 - Maija Federley KW - digital platforms KW - housing KW - platform design KW - platform ecosystems KW - S-D logic KW - value creation and capture AB - Platform-enabled services targeted to make everyday life easier have become increasingly available in recent decades, which in some cases challenge traditional ways of owning and working. However, comprehensive data-driven value creation opportunities, which are seamlessly connected to various needs in the everyday life of citizens or residents, are still largely untapped and unstudied. This article investigates value creation opportunities for holistic housing concepts with related ecosystems designed to combine the physical environment of residents along with a digital platform. The novelty of this study builds on a holistic understanding of value co-creation in housing, enabled by digital platforms at the ecosystem level. The empirical study focuses on a qualitative multi-case study of four holistic and resident-centric service concepts, which all include digital platforms. The main findings are concluded as follows: First, digital platforms enable various value creation opportunities in resident-centric housing concepts and related ecosystems. Second, exploring strategic choices regarding competitiveness, innovation, and growth revealed that digital platforms played various roles such as informative, supportive, integrative, or even embedded in novel housing as a service platform concepts, which call for totally new orchestration and business models across traditional industrial and ecosystem boundaries. Third, in light of the basic mechanisms for ensuring competitiveness and growth in data and a platform economy, we identify two main alternative strategic approaches. The findings serve both practitioners and researchers exploring opportunities of a platform economy, with a particular benefit for those in largely unstudied housing markets. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 11 UR - timreview.ca/article/1473 IS - 11-12 U1 - VTT Foresight Inka Lappalainen M.Sc. (Ed), eMBA works as a Senior Scientist at VTT Foresight and data economy research area. She joined VTT in 2000, where she has gained broad-based expertise in strategic renewal and service business transformation, in addition to innovation management and design thinking in various industries. During the last five years, she has focused on new value co-creation opportunities enabled by data and platform economy for various actors in ecosystems, particularly in the fields of smart built environment and smart living. Her diverse publications serve both scientific audiences and practitioners. U2 - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Maija Federley M.Sc. (Tech) works as a Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Her research interests include user-centricity, data-driven solutions, and business strategies. During her 11-year career at VTT, she has worked in projects focusing on digitalization, environmental sustainability, and service business development in multi-stakeholder contexts, including the fields of built environment, automated driving, and the public sector. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Kondratieff’s Economic Waves and Future Scenarios Planning: an approach for organizations JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2020 A1 - Marcos Ferasso A1 - Eloisio Andrey Bergamaschi KW - Economic waves KW - foresight KW - Future studies KW - Kondratieff. KW - Strategic Planning AB - This manuscript aims to present connections between scenario building techniques and Kondratieff's long economic waves, as a way of identifying patterns in medium and long-term planning for companies' future scenarios. This essay considers two different conceptual contributions to improve forecasting on organizations taking as a departure point Kondratieff's economic waves and Schwartz's future scenario planning. Analyzing these two theoretical contributions, we concluded that the information obtained through the path of Kondratieff's waves can delineate future scenarios as a way to anticipate challenges, opportunities, and threats for organizations' contingency planning. As a contribution for practitioners, considering these two approaches together enables greater performance for strategic planning of future scenarios that can be applied by organizations across a range of industries. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 10 UR - timreview.ca/article/1327 IS - 2 U1 - Unochapeco University M. Ferasso earned his Bachelor Diploma in Management from University of the West of Santa Catarina (Brazil) in 2002, his Specialization Diploma in Business Management from UNOESC (Brazil) in 2005, his Specialization Diploma in Local Development from International Labour Organization/United Nations (Italy) in 2006, earned his M.Sc. in Management from UFRGS (Brazil) in 2009, with an exchange period as visiting researcher at Euromed-Marseille Ecole de Management (France), and earned his Ph.D. in Management from Federal University of Parana (Brazil) in 2018, with an exchange period as visiting researcher at Forsyth Technical Community College (USA). He concluded his first Postdoctorate at Meridional Faculty – IMED (Brazil) and the second at KEDGE Business School – Marseilles (France). He is currently Assistant Professor at Unochapeco University (Brazil). U2 - SESI Innovation Institute E. A. Bergamaschi earned his Bachelor Diploma in Business Management and Information Systems from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) in 2002, his M.Sc. in Management from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) in 2008, and his Specialization Diploma in Computer Science from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) in 2010. Currently, he is Manager at SESI Innovation Institute (Brazil). ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Project Portfolio Management in the Front-End of Innovation of Research Centers: a Literature Review JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2020 A1 - Rui Nuno Castro A1 - João José Pinto Ferreira KW - front-end KW - ideation KW - innovation KW - not-for-profit KW - Project Portfolio Management KW - research center AB - The beginning of an innovation process, also known as “front-end of innovation” (FEI), counts as an essential contributor to the successful development of new products and for their market appeal. Nevertheless, while helpful procedures and techniques for developing new products are well-known and widely applied, FEI is still an understudied area, and models for managing it are not yet commonly used in technology-oriented companies. FEI, also known as "fuzzy front end", can even be "fuzzier" in not-for-profit research centers. That is because the focus of these centers is advancing of scientific knowledge, rather than commercializing the results of those activities. This study summarizes the insights from a literature review on the topic of “project portfolio management” (PPM) in relation to innovation and, more specifically, with FEI and its components of ideation, innovation management, innovation strategy, foresight, and incremental or radical innovation. The authors selected and reviewed content from 170 papers published in SCOPUS prior to February 2019. The discussion uses a theoretical framework called "Front-End of Innovation Integrative Ontology (FEI2O)" to assist in framing the discussion. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 10 UR - timreview.ca/article/1409 IS - 12 U1 - Fraunhofer Portugal Rui Nuno Castro holds a degree in Electrical and Computers Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (FEUP) since 1996, and a M.Sc. in Digital Communication Systems and Technology from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, in 1999. In 1998-1999 he was a researcher at Ericsson Radio Systems AB in Sweden, where he developed his Master Thesis named “Dynamic Resource Management for Wavelength Division Multiplexing Networks”. Between 2000 and 2004, as a researcher at INESC Porto, he actively participated in several projects in the IST framework. Between 2005 and 2010, he was co-founder and Chief Operations Officer at Nonius Software, a Portuguese SME. In 2010, he joined Fraunhofer Portugal as a researcher. He is, since October 2011, R&D Group Leader at Fraunhofer Portugal. His current research interests are in the field of Innovation and Technology Management. U2 - University of Porto João José Pinto Ferreira holds a Licenciatura in Electrical Engineering and Computers at Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (FEUP) in 1987; MSc Electrical Engineering and Computers at FEUP in 1991; Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computers at FEUP in 1995; Habilitation in Industrial Engineering and Management in April 2011. He has held several positions at the FEUP: 1987-1995: Assistant Lecturer; 1995-2003: Assistant Professor; 2003-today: Associate Professor. At FEUP (1997-2000) also he was Member of the Executive Board of the Electrical Engineering Department and is, since 2004, the Director of the Master Program of Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship. Has supervised MSc and Ph.D. students in the areas of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Informatics Engineering and Industrial Engineering and Management. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of the Journal of Innovation Management (http://open-jim.org). His research focuses on the Front-End of Innovation and on its synergies with the early stages of the entrepreneurial activity. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Digital Payments: Impact Factors and Mass Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Leigh Soutter A1 - Kenzie Ferguson A1 - Michael Neubert KW - adoption KW - blockchain KW - FinTech KW - mobile money KW - non-consumption KW - payments KW - sub-Saharan Africa AB - This study explores impact factors that affect the adoption of digital payment systems in sub-Saharan Africa. In this article, we investigate the impact factors that subject-matter experts consider most important to the success of FinTech payment models. The data and their responses are evaluated through the lens of Christensen’s market-creation theory, which contends that the adoption of market-creating innovations by a mass swathe of heretofore non-consumers “pulls” framework conditions into place, including missing infrastructure and enabling regulation. Then, we compare the findings with the literature and three case studies of mobile money adoption in Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria. This study addresses a gap in the literature regarding the payment and money transfer segment of FinTech innovations in Africa using a multiple case study methodology. We drew together information from multiple sources, including semi-structured interviews, archival data in the form of industry and regulatory reports, and observational field notes. Our findings suggest that enabling environments (Kenya) do jumpstart adoption and difficult frameworks (Nigeria) do evolve. This study will help FinTech innovators, academics, and policymakers to understand how technology and framework conditions impact payment business models in Africa. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1254 IS - 7 U1 - International School of Management (ISM) Paris Leigh Soutter is a Vice President at Florence Venture Partners, an angel investment group in Silicon Valley that helps entrepreneurs start great businesses. She holds a PhD in GES Hydrogeology from Stanford University in the United States and has leveraged her experience with scientific computing as a technology consultant, entrepreneur, and investor. Dr. Soutter currently is working towards a second PhD at the International School of Management (ISM) in Paris where her dissertation research involves the role of innovative technologies in emerging markets. U2 - International School of Management (ISM) Paris Kenzie K. Ferguson is a recognized leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR). She built an award-winning CSR department for a multinational S&P 500 Company. Ms. Ferguson recently joined Delta Dental of California as their Vice President of Foundation and CSR. She is distinguished as an influencer with a growth mindset, creative problem-solving skills, and an ability to achieve goals with limited resources. Ms. Ferguson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Russian Studies from the University of California in the United States and an MBA from Nyenrode University in the Netherlands, and she is currently a PhD candidate at the International School of Management (ISM) in Paris. U3 - International School of Management (ISM) Paris Michael Neubert is a Professor at the International School of Management (ISM) in Paris, France, where he obtained his PhD and is now also Chair of the Strategic Management Committee. He teaches doctoral-level courses in FinTech, valuation and acquisition, and international finance, among other subjects. His research interests concern the valuation and the development of innovative high-tech startups from emerging markets. Michael is a member of the Academy of Management, and he is a partner of a private equity firm that invests in high-tech startups and supports them in the development of new foreign markets. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Embedded Master’s Students Conduct Highly Relevant Research Using Industry as Their Laboratory JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Kristin Falk A1 - Gerrit Muller KW - action research KW - energy KW - experimental learning KW - industrial knowledge KW - industry as laboratory KW - innovations KW - knowledge transfer KW - lessons learned KW - master project KW - master’s students KW - participatory research KW - situated learning KW - systems engineering KW - systems of systems AB - This article analyzes participatory action research conducted by Systems Engineering master’s students embedded fifty percent in industrial companies for three years. The resulting papers authored by these students identify challenges and effective practices suitable for knowledge transfer between industry and academia. The analysis covers 181 completed master’s projects, with a detailed analysis of 40 papers that have been published in international conferences and journals. The publication rate of about 23% shows that these students contribute actively to the body of Systems Engineering knowledge. This study analyzes master’s projects at three levels – industrial problem and drivers; Systems Engineering methods; and research method feasibility – and provides valuable lessons learned by applying the industry-as-laboratory approach. Embedding students in industry has resulted in publications that do not suffer from the main challenges of participatory research such as delays, repeatability, and only action and not research. These insights are valuable both for industry and for academia in future work to enhance innovations. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1241 IS - 5 U1 - University College of Southeastern Norway Kristin Falk is an Associate Professor at University College of Southeastern Norway, where she is responsible for the Systems Engineering Energy track, and fronting research on Systems Engineering. Kristin holds a PhD in Petroleum Production and a Master’s in Industrial Mathematics, both from Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She has worked within the oil and gas industry for 20 years, both with major subsea suppliers and with small startups. She has worked in various roles within engineering and management, cooperating well with multidisciplinary teams. She has successfully taken products from research through qualification and commercialization, and she has led R&D projects both in industry and academia. Her current research focus is subsea architecture, safety, engineering communication, and innovation within the Systems Engineering framework. U2 - University College of Southeastern Norway Gerrit Muller, originally from the Netherlands, received his Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Amsterdam in 1979. He worked from 1980 until 1997 at Philips Medical Systems as a System Architect, followed by two years at ASML as Manager of Systems Engineering, returning to Philips (Research) in 1999. Since 2003, he has worked as Senior Research Fellow at the Embedded Systems Institute in Eindhoven, focusing on developing system architecture methods and the education of new system architects, receiving his doctorate in 2004. In January 2008, he became full Professor of Systems Engineering at University College of Southeast Norway in Kongsberg, Norway. He continues to work as a Senior Research Fellow at the Embedded Systems Innovations by TNO in Eindhoven in a part-time position. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Impact of Digitalization and Resources on Gaining Competitive Advantage in International Markets: Mediating Role of Marketing, Innovation and Learning Capabilities JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Yan Yin Lee A1 - Mohammad Falahat KW - competitive advantage KW - digitalization KW - innovation KW - international entrepreneurship KW - Learning Capabilities KW - marketing KW - SMEs AB - International Entrepreneurship as a field of studies depends on digitalization as an essential factor that drives internationalization. Riding on the wave of digitalization, firms can produce and market their products and services globally through digital platforms with reduced costs and time savings. Yet, digitalization as a determinant of competitive advantages for small and medium enterprises in international markets is rarely examined. This study fills the gap by testing the direct and indirect effects of digitalization on enterprise, specifically focusing on price, product and service advantages in digitalized international markets. Based on the data collected from 143 exporting SME manufacturers in Malaysia, results from our analysis revealed that digitalization has no direct effect on competitive advantage, but rather has strong indirect effects on product and service advantages. Managers and policymakers can thus leverage digitalization to improve their company's internationalization plans according to its intended competitive strategies. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - timreview.ca/article/1281 IS - 11 U1 -
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman 

Yan Yin Lee is a scholarship recipient funded by Malaysia’s Ministry of Education (MoE) under FRGS scheme (FRGS/1/2017/SS01/UTAR/02/3) at the Faculty of Accountancy and Management (FAM), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Sungai Long campus, Malaysia. She received the Best Graduate Award in the School of Applied Physics from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), majoring in Applied Physics and minoring in Management Studies. She has been a Senior Management Consultant and trainer in Quality and Environmental Management Systems for over ten years and has consulted more than 100 companies from various industries. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Philosophy. Her research interests include SME internationalisation, SME digitalization, and government support programs.

 

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Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
 
Mohammad Falahat is currently at the Faculty of Accountancy and Management (FAM), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Sungai Long campus, Malaysia. He is the Chairperson for the Centre for Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSDCSR) in Business at UTAR. He was awarded a grant to conduct research in the field of International Entrepreneurship by Malaysia’s Ministry of Education (MoE) under FRGS scheme (FRGS/1/2017/SS01/UTAR/02/3). He holds a Doctorate of Business Administration from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) where he received a Gold Medal Award for the Best Doctor of Business Administration. His interests cover SMEs internationalisation, International Entrepreneurship, business strategies, and born global. His academic work has been presented at international conferences as well as published in reviewed journals and books.
ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Increasing the Impact of Industry–Academia Collaboration through Co-Production JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Anna Sannö A1 - Anna Ericson Öberg A1 - Erik Flores-Garcia A1 - Mats Jackson KW - action research KW - co-production KW - collaboration KW - impact KW - industry–academia collaboration KW - key factors KW - relevance KW - rigour AB - Increased competition and globalization motivate us to join forces to enhance the impact of the research conducted. Collaboration between organizations with different views can, however, be difficult to manage and needs awareness and skills to meet different expectations. This article will consider both a mutual industrial and academic perspective into the development of action research and, in six research project cases, empirically explore how the impact can be enhanced by considering certain key factors in the research process. How the phases of problem formulation, methodology, and results are managed is critical for the success of a collaboration and, thereby, its impact. Counter-productive forces that could dilute the progress over time need to be considered given that combining practical relevance and scientific rigour comes with challenges. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1232 IS - 4 U1 - Volvo CE Anna Sannö is the Research Strategy Manager at Volvo CE, previously working as a Senior Lecturer in External Collaboration at Örebro University in Sweden. Her research focus is on sustainable operations management. Anna received her PhD in Innovation and Design from Mälardalen University where she belonged to the research school Innofacture. Anna has an industrial background in surface treatment and the automotive industry. She holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. U2 - Volvo CE Anna Ericson Öberg is the Management System and Data Analysis Director at Volvo Construction Equipment and has been working with production, welding, and management since 2004. She has a PhD in Manufacturing Technology from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research interest lies in manufacturing improvements in the intersection between the research areas of quality, welding, and production and is managing and participating in several research projects. Anna holds an MSc in Manufacturing Management from Loughborough University in England and is Six Sigma Black Belt certified. U3 - Mälardalen University Erik Flores-Garcia is a doctoral student at Mälardalen University, Sweden. His research interests include discrete event simulation and decision-making. He holds an MSc in Production and Logistics from Mälardalen University and a BSc in Mechatronics from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico. U4 - Jönköping University Mats Jackson is Professor of Innovative Production at Jönköping University, Sweden and is the Programme Manager of SPARK, their research and education environment focusing on knowledge-intensive product realization. He was previously the Professor of Innovation and Product Realisation at Mälardalen University in Sweden and the Manufacturing Research Manager at Volvo Construction Equipment. He was also the Project Manager for the research school Innofacture at Mälardalen University. He received his PhD in 2000 in Production System Development at Linköping University and has a background as a production engineer and management consultant in industry. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Live and Let Die: On the Management of Creativity JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Michael Hartmann A1 - Désirée Laubengaier A1 - Kai Foerstl KW - case study KW - creativity KW - Feedback KW - Innovation management KW - Qualitative Research. AB - Literature has pointed to the importance of feedback on creative ideas in innovation management processes. However, little is known about the practices that constitute the feedback process and their effect on employees’ future willingness to consistently and recurrently contribute with creative ideas to organized innovation management efforts. In this research, we draw on data from a single case study at a German multinational manufacturing firm. We show the flip side of managerial attempts to provide feedback and foster employees’ creative output. In particular, we identify distinct practices organizational actors employ along the sequence of idea generation, elaboration, championing, and implementation, and find that the practices can turn organized innovation management efforts into a political process. Furthermore, we present a virtuous and a vicious circle of managerial attempts to manage creativity in innovation processes. In doing so, we highlight the value of taking a practice lens to better understand the challenges in organized innovation management efforts and propose future research in other contexts. We suggest that managers should flexibly design organized innovation management processes to account for radical ideas and to pay close attention to a coherent communication when providing feedback and encouraging employees to contrive creative ideas. Our work contributes to the body of research on innovation management by shedding light on the dark side of organized innovation management efforts. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1272 IS - 10 U1 -
Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts
 
Michael Hartmann is Professor for Industrial Marketing and Sales at Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany. He received his PhD from European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, where he joined the doctoral program „Dynamic Capabilitites and Relationships“. Before entering academia, he has been working in industry as a Key Account Manager and Business Unit Manager. In his teaching, he focuses on (industrial) marketing and personal selling. His research interest centers around the management and marketing of creative ideas and innovations in business-to-business settings and personal selling interactions.
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Politecnico di Milano
 
Désirée Laubengaier holds a Master of Science degree in Business Management from Julius-Maximilians-University of Wuerzburg, Germany. At present, she is pursuing her doctoral studies at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Her research interests are in the fields of innovation management, process innovation and organizational culture. She is also particularly interested in qualitative research and process studies. Her previous professional experience includes examining organizational cultural aspects of innovativeness in an industrial context.
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German Graduate School of Management and Law
 
Kai Foerstl (Dr. rer. pol. habil., EBS Business School) is Professor of Supply Chain Management and Logistics at German Graduate School of Management and Law, Heilbronn. In his research and teaching he focuses on cross-functional supply chain teams, reshoring/insourcing and sustainable global sourcing. He has been involved in publicly funded and industrial research projects in the pharmaceutical, chemical, automotive and automation industries as well as research projects involving logistics service providers and international retailers. His research has been published in leading outlets such as Journals of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, and other scholarly and managerial outlets such as Supply Chain Management Review. He serves on numerous editorial review boards as associate editor and reviewer.
ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Towards a Taxonomy of E-Commerce: Characterizing Content Creator-based Business Models JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Martin D. Mileros A1 - Nicolette Lakemond A1 - Robert Forchheimer KW - consumer-to-business KW - Content creator-based business models KW - content creators KW - e-commerce KW - human-centered data economy KW - intellectual commerce KW - multisided platforms KW - personal data KW - social commerce KW - user-generated content AB - Currently, new business models can be observed in content creator-based e-commerce. The research on e-commerce has grown rapidly and new concepts have emerged such as social commerce, platforms, and user-generated content. However, no overarching perspective has yet been formulated for distinguishing new content creator-based business models within e-commerce. The aim of this paper is therefore to characterize content creator-based business models by formulating a taxonomy of e-commerce based on a structured literature review of the concepts mentioned above. The results of our study point toward eight types of content creator-based business models. Our paper outlines theoretical and practical implications for the emerging phenomenon of content creator-based business, which we refer to as intellectual commerce. In addition, we describe 19 concepts related to Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and e-commerce. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1276 IS - 10 U1 -

Linköping University, Research Institutes of Sweden

Martin D. Mileros is a third year industrial PhD student at Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Linköping University in Linköping, Sweden. The research mainly concerns value of personal data within a human-centered data economy. Martin has a MSc degree in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, a MSc degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor degree in Business Administration.

 

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Linköping University

Nicolette Lakemond is Professor in Industrial Management at Linköping University, Sweden. She holds a PhD from Linköping University. Her research focuses on innovation and management challenges related to increasingly complex intelligent products and systems. This includes the organization of innovation, collaboration and knowledge integration, innovation in ecosystems, technology platforms and applications and innovation as recombination in new types of systems architectures. The research conducted is focused on unravelling future management challenges by research approaches that build on the tight connection between technology and management. She has previously performed research on innovation in complex and inter-organizational settings, including buyer-supplier collaboration and customers’ role in the knowledge supply chain of innovation, inter-firm collaboration in digitalization projects, and knowledge integration in open innovation. Her research has been published in among others Industrial Marketing Management, Industrial and Corporate Change, Technovation, R&D Management, Creativity and Innovation Management, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, and Research Technology Management.

 

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Linköping University
 
Robert Forchheimer is Professor Emeritus at Linköping University, Sweden. He graduated with a MSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm in 1972 and received his doctoral degree from Linköping University in 1979. His research areas have included telecommunication and signal processing. Today, his interests cover various aspects of the use of digital services with respect to safety and integrity.
ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Transdisciplinarity at the Crossroads: Nurturing Individual and Collective Learning JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Chris Riedy A1 - Dena Fam A1 - Katie Ross A1 - Cynthia Mitchell KW - collaborative research KW - collective learning KW - learning journeys KW - transdisciplinary innovation AB - Practitioners of transdisciplinary inquiry, which we define to include research, learning, collaboration, and action, encounter innumerable tensions. Some tensions are universal, while others are unique to that particular inquiry at that point in time. Resolving these tensions requires innovative practices, which emerge through experience with transdisciplinary inquiry. In this article, we reflect on two decades of transdisciplinary inquiry at the Institute for Sustainable Futures. Drawing on that experience, we argue that one crucial innovative practice is to create space for collective, reflective learning. Such learning frequently takes place in spaces we call “crossroads”. These are formal and informal spaces where practitioners who have been on their own transdisciplinary learning journeys (experiencing diverse tensions and applying diverse approaches) come together in dialogue to share, reflect, critically and constructively question, imagine, challenge, and synthesize their experiences into collective organizational learning. Crossroads can emerge spontaneously but can also be consciously nurtured. In our experience, they help us to sustain the innovation needed for transdisciplinary inquiry and to avoid stagnation or routinization. At these reflective, and often times transformative, crossroads, we make sense of our messy, non-linear transdisciplinary journeys and develop innovations to take our transdisciplinary practices forward. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1177 IS - 8 U1 - University of Technology Sydney Chris Riedy is Professor of Sustainability Governance and Director of Higher Degree Research at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Chris applies futures thinking, participatory processes, and social theory to practical experiments in transformative change for sustainability. Between 2014 and 2016, he helped the Wintec Institute of Technology in New Zealand to establish a new Master of Transdisciplinary Research and Innovation. He runs workshops on cross-disciplinary supervision at the University of Technology Sydney and experimented with a transdisciplinary learning lab to give research students a taste of transdisciplinary research. Chris is a Senior Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance project, Lead Steward of the Meta-Narratives Working Group of the SDG Transformation Forum, and a member of the editorial boards for Futures and the Journal of Futures Studies. He writes a blog on thriving within planetary boundaries called PlanetCentric (http://chrisriedy.me). U2 - University of Technology Sydney Dena Fam is Research Director and Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Over the last decade, Dena has worked with industry, government, and community actors to collaboratively manage, design, research, and trial alternative water and sanitation systems with the aim of sustainably managing sewage and reducing its environmental impact on the water cycle. Her consulting/research experience has spanned socio-cultural (learning for sustainability), institutional (policy analysis), and technological aspects of environmental management. With experience in transdisciplinary project development, Dena has increasingly been involved in developing processes for teaching and learning in transdisciplinary programs and projects. In particular, she has been involved in documenting and synthesizing processes/methods/techniques supporting the development of transdisciplinary educational programs and projects. Dena has led and co-led international transdisciplinary networking events, grants, and projects including an Australian-funded teaching and learning grant. U3 - University of Technology Sydney Katie Ross is a Research Principal at the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her interest focus on ways to create meaningful and well-directed change towards sustainable futures. She specializes in transdisciplinary action research that agitates for change in social, technical, and governance systems. Katie is currently pursuing her doctorate on the philosophy, processes, and practices of transformative learning for sustainability. U4 - University of Technology Sydney Cynthia Mitchell is Deputy Director and Professor of Sustainability at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, where she has been pioneering transdisciplinary research since 2001, principally in learning, water services and international development. She founded, and for 13 years directed, the Institute’s higher degree research program. Her research has won national and international awards from academia and industry. She has an honorary doctorate from Chalmers University in Sweden for her interdisciplinary work for the environment, and she is a fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, a fellow of Engineers Australia, and a fellow of the Institute of Community Directors of Australia. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Transdisciplinary Research in the Built Environment: A Question of Time JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Paula Femenías A1 - Liane Thuvander KW - built environment KW - consecutive projects KW - innovation processes KW - practical experiences KW - sustainable renovation KW - transdisciplinary research AB - In this article, we reflect on 14 years of experience with transdisciplinary research in the built environment. We critically consider challenges and pitfalls in relation to normative definitions of transdisciplinary research derived from the literature. Our experiences from five transdisciplinary research projects are presented with a focus on each project’s aim, size, organization of work, and funding. Results show that different kinds of transdisciplinary research approaches co-exist and that these can serve different purposes and situations. In most cases, transdisciplinary projects lead to raised levels of awareness of the complexity of real-world problems among participating partners. In some cases, the outcome is a useful innovation, in order to support such innovation, a focus on real cases is encouraged. However, there might be a trade-off between the focused attention on a real case and the maintained interest among diverse participants in a larger project. An important insight is that innovation and knowledge development through transdisciplinary settings take time. It is favourable for the development of networks, common visions, trust, and innovation if consecutive transdisciplinary projects can be arranged with the same partners. We conclude the article by providing practical guidelines to support the management of transdisciplinary projects. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1176 IS - 8 U1 - Chalmers University of Technology Paula Femenías is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Femenías works mainly in transdisciplinary and collaborative research projects with the aim of understanding and supporting innovation towards more sustainable building and transformation of the built environment. A special interest is the links between architectural design and long-term environmental, economic, cultural, and social sustainability. Femenías conducts research with others within SIRen (strong research environment for Sustainable Integrated Renovation), the Centre for Residential Architecture at Chalmers, and HSB Living Lab. U2 - Chalmers University of Technology Liane Thuvander is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research interests concern the field of sustainable building, especially with regards to the visualization of environmental and social aspects in existing buildings; sustainable integrated renovation; and implementation of sustainable building knowledge in practice. With others, she develops visualization strategies and methodologies for spatial value mapping involving participatory approaches in renovation and transformation of neighbourhoods. A major part of Thuvander’s research is carried out in interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary environments with partners from academia, municipalities, NGOs, authorities, and a number of actors in the construction sector such as property managers, architects, and technical consultants. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Opening the Black Box of Ambidexterity: Three Product Development Stories JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2017 A1 - John Fiset A1 - Isabelle Dostaler KW - adaptability KW - alignment KW - ambidextrous behaviour KW - contextual ambidexterity KW - exploitation KW - exploration KW - new product development AB - Organizational ambidexterity, which can be roughly defined as the ability for organizations to combine old and new ways of doing things to meet organizational objectives, has drawn considerable attention in the management literature in recent years. Authors distinguish clearly between structural ambidexterity, which implies that ambidextrous organizations are firms in which groups of people concentrate on traditional business or ways of doing things while others explore new avenues, and contextual ambidexterity, which characterizes companies where any individual can be ambidextrous. Our research is positioned in the contextual ambidexterity perspective. In this article, we apply the typology of four ambidextrous behaviours developed by Birkinshaw and Gibson (2004) to increase our understanding of the process whereby organizational actors are able to build on existing capabilities or business processes while developing new ones. Our results indicate that at least three of the ambidextrous behaviours proposed by Birkinshaw and Gibson (2004) (initiator, broker, and multitasker) are helpful to understand how new product development team members rely on proven approaches while simultaneously introducing new ones to successfully overcome daily challenges. Practitioners should be encouraged to become familiar with the concept of ambidexterity, to recognize when and how the successful combination of old and new ways of doing happens, and to promote these occurrences. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 7 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1060 IS - 3 U1 - Memorial University of Newfoundland John Fiset is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Faculty of Business Administration at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Canada. He received his doctoral degree from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, where he examined how leaders influence intragroup workplace dynamics. His current research interests include examining the process by which leaders are able to elicit high performance among followers as well as studying various forms of interpersonal mistreatment in the workplace. U2 - Concordia University Isabelle Dostaler is a Professor in the Department of Management of the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She holds a PhD in Management Studies from the University of Cambridge in England. She has conducted research into business strategy and performance, regional development and air transport, and supplier–buyer relationships in several industrial sectors. She is also interested in the field of management education and her recent research has focused on teaching methods and on the gap between business practice and business research. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Implementing Knowledge Translation Strategies in Funded Research in Canada and Australia: A Case Study JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2016 A1 - Gabriel Moore A1 - Therese Fitzpatrick A1 - Ivy Lim-Carter A1 - Abby Haynes A1 - Anna Flego A1 - Barbara Snelgrove KW - funded research KW - implementation KW - knowledge mobilization KW - knowledge translation KW - organizational learning AB - There is an emerging literature describing the use of knowledge translation strategies to increase the relevance and usability of research, yet there are few real-world examples of how this works in practice. This case study reports on the steps taken to embed knowledge translation strategies in the Movember Foundation's Men’s Mental Health Grant Rounds in 2013–14, which were implemented in Australia and Canada, and on the support provided to the applicants in developing their knowledge translation plans. It identifies the challenges faced by the Men’s Mental Health Program Team and how these were resolved. The strategies explored include articulating knowledge translation requirements, ensuring a common understanding of knowledge translation, assessing knowledge translation plans, methods of engaging end users, and building capacity with applicants. An iterative approach to facilitating knowledge translation planning within project development was rolled out in Australia just prior to Canada so that lessons learned were immediately available to refine the second roll out. Implementation included the use of external knowledge translation expertise, the development of knowledge translation plans, and the need for internal infrastructure to support monitoring and reporting. Differences in the Australian and Canadian contexts may point to differential exposure to the concepts and practices of knowledge translation. This case study details an example of designing and implementing an integrated knowledge translation strategy that moves beyond traditional dissemination models. Lessons learned point to the importance of a long lead-up time, the use of knowledge translation expertise for capacity building, the need for flexible implementation, and the need for efficiencies in supporting applicants. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 6 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1016 IS - 9 U1 - Sax Institute Gabriel Moore is the Principal Policy Analyst, Knowledge Exchange at the Sax Institute where she has worked in knowledge translation and exchange with health policy and practice agencies for over 10 years. Her responsibilities include oversight of the Evidence Check rapid review program, knowledge brokering, and service development, and she was the lead author of the Movember Foundation Knowledge Translation Strategy. Gabriel previously worked for ten years in the health sector and is currently completing a PhD in knowledge translation. U2 - Movember Foundation Therese Fitzpatrick is the Global Mental Health Director at the Movember Foundation. In this role, she has responsibility for the development and implementation of the Foundation’s Mental Health Strategy and investments made in this area. Therese has over 20 years’ experience in health, spanning clinical work, program development and implementation, advocacy, and evaluation at local, national, and international levels. She has postgraduate qualifications in public health and business management, and undergraduate qualifications in Occupational Therapy (BAOT Hons). U3 - Movember Foundation Ivy Lim-Carter is the Canadian Men’s Health Program Manager for the Movember Foundation. She has over 20 years of experience in Research Grants Management within the health charity sector, predominantly in neurodegenerative diseases. Most recently, Ivy has worked as the Director of Research and Clinical Programs for Parkinson Society Canada. Ivy is a contributing author on Canadian clinical practice guidelines and trained in the application of techniques for moving evidence-informed research and knowledge in mental health into practice. U4 - CIPHER Abby Haynes is the Senior Research Officer for the Centre for Informing Policy in Health with Evidence from Research (CIPHER), which is investigating what tools, skills, and systems might contribute to an increased use of research in policy and program development. She has worked in the health and community sector for over 20 years, first as a social worker and then as a researcher on state and federal government projects, and at the University of Sydney. U5 - Movember Foundation Anna Flego is the Project Manager of the Movember Foundation’s Global Men’s Health Survey. Anna has over 18 years of experience working in healthcare and health research providing her with invaluable knowledge about promoting healthy lifestyles both at the individual and population health levels. Prior to working for the Foundation, Anna worked as a Research Fellow at Deakin University, Australia in Health Economics/Program Evaluation predominantly in obesity prevention. She has published in the peer reviewed literature and been a reviewer for a number of public health and health economics journals. Anna also has a clinical background in physiotherapy. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Proposed Approach for Idea Selection in Front End of Innovation Activities JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2016 A1 - Andrew N. Forde A1 - Mark S. Fox KW - FEoI KW - front end of innovation KW - idea selection KW - innovation KW - multi-criteria decision making KW - possible worlds KW - real options KW - stochastic models AB - Current research indicates that the idea evaluation processes of many firms are ad hoc or intuitive, with very few firms having defined methods. We propose a new approach to select the best ideas to pursue amidst different probable versions of the future. In support of "front end of innovation" processes, the approach emphasizes the formation of requirements for any idea that can be prioritized and measured against possible future worlds. This approach is currently conceptual; future work will develop the approach into a methodology that can be tested using real-world problems. This article will be relevant to those who are exploring novel methods and approaches to selecting the best idea within their particular domains. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 6 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1011 IS - 8 U1 - University of Toronto Andrew N. Forde is a PhD student in Industrial and Information Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research focuses on using possible-world analysis and engineering ontologies to establish utility functions that can accurately predict the usefulness of an idea in the future. His work is being co-sponsored by Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) and a Toronto-based technology firm, IMC. U2 - University of Toronto Mark S. Fox is the Distinguished Professor of Urban Systems Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is a Professor of Industrial Engineering with a cross appointment in the Department of Computer Science, Director of the new Centre for Social Services Engineering, and Head of the Enterprise Integration Laboratory. Dr. Fox received his BSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in 1975, and in 1983 received his PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, United States. In 1979, he was a founding member of the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University as well as the founding Director of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory within the Institute. He is a past AAAI councillor and co-founder of the AAAI Special Interest Group in AI in Manufacturing. Dr. Fox has published over 200 papers. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Urban Living Labs for Sustainability in Suburbs in Need of Modernization and Social Uplift JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2016 A1 - Katarina Buhr A1 - Maija Federley A1 - Anja Karlsson KW - city KW - Living lab KW - suburb KW - sustainability KW - urban AB - A number of urban living labs have been set up in recent years, with the aim of developing innovation processes within a multi-stakeholder partnership in an urban context. Several urban living labs focus on sustainable development, which is a visible and urgent issue in less valued suburbs in need of modernization and social uplift. We argue that, when applying the living labs approach in the context of sustainable development in suburbs, the primary focus should be society’s collective goals, as expressed through municipalities and users. The aim of this article is to show examples of how urban living labs can be applied in less valued suburbs in order to contribute to sustainability based on societal goals. We build on analyses from the research project SubUrbanLab, where urban living labs were set up in Alby and Peltosaari, two suburban areas in Sweden and Finland, respectively. We draw lessons regarding how to use urban living labs for sustainable development in order to create favourable conditions for ongoing engagement with the municipality and users towards long-term sustainability. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 6 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/958 IS - 1 U1 - IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute Katarina Buhr is a Social Scientist at IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute. She holds a PhD in Business Administration (Organization and Management) from Uppsala University in Sweden and has been a post-doctoral researcher at Linköping University in Sweden. She has worked in several research projects related to urban sustainable development and has published widely on policy processes and public engagement in the environmental and sustainability field. In SubUrbanLab, she was particularly involved in the evaluation and scientific writing activities for the urban living labs in Alby, Sweden. U2 - VTT Technical Research Centre Maija Federley is a Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. She holds a Master of Science degree in technology from Helsinki University of Technology (currently Aalto University) in Finland. She has worked in several research projects related to co-development of digital services and environmental sustainability communication in stakeholder networks. In SubUrbanLab, she was particularly involved in designing and observing all urban living labs in Peltosaari, Finland, with a special interest in participatory methods and development of urban living lab practices and evaluation. U3 - IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute Anja Karlsson has worked at IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute since 2011. She holds a BSc in Political Science and Environmental Science from Gothenburg University, Sweden and an MSc from Uppsala University, Sweden. Her studies have focused on stakeholder and public participation in local and national decision making. She has worked in research projects related to sustainable development in urban areas, focusing on social sustainability and the involvement of residents and other stakeholders in urban development. In SubUrbanLab, she was particularly involved in the urban living labs in Alby, Sweden, and the evaluation of the urban living labs. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Agile New Service Development in an Interdisciplinary Context JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Sabrina Cocca A1 - Ann-Mareen Franke A1 - Simone Schell KW - agile KW - engineering and automation KW - interdisciplinarity KW - KIBS KW - knowledge-intensive business services KW - life sciences KW - new service development KW - service engineering AB - This article it shows the role of services in a highly interdisciplinary context: promoting cooperation between organizations in the life sciences industry and in the engineering and automation industry. It provides insights on how required offerings of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) are developed systematically based on a simple service engineering process model. In addition to the content-related view of new service development, findings from a meta-view are presented. Cooperating researchers and practitioners in the new-service development process observed their own collaboration and how the applied service engineering model had to be modified dynamically to the requirements of the use case. The results show that an easy-to-use service engineering model in a highly interdisciplinary context has benefits, but success is dependent on the joint efforts of an accordingly interdisciplinary team of engineers and natural scientists; a close communication with the customers both from the life sciences industry and the engineering and automation industry; and a more agile approach. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/872 IS - 2 U1 - Fraunhofer IAO Sabrina Verena Cocca is Researcher and Project Manager in the Competence Team for New Service Development at Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO in Stuttgart, Germany. She holds a Dipl. rer. com. in Communication Science from the University of Hohenheim, also in Stuttgart, Germany, with a focus on information and communication technology and corporate communications. She has worked on different scientific research projects in the field of green services, user integration in the development of new services, and the integration of service and product lifecycle management. U2 - BioRegio STERN Management GmbH Ann-Mareen Franke is a Project Manager at BioRegio STERN Management GmbH, where she assembles cross-industry projects to develop pioneering technologies for efficient production processes for life sciences companies. Dr. Franke studied Biology at the University of Tübingen in Germany, after which she joined the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Germany. Her work on special issues in carcinogenesis earned her a doctorate at the Faculty of Biosciences at Heidelberg University in 2013. Dr. Franke is a multi-skilled professional with a proven track record of managing complex projects in interdisciplinary environments. U3 - BioRegio STERN Management GmbH Simone Schell is a Bio- and Process Technology Engineer at BioRegio STERN Management GmbH, where she uses her interdisciplinary knowledge of science and engineering within the ELSA project to connect the life sciences industry with the automation and engineering sector. This article arose from a portion of her Business Engineering Master's thesis on service development for knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) at Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in Germany. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Contextuality and Co-Creation Matter: A Qualitative Case Study Comparison of Living Lab Concepts in Urban Research JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Yvonne Franz A1 - Karin Tausz A1 - Sarah-Kristin Thiel KW - co-creation KW - innovation ecosystem KW - participation KW - social innovation KW - urban living labs AB - Innovation development is key to transforming a product-based economy into an innovative service economy by integrating users as co-creators in real-life environments. User co-creation and user involvement are key elements in living labs. Urban living labs add not only the urban component to the conceptual design, but also societal, political, and technological questions. Fields of analysis in urban research relate to socio-spatial environment, living together, and urban policies. The leading question of this article is: to what extent can urban living labs be used as an instrument to support these fields of investigation? Comparing three different approaches for urban living labs, ranging from socially-centred to more technology-centred, we offer a more nuanced understanding of urban living lab design in diverging research contexts. All three case studies manage to go beyond testing and improving new products, which is normally the aim of existing living labs, by embedding innovation in appropriate social, structural, and institutional frameworks, and targeting civil society involvement. The community benefits from this case study comparison because it contextualizes living labs as research methodology to be applied in future urban research projects. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/952 IS - 12 U1 - Institute for Urban and Regional Research Yvonne Franz is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Urban and Regional Research within the Austrian Academy of Sciences. She studied Economics and Geography at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, the University of Cologne, and the University of Vienna, and she received her PhD on gentrification processes in New York City, Berlin, and Vienna in 2013. She is now involved in two JPI Urban Europe projects dealing with gentrification processes (Practices and Policies for Neighbourhood Improvement: Towards Gentrification 2.0) and interethnic coexistence (ICEC - Interethnic Coexistence in European Cities) that includes the urban living lab approach. She is a lecturer at University of Vienna and co-organizer of the Vienna Summer School in Urban Studies. U2 - AustriaTech Karin Tausz is Head of Innovation & E-Mobility at AustriaTech. She received a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Vienna, Austria. Her experience includes policy consulting and innovation management for urban mobility, ITS and e-mobility, addressing public authorities, and companies. She was previously research coordinator at the Mobility Department of the applied science organisation AIT. She has been active for over 20 years in regional and urban development as a project manager, evaluator, and consultant with an emphasis on public participation, transport, and governance. U3 - Telecommunications Research Centre Wien Sarah-Kristin Thiel is a Project Manager at the Telecommunications Research Centre Wien and is pursuing a PhD from the University of Salzburg. In her thesis, she investigates the influence of game-inspired elements in civic engagement platforms. She received a Master’s degree in Media Informatics from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. During her studies, she has gained experience in the automotive industry, human–machine interaction, and mobile development. Her research interests include (mobile) human–computer interaction, interaction design, and technology in society. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Technology-Assisted Design Methodology for Employee-Driven Innovation in Services JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Kentaro Watanabe A1 - Ken Fukuda A1 - Takuichi Nishimura KW - design methodology KW - employee-driven innovation KW - observation KW - representation KW - service design KW - service innovation AB - The role of employees is becoming more important in managing complex service processes and in serving the variety of customer needs in the service industry. Within efforts to promote innovation in service fields, employee-driven innovation and service design are gaining attention. Though the relationship between employee-driven innovation and service design has been discussed, the effectiveness of service-design methodologies for employee-driven innovation has not been studied sufficiently. In this article, we propose a technology-assisted design methodology to promote employee-driven innovation in services. Through our case study at an elderly-care facility, we confirmed that the proposed design methodology assisted by the communication support system could trigger employee-driven innovation and expand its influence in the service field. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/869 IS - 2 U1 - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Kentaro Watanabe is a Research Scientist in Center for Service Research at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. He holds a PhD in Engineering from the Graduate School of System Design at Tokyo Metropolitan University. His research interests includes design theory and methodology of products/services, service process analysis, service engineering, and product-service systems. U2 - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Ken Fukuda is a Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Service Research at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. He holds a PhD in Information Science from the University of Tokyo in Japan, and he has held visiting positions at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University. He specializes in knowledge engineering, text mining, natural language processing, and the semantic web, with particular interests in healthcare, smart cities, open government, and social computing. U3 - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Takuichi Nishimura is a Team Leader of the Service Process Modeling Research Team in the Center for Service Research at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. He holds a PhD in Engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University in Japan. His research interests include healthcare services, computer-supported cooperative work, service process analysis, and service engineering. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - TIM Lecture Series – Three Collaborations Enabling Cybersecurity JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Deborah Frincke A1 - Dan Craigen A1 - Ned Nadima A1 - Arthur Low A1 - Michael Thomas KW - book launch KW - collaboration KW - cybersecurity KW - entrepreneurship KW - NSA KW - research PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/906 IS - 6 U1 - National Security Agency Deborah Frincke is the Director of Research for the National Security Agency/Central Security Service in the United States. Dr. Frincke's research spans a broad cross section of computer security, both open and classified, with a particular emphasis on infrastructure defense and computer security education. She has been a member of several editorial boards, including: Journal of Computer Security, the Elsevier International Journal of Computer Networks, and the International Journal of Information and Computer Security, and she co-edits a Board column for IEEE Security and Privacy. She is a steering committee member for Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID) and Systematic Advances in Digital Forensic Engineering (SADFE). Dr. Frincke received her PhD from the University of California, Davis in 1992. U2 - Communications Security Establishment Dan Craigen is a Science Advisor at the Communications Security Establishment in Canada and a Visiting Scholar at the Technology Innovation Management Program of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Previously, he was President of ORA Canada, a company that focused on High Assurance/Formal Methods and distributed its technology to over 60 countries. His research interests include formal methods, the science of cybersecurity, and technology transfer. He was the chair of two NATO research task groups pertaining to validation, verification, and certification of embedded systems and high-assurance technologies. He received his BScH and MSc degrees from Carleton University. U3 - Denilson Ned Nadima is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Denilson, a company that develops mobile payment solutions for retail enterprises. He is currently a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and he holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Commerce and Marketing from the University of Ottawa. U4 - Crack Semiconductor Arthur Low is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Crack Semiconductor, a supplier of high-performance cryptographic silicon IP used in some of the most demanding security applications. Arthur has a number of patents in the field of hardware cryptography. He has worked for a number of IC startups as a Senior IC designer and Architect and gained much of his fundamental IC design experience with Bell-Northern Research in the early 1990s and with IBM Microelectronics in the late 1990s. Arthur has a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and is completing his MSc degree in Technology Innovation Management in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. U5 - Bedarra Research Labs Michael Thomas is the Vice President of Development at Bedarra Research Labs, a private industrial R&D lab whose mission is to seek out promising next-generation computing and communication technologies and apply them to creative solutions for emerging business problems. Prior to joining Bedarra Research Labs, he worked as a Software Developer and Release Engineer at Object Technology International. Michael holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Athabasca University in Canada, in addition to a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Generative Innovation Practices, Customer Creativity, and the Adoption of New Technology Products JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2014 A1 - Stoyan Tanev A1 - Marianne Harbo Frederiksen KW - co-creation KW - customer creativity KW - customer value KW - entrepreneurship KW - innovation KW - technology adoption AB - We offer a critical reflection on one of the key reasons for the startlingly low success rate of innovation initiatives worldwide – the fact that the interactive environment surrounding the customer is a critical part of the adoption process; it can and should be designed in a way that enables customer creativity, and thus adoption. In this article, we embrace a definition of innovation as “the adoption of a new practice by a community” where the innovator is the one who does not only sense and move into new opportunities but also mobilizes all the necessary resources needed by customers to adopt a new practice. The emphasis on adoption merges together innovation and entrepreneurship by shifting the focus from the inventor and the designer, through the entrepreneur, to the ultimate recipient of the innovative outcomes. Looking at customers as co-creators is critically important for technological product adoption; missing the chance to enable their creativity is equivalent to missing the opportunity of seeing them for who they really are. The result is a distorted vision that is ultimately rooted in the misconception of the dynamics of customer value. We particularly emphasize two points: i) the increasing degree of complexity of everyday technological products requires a higher degree of creativity by customers to adopt; and ii) customer creativity is not only a function of user-technology interaction, it is a function of the various actors in the interactive environment surrounding the customer such as other customers, other technologies, local distributors, customer/technical support providers, and competitors. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 4 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/763 IS - 2 U1 - University of Southern Denmark Stoyan Tanev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology and Innovation and member of the Centre for Integrative Innovation Management at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, as well as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he was previously a faculty member in the Technology Innovation Management Program. He has a MSc and a PhD in Physics jointly from the University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France and the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, a PhD in Theology from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, an MEng in Technology Management from Carleton University, Canada, and an MA from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada. He has multidisciplinary research interests with a focus on the fields of technology innovation management, born global technology startup business model development and value co-creation. Dr. Tanev is Senior IEEE member and member of the Review Board of the Technology Innovation Management Review. U2 - University of Southern Denmark Marianne Harbo Frederiksen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology and Innovation and a member of the Centre for Integrative Innovation Management at the University of Southern Denmark. Currently, she is also a PhD student focusing on creative processes and outcomes in connection with new product development and adoption and therefore the linkages between creativity and innovation. She has an MSc in Architecture from the Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark, with a specialization within industrial design and product development. She has been co-owner of a design company and has worked in and together with several industries as a designer and R&D Manager as well as an adviser in public-private research projects focusing on user experience, experience designing, and other aspects of product development. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Habitation Lab: Using a Design Approach to Foster Innovation for Sustainable Living JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Paula Femenías A1 - Pernilla Hagbert KW - experimentation KW - Habitation Lab KW - housing development KW - innovation KW - living labs KW - residing KW - sustainable AB - This article describes a first step towards a strategy for using living labs as a means to foster innovation and develop new concepts of sustainable living from an architectural point of view. The overall aim is to enable truly sustainable living through radically reduced energy and resource use thus addressing both environmental and social aspects of sustainability. Earlier research has shown that contemporary housing developments, including those with a sustainable profile, do not profoundly question modern lifestyles and consumption, which is a necessity to overcome limitations of a technological focus on environmental efficiency in construction. Thus, we see an opportunity for the discipline of architecture to engage in current investments in living lab facilities in order to push innovation in the field of sustainable housing. We introduce the concept of a "Habitation Lab", which will provide an arena for radical and high-risk design experimentation between users, building-sector actors, and academia, and we describe a case study of a planned Habitation Lab within a living lab facility where traditional solutions for daily living and habitation are questioned and new architectural innovations are explored and evaluated. The idea of using experimental activities in the field of housing is not new, and we argue that new investments should build on earlier experiences to avoid perpetuating misconceptions and repeating past failures. Furthermore, to ensure the dissemination and uptake of results, the design of the Habitation Lab should consider the innovation and learning trajectories of the building sector. We propose a transdisciplinary setting to provide a neutral arena for value creation and to increase the distribution of experiences. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/741 IS - 11 U1 - Chalmers University of Technology Paula Femenías is an architect and Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Paula works in several ongoing interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research projects focusing on innovation, development, and learning for more sustainable building. Her work includes developing the perspective of clients and owners and researching the specific challenges for redevelopment of the existing built environment from a multi-value and multi-interest perspective. U2 - Chalmers University of Technology Pernilla Hagbert is an architect and doctoral student within the Homes for Tomorrow research environment at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. With previous experience in planning and design, including design/build processes for constructing affordable housing, Pernilla's work addresses all scales of the development of more sustainable living environments. Her PhD research specifically examines the concept of home in light of and with regards to a global resource perspective, with the purpose of providing a framework for re-conceptualization of the sustainable home. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Security Challenges in Smart-Grid Metering and Control Systems JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Xinxin Fan A1 - Guang Gong KW - authentication KW - cybersecurity KW - encryption KW - privacy KW - smart grid AB - The smart grid is a next-generation power system that is increasingly attracting the attention of government, industry, and academia. It is an upgraded electricity network that depends on two-way digital communications between supplier and consumer that in turn give support to intelligent metering and monitoring systems. Considering that energy utilities play an increasingly important role in our daily life, smart-grid technology introduces new security challenges that must be addressed. Deploying a smart grid without adequate security might result in serious consequences such as grid instability, utility fraud, and loss of user information and energy-consumption data. Due to the heterogeneous communication architecture of smart grids, it is quite a challenge to design sophisticated and robust security mechanisms that can be easily deployed to protect communications among different layers of the smart grid-infrastructure. In this article, we focus on the communication-security aspect of a smart-grid metering and control system from the perspective of cryptographic techniques, and we discuss different mechanisms to enhance cybersecurity of the emerging smart grid. We aim to provide a comprehensive vulnerability analysis as well as novel insights on the cybersecurity of a smart grid. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/702 IS - 7 U1 - University of Waterloo Xinxin Fan is a Research Associate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He holds a PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, as well as a BSc degree in Applied Mathematics and an MEng degree in Information Systems and Telecommunication Engineering from Xidian University, China. His research interests range from fast and secure software and hardware implementations of cryptographic algorithms to the design and the analysis of security protocols for wireless and wireline networks. U2 - University of Waterloo Guang Gong is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and she is the Managing Director of the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research at University of Waterloo. She holds a BSc degree in Mathematics, an MSc degree in Applied Mathematics, and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from universities in China. Dr. Gong has also held a fellowship at the Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, in Rome, Italy, and was Associate Professor at the University of Electrical Science and Technology of China. Her research interests are in the areas of sequence design, cryptography, and communication security. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - TIM Lecture Series – Intellectual Property Paradigms for Global Business JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2012 A1 - Gordon Freedman KW - global business KW - intellectual property KW - IP KW - patents KW - strategy KW - trademarks PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 2 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/638 IS - 12 U1 - Freedman & Associates Gordon Freedman is an entrepreneur, lawyer, and patent and trademark agent registered to practice before the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. With clients ranging from early-stage technology startups to Fortune 500 companies, he brings a business-centric approach to patents and patent enforcement. Gordon honed his business acumen by founding, growing, and selling a high-tech startup; his blend of business skill and intellectual property expertise make him a unique resource. He has particular technical expertise in electronics, including semiconductor manufacturing, semiconductor circuit design, miniaturization, communications, transducer systems and information technology, including software, consumer electronics, security, image processing, and communications. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Improving Product-Market Fit by Engaging an Open Source Community JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2010 A1 - Craig Fitzpatrick AB - While many commercial software vendors still balk at the idea of open source, producing and participating in open source software (OSS) projects can provide significant benefits to a company. One benefit is improving product-market fit. This article introduces the concept of product-market fit. It then provides an example of one startup's experience with opening a portion of their code. Finally, it discusses the importance of building community and some of the motivators of community participation. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/365 IS - July 2010 U1 - SWIX Craig Fitzpatrick is an Ottawa-based software entrepreneur who has been involved in building several software companies over the last 17 years. He currently leads product development at a new social media startup, SWIX. SWIX is like Google Analytics for social media. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Mifos: Ending Poverty with Software JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2010 A1 - Adam Feuer AB - Free and open source software (FOSS) and business are key elements for solving the largest problems facing humanity. In this article, we focus on the challenge of eradicating poverty, a significant economic condition that affects billions of people worldwide. We outline the role of microfinance - the use of small loans to help poor people establish businesses - in eliminating poverty. We then describe the Mifos Initiative, a FOSS project to provide banking software to support microfinance institutions. Although we focus on the specific case where software is being used to address the problem of poverty, the approach and lessons learned can be applied to other great problems facing humanity. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/402 IS - December 2010 U1 - Mifos Initiative Adam Feuer is Director of Engineering at Grameen Foundation's Mifos Initiative. He founded the network scalability solution provider F5 Networks, the internet service provider IXA (now part of Savvis Networks), and helped launch Amazon's grocery delivery business Amazon Fresh. He specializes in mission-critical business applications built using open source software and Agile methodologies. His passion is creating great teams to solve difficult problems. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Q&A. Which is the better path to take, as a push or a pull startup? JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2010 A1 - Harley Finkelstein AB - Which is the better path to take, as a push or a pull startup? PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/327 IS - February 2010 U1 - Fink Inc. Harley Finkelstein is a serial entrepreneur, having launched a number of successful startups, and the founder of one of Canada's leading apparel companies, Finkinc. Additionally, Harley serves as a mentor to the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI), sits on the financing committee for the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF), and is an advisor to both the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), and to the Ottawa Community Loan Fund (OCLF). In 2007, Harley co-founded Innoventure Capital, a unique seed financing firm that provides funding and strong mentorship to early-stage startups. Innoventure's latest startup is Smoofer.com, which purports to be Canada's leading online t-shirt shop. Harley recently received his law degree from the University of Ottawa, and completed his MBA at the school's management faculty in the summer of 2009. He is also the co-founder of the school's Law/MBA Student Society, and the `Canadian MBA Oath`. As of September 2009, Harley will be working with one of Toronto's leading business law firms where he'll be focusing on corporate finance and commercial law. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Why Intellectual Property Will Not Save the Canadian Economy JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2010 A1 - David J. French AB - Notwithstanding public statements by many individuals, obtaining intellectual property (IP) rights is not the objective that will allow Canadian industry to thrive in the future. The objective for each company should be identifying and delivering relevant innovations that will appeal to consumers and which will also survive in the high-pressure environment of world competition. Surviving in business in the future will increasingly become more of a challenge due to the increasing competence of foreign competitors. Establishing IP rights is a bonus that can make a few companies richer than they would otherwise have been. But most winners will succeed because of their focus on a consumer-based target objective - delivering customer-satisfying products at prices that will displace competitive alternatives - and not because of IP. Obtaining IP rights should not displace the focus from providing value to customers. To survive, that value should be sufficiently innovative so as to place companies ahead of competitors. Businesses will have to continue to innovate in order to stay ahead of competitors. If some businesses can acquire the comfort of meaningful IP protection, that will be a plus. However, a business has to have good fundamentals to survive and to thrive. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/396 IS - November 2010 U1 - Second Counsel Services David J. French is a Canadian attorney with 35 years of experience practicing Intellectual Property law in the Province of Ontario and before the Canadian and United States Patent and Trademark Offices. In 2010, he became the CEO of Second Counsel Services, an Ottawa-based business that provides in-house workshops, guidance, and training in the understanding and management of Intellectual Property. He is currently writing a book, 101 Truths About Patents and welcomes feedback to David.French@secondcounsel.com about what readers would like to know about patents and any aspect of intellectual property. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How Companies Make Money Through Involvement in Open Source Hardware Projects JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2009 A1 - Edy Ferreira A1 - Stoyan Tanev AB - The study of open source software (OSS) development and business strategies has become the subject of significant research interest. However, there is little research on business models associated with the development of open source assets other than software such as hardware or content. This article provides an overview of current business models for creating revenue for both open source software and hardware. It then summarizes our research of market offers to identify the ways companies use open source hardware (OSH) projects to make money. The research results provide insights about the dimensions of open source business models in an area other than typical software development. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/228 IS - February 2009 U1 - Carleton University Edy Ferreira is an Electronics Engineer who has worked in the Telecommunications industry. He is currently a graduate student in the M.A.S.c in Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) at Carleton University and this article is based on preliminary results of his TIM thesis. U2 - University of Southern Denmark Stoyan Tanev is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University. He received a joint Ph.D. from the University of Sofia and the Universite Pierre and Marie Curie. His research interests include open source innovation strategies in non-software sectors, management of innovation in new, emerging and cross-disciplinary technology areas, and biomedical optics and nanophotonics design and simulation tools. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Open Source Resources in Education: Opportunities and Challenges JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2009 A1 - Norm Friesen AB - The education community has been at the forefront in envisioning and conceptualizing infrastructures intended for utilizing and sharing digital content or resources. However, this community has faced challenges in making these visions a reality. We begin by describing a relatively early attempt at creating an economy for sharing educational resources, referred to as learning objects. We then discuss two approaches to opening up educational contents to the world under the auspices of the more recent Open Educational Resources movement. One of these approaches has focused on creating open resources from scratch, utilizing Wiki content development and management technologies in the wake of the phenomenal success of Wikipedia. A second approach is represented by developments in Open Courseware. Following the example of MIT's Open Courseware, this approach has more recently been adopted by many other educational institutions under the OCW Consortium. We conclude by making the case that this second approach may represent the most promising of recent developments in the adaptation of open source and open content to educational practices and technologies. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/271 IS - July 2009 U1 - Thompson Rivers University Dr. Norm Friesen is Canada Research Chair in E-Learning Practices at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC, Canada. Dr. Friesen has been developing and studying Web technologies in educational contexts since 1995, is the author of several editions of books on the effective use of instructional software, is co-editor of Phenomenology and Practice, and is a member of the Canadian delegation to the ISO subcommittee for Learning, Education and Training. He previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, and as an adjunct or visiting faculty at Athabasca University, at the University of Toronto, the Technical University of Dresden and the University of Innsbruck. He holds Master's degrees from the University of Alberta and Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD in Education from the University of Alberta. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Open Hardware Business Models JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2008 A1 - Edy Ferreira AB - In the September issue of the Open Source Business Resource, Patrick McNamara, president of the Open Hardware Foundation, gave a comprehensive introduction to the concept of open hardware, including some insights about the potential benefits for both companies and users. In this article, we present the topic from a different perspective, providing a classification of market offers from companies that are making money with open hardware. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/136 IS - April 2008 U1 - Carleton University Edy Ferreira is an Electronics Engineer who has worked in the Telecommunications industry. He is currently a graduate student in the M.A.S.c in Technology and Innovation Management at Carleton University and this article is based on preliminary results from his thesis about how companies make money with OSH. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Keystone Organization for Ontario's Open Source Ecosystem JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2007 A1 - Rowland Few AB - Many companies, individuals and organizations in Ontario produce and use open source assets and processes to provide unique value to their customers, clients, and themselves. To better enable these companies, individuals and organizations to (i) co-evolve capabilities and roles, (ii) align themselves with companies holding leadership roles, and (iii) invest in shared visions, the Talent First Network (TFN) has become the keystone organization of Ontario's open source ecosystem. This article introduces the TFN and identifies the steps it is taking to better support the Ontario Open Source Ecosystem. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/85 IS - August 2007 U1 - Talent First Network Rowland Few is a member of the Talent First Network where he is responsible for the Company Affiliates program and aims to assemble an ecosystem comprised of 50 companies across Ontario with business models that benefit from Open Source to generate cash and reduce development costs. Rowland has 18 years Telecom experience across North America, Europe and China with 10 years management (covering Engineering, Program Management and Business Development) at Ottawa based start-ups. He graduated from the Queens' Executive MBA program in May 2004. ER -