TY - JOUR T1 - Approach for a Pattern-Based Development of Frugal Innovations JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Anne-Christin Lehner A1 - Christian Koldewey A1 - Jürgen Gausemeier KW - business model KW - emerging markets KW - frugal innovations KW - patterns KW - products and services AB - Emerging markets have become increasingly interesting for companies from industrialized countries, but the requirements in these markets differ dramatically from those in the companies’ traditional markets. New products and services are demanded – so-called frugal innovations. Since the challenges for the development of frugal innovations are often quite similar – for example, low income of the target customer, poor infrastructure, etc. – the hypothesis appears that the solutions will also be similar. In our earlier TIM Review article (Lehner & Gausemeier, 2016), we showed how solution patterns for frugal innovations can be derived. The article at hand summarizes those findings and supplements an innovation process for frugal innovation using the solution patterns. The validation based on the example of telemedical assistant systems shows the benefit of the pattern-based development of frugal innovations. The article addresses managers and engineers who plan to introduce frugal innovations, as well as university-based researchers interested in the development of frugal innovations. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1149 IS - 4 U1 - Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA Anne-Christin Lehner (Dr.-Ing.) is employed by Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA in the field of Operations Strategy & Capacity Planning. She studied Industrial Engineering with a focus on Electrical Engineering at the University of Paderborn, Germany, and the University of Ottawa, Canada. Until 2016, Anne-Christin was a Research Associate of Professor Gausemeier at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of the University of Paderborn. Her main focus was on strategic planning and innovation management. U2 - University of Paderborn Christian Koldewey (M.Sc.) is a Research Associate at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of the University of Paderborn, Germany. He works in the team strategic planning and innovation management within the working group strategic product planning and systems engineering at the chair of Professor Gausemeier. His research topics are digital service innovation, business and diversification strategy as well as business model generation. Previously, he studied Mechanical Engineering with a focus on manufacturing technology at the University of Paderborn and the Bielefeld University of Applied Science in Germany. U3 - University of Paderborn Jürgen Gausemeier (Prof. Dr.-Ing.) is a Senior Professor at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of the University of Paderborn, Germany, and is Chairman of the Board of the Leading Edge Cluster “Intelligente Technische Systeme Ostwestfalen-Lippe (it’s OWL)”, which was initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. He was speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre 614 “Self-Optimizing Concepts and Structures in Mechanical Engineering” and member of the German Council of Science and Humanities from 2009 until 2015. Jürgen is Initiator and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the consulting company UNITY AG. Since 2003, he has been a member of “acatech – German Academy of Science and Engineering” and, since 2012, has been its Vice President. In 2014, Jürgen received the Medal of Honor from the academic society “Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Produktentstehung (WiGeP)”. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Detecting White Spots in Innovation-Driven Intellectual Property Management JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2016 A1 - Daniel Eckelt A1 - Christian Dülme A1 - Jürgen Gausemeier A1 - Simon Hemel KW - business model KW - competitive advantage KW - competitive arena KW - Innovation management KW - intellectual capital KW - intellectual property KW - value proposition AB - Technology companies scan the competitive arena for patents to discover research activities and technology trends. Patents are the outcome of innovation processes that take several month or even years, depending on the industry. The process of publishing patents usually lasts longer. A huge time gap of up to several years between early research and development activities and published patents is the consequence. Therefore, a patent is a weak indicator for the identification of early innovation activities. However, the inventor needs intellectual assets such as data, knowledge, and expertise to carry out an innovation process. It is likely that these intellectual assets can improve the competitor analysis – rendering them primary targets. In this article, we introduce a systematic approach to detect intellectual property (IP) activities of stakeholders in selected technology fields (e.g., hiring experts, taking part in research projects, gathering specific data). A technology field with a low intensity of IP activities offers great opportunities, which we call a "white spot". Our proposed approach can help identify the white spots in innovation-driven IP management and thereby help devise recommendations to improve a company’s IP portfolio. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 6 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1003 IS - 7 U1 - Heinz Nixdorf Institute Daniel Eckelt (MSc) is a Research Associate in the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at the University of Paderborn, Germany. He works in a team focused on strategic planning and innovation management within the working group of strategic product planning and systems engineering. His research topics are Industrie 4.0, strategic IP management, and innovation management in multi-stakeholder organizations. In this field, he is working in numerous research and industry projects as wells as in political and social consulting. U2 - Heinz Nixdorf Institute Christian Dülme (MSc) is a Research Associate in the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at the University of Paderborn, Germany. He works in a team focused on strategic planning and innovation management within the working of group strategic product planning and systems engineering. His research topics are future scenarios for Industrie 4.0, potential identification, and product strategy, particularly the reconfiguration of product portfolios. In these fields, he is working in numerous research and industry projects. U3 - Heinz Nixdorf Institute Jürgen Gausemeier is a Senior Professor in the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at the University of Paderborn, Germany. His key activities are strategic product planning and systems engineering. He was speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre 614 "Self-Optimizing Concepts and Structures in Mechanical Engineering" by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and was a member of the German Council of Science and Humanities from 2009 until 2015. Jürgen is the initiator and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the consultant company UNITY AG. Since 2003, he has been member of acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering and has been its Vice President since 2012. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Leading-Edge Cluster "Intelligente Technische Systeme Ostwestfalen-Lippe (it's OWL)”, which was initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. U4 - Simon Hemel (MSc) works in the field of technical controlling for one of the world's leading manufacturers of slewing bearings. After an apprenticeship as a Management Assistant in IT systems at a German telecommunications company, Simon studied industrial engineering with focus on innovation and development management and controlling at the University of Paderborn, Germany. His master's thesis in the field of Intellectual Property Management was carried out in cooperation with the working group of strategic product planning and systems engineering at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute and a German medical-technology company, which is a world market leader in the field of exo-prosthetics. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Pattern-Based Approach to the Development of Frugal Innovations JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2016 A1 - Anne-Christin Lehner A1 - Jürgen Gausemeier KW - business model KW - developing markets KW - emerging markets KW - frugal innovations KW - market service KW - pattern catalogue KW - pattern system KW - solution patterns AB - The economic rise of emerging markets induces a rapid growth of the global middle class. This new mass market demands products and services adapted to the needs of the local population – so called "frugal innovations". Engineers often face similar challenges while developing products and services for these markets, and therefore may develop similar solutions. By the abstraction of these solutions to transferrable solution patterns, the efficiency of the development process could be increased. In this article, we introduce a systematic approach to develop a pattern system for frugal innovations. Based on 29 selected frugal innovations, we derived the problems that led to the development of the analyzed frugal innovations. By categorizing these problems, we deduced six problem categories: education, environment, culture, infrastructure, regulation, and finance. We stripped down the solutions to these problems to their core principles, and in our subsequent analysis, we identified 56 solution patterns. Moreover, we analyzed the relationships between the abstracted solution patterns, problem areas, and frugal innovations. By using a pattern-based approach, the efficiency of the product development process could be improved significantly. As well, patterns may generate new impetus and increase creativity. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 6 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/971 IS - 3 U1 - University of Paderborn Anne-Christin Lehner (Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing.) is a Research Associate at the Strategic Product Planning and Systems Engineering Workgroup at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute in Paderborn, Germany. She studied industrial engineering with a major in Electrical Engineering at the University of Paderborn and at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa in Canada. Her major research areas are strategic planning and innovation management. Some of her project topics were the development of business models for telemedical assistant systems and the development and implementation of segment strategies for a huge manufacturing company. She is currently writing her dissertation about the pattern-based development of frugal innovations. U2 - University of Paderborn Jürgen Gausemeier is Senior Professor at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of the University of Paderborn, Germany. His key activities are strategic product planning and systems engineering. He was speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre 614 "Self-Optimizing Concepts and Structures in Mechanical Engineering" by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and member of the German Council of Science and Humanities from 2009 until 2015. Jürgen Gausemeier is the initiator and chairman of the Supervisory Board of the consultant company UNITY AG. Since 2003, he has been member of “acatech – German Academy of Science and Engineering” and has been its Vice President since 2012. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Leading-Edge Cluster "Intelligente Technische Systeme Ostwestfalen-Lippe (it's OWL)”, which was initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Value Network Design for Innovations: Developing Alternative Value Network Drafts JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2016 A1 - Martin Kage A1 - Marvin Drewel A1 - Jürgen Gausemeier A1 - Marcel Schneider KW - innovations KW - inter-company collaboration KW - Internet of Things KW - value networks AB - Information technology increasingly permeates established products and services, thereby making them "smart". For companies, this trend necessitates new know-how in unknown fields. Hence, traditional manufacturing companies are increasingly forced to cooperate with new players within new value networks. In contradiction to value chains, value networks oftentimes exhibit no clear hierarchies and are characterized by rather weak ties between the participating players. For a company that wants to create smart products or services, the key challenge is arranging the value network such that the customer obtains a unique value while all participants profit from their engagement. In doing so, companies have to find new partners (companies, research institutes, etc.). In this article, we present a methodology to design value networks for innovations, including approaches to identify necessary competences, find suitable partners, and bundle them to powerful alternative value networks. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 6 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1002 IS - 7 U1 - Heinz Nixdorf Institute Martin Kage is a Research Assistant in the Strategic Product Planning and Systems Engineering group at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute in Germany. His research focus is the potential analysis of disruptive technologies, especially additive manufacturing and the strategic design of value networks. He holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of Paderborn, Germany. His PhD thesis focuses on value networks as a strategic management instrument. U2 - Heinz Nixdorf Institute Marvin Drewel is a Research Assistant in the Strategic Product Planning and Systems Engineering group at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute in Germany. His research focus is strategic product planning in the context of the Internet of Things. He holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of Paderborn, Germany. U3 - Heinz Nixdorf Institute Jürgen Gausemeier is a Senior Professor at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of the University of Paderborn, Germany. His key activities are strategic product planning and systems engineering. He was speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre 614 "Self-Optimizing Concepts and Structures in Mechanical Engineering" by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and member of the German Council of Science and Humanities from 2009 until 2015. Jürgen is the initiator and chairman of the Supervisory Board of the consultant company UNITY AG. Since 2003, he has been member of “acatech – German Academy of Science and Engineering” and has been its Vice President since 2012. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Leading-Edge Cluster "Intelligente Technische Systeme Ostwestfalen-Lippe (it's OWL)”, which was initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. U4 - Heinz Nixdorf Institute Marcel Schneider is a Research Assistant in the Strategic Product Planning and Systems Engineering group at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of the University of Paderborn, Germany, as well as the Fraunhofer IEM (Department of Product Engineering). He studied Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Paderborn, Germany. His focus is on the design of value networks, the operationalization of business models, and the digital factory. ER -