Identification of barriers in the user innovation process -- Criteria for distinction of barriers and resource-based problems -- Analysis of moderating effects of innovators’ openness on product properties

This book explores multidimensional issues concerning digital resilience and analyzes how people and organizations maintain, enhance and protect value stemming from digital technologies. Society is now heading for a future in which organizations and people will increasingly depend on digital...

Chapter 1. Innovation and Commercialisation in Small Firms -- Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundations of the Book -- Chapter 3. The Decision to Innovate -- Chapter 4. Screening Opportunities -- Chapter 5. The Business Model and Innovation Strategy -- Chapter 6. Managing Uncertainty -- Chapter 7....

In this empirical analysis Sara Polier investigates forward-looking external search strategies and their impact on the value contribution of corporate foresight. Based on a mixed method approach combining a quantitative and qualitative analysis of large, R&D-intensive firms, the findings reveal...

Chapter 1: The Unpredictable Environment and Role of Innovation -- Chapter 2: The Entrepreneurs, the Innovation Process and the Management of Uncertainty -- Chapter 3: The Necessity and the Drawbacks of Product and Process Innovation -- Chapter 4: A Review of Excessive Development Studies on the...

This book examines key issues, challenges, opportunities and trends in innovation processes and supply chain management. It proposes ways for organizations to improve their performance by developing business strategies, establishing business innovation activities, and aligning business and...

Chapter 1. Trends of Emerging Technologies in the Fashion Product Design and Development Process (Young-A Lee) -- Chapter 2. Material Innovation with Technologies (Huantian Cao) -- Chapter 3. Wearable Technology in Fashion (Sumin Koo and Youngjin Chae) -- Chapter 4. 3D Printing and Additive...

Chapter 1. Interview with Manfred Broy and Walter Brenner About Design Thinking and Requirements Engineering -- Chapter 2. Combining Design Thinking and Software Requirements Engineering to Create Human-centered Software-intensive Systems -- Chapter 3. From Design Thinking in Software...

Benedikt S. Höckmayr explores the unique characteristics of service systems in the digital age and provides generalizable guidelines for engineering these complex entities. The author contributes towards understanding the socio-technical mechanisms that lead to according novel digitally enabled...