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Rhoton, Jack, and Chih-Che Tai. "ETSU Northeast Tennessee STEM Innovation Hub Curriculum Resources." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3305.
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Wu, Ka Yan, and Lantz Christofer Eriksson. "Building and managing an innovation hub : A case study of the challenges and opportunities faced by a Northern Swedish innovation hub." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-137355.
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The concept of innovation hubs are increasingly being adopted by different sectors as a means to accelerate innovation. Previous research on innovation hubs have focused on large-scale and trans-regional hubs on its managerial practices instead of its geographical situation. This paper studies an innovation hub in the Northern Swedish city of Skellefteå, in a region historically relying on heavy industry trying to transform into a high technology economy. The study aims to answer the research question: “what are the challenges and opportunities in building and managing an innovation hub to foster innovation in a geographically isolated region with a relatively small population?” To answer this question, interviews with stakeholders in the innovation hub has been conducted as part of a qualitative case study. The results indicate that the region’s large heavy industry companies provide a fertile ecosystem for startups in the digital industry by enabling the necessary supporting industries and infrastructure. Meanwhile, the lack of certain important elements needed in the startup process, most prominently private funding in the form of angel investors and venture capital, pose challenges to the development of the digital startup community in the region.
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Westergren, Carl. "A Case Study on the Role of an Innovation Hub in Overcoming Barriers to Public Sector Innovation." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-40067.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the most prominent barriers to public sector innovation, but also display what an innovation hub can do to help bypass such barriers.Design/methodology/approachThis is an embedded case study with a deductive approach investigating innovation barriers in the public sector after a model of 8 different barriers which are all examined through a theoretical thematic analysis.FindingsLimited resources, poor leadership as well as limiting laws and regulations were revealed to be the greatest barriers to public sector innovation. A lack of incentives and rewards and resistant users and suppliers were deemed not to hinder innovation especially. Innovation hubs can help bypass these barriers by bringing in external resources as money and substitutes, but also by offering public sector employees a platform to meet between organizational units, thereby allowing them to circumvent risk-avoiding cultures and ill-fitting structures to innovation that tend to exist in the public sector.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is limited to innovational projects of one hub, situated in a relatively small town in Sweden. The results might not be fully transferable to other countries or contexts.Practical implicationsThe results of the study could give an indication to public sectors what use an innovation hub can have in bypassing barriers to innovation.Originality/valueFew studies have addressed the role of innovation hubs in the public sector, especially in combination with innovation barriers.
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Sawunda, Hannadige Sanvida Vishani, and Dona Kithmini Chiranthini Weerasinghe. "Factors Influencing Innovation Capacity of Regional Innovation Hubs." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35135.
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Title: Factors Influencing Innovation Capacity of Regional Innovation Hubs Authors: Sanvida Vishani Sawunda Hannadige & Dona Kithmini Chiranthini Weerasinghe Supervisor: Ehsanul Huda Chowdhury Examiner: Maria Fregidou-Malama Date: 28- Jan- 2021 Aim: This study aims to identify the factors influencing innovation capacity of innovation hubs and explore how innovation hubs influence regional innovation process. Methodology: This is a qualitative study which follows the inductive approach and the strategy of multiple case study. Primary data were collected through semi-structured interviews with ten respondents in the network of an innovation hub. Findings: The findings of this study suggest five main factors which positively influence the innovation capacity of an innovation hub. Those are infrastructure, knowledge sharing, culture, marketing strategies and supporting network of the hub. Further through the findings we identified that innovation hub creates a well-balanced socio-economic impact on the region it operates. Contribution: This study provides a comprehensive knowledge to the existing theories by discovering five theoretical areas which influence innovation capacity. Also it assists the stakeholders of innovation hubs to overcome their deficiencies in order to build a strong innovation capacity. Further, this study encourages innovators, entrepreneurs and investors to work in collaboration with innovation hubs. Suggestions for Future Research: Qualitative or quantitative methods can be used to explore the outcomes in different perspectives. The newly identified features under marketing strategies can be further studied for their importance in other domains such as ecosystem and stakeholders. The revised framework can be tested in future researches.
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Botero, Marin Diana Catalina. "Orchestrating innovation ecosystems : a case study of a telco wholesaler growing into a global hub for cross-innovation." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Avd.), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-102799.
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Current innovation literature stress the fact that companies seeking to boost their innovation capabilities should open their boundaries and collaborate with partners for bolder and faster value creation. While correct, and in fact frequently practice among several industries, many companies have failed in their attempt to innovate on ecosystem’s settings due mainly to lack of the appropriate management methodologies. Although co-development alliances have become a common practice in the market place, tools and strategies to manage them are quite behind on real execution. Furthermore, companies currently involved in such scenarios have overlook the new conditions of co-creation, failing to yield return over the cost of capital, and losing credibility on their ecosystems. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify practical managerial strategies, process and tools for orchestrating innovation ecosystems in general, and tailored them into real company current practices, in particular. In this thesis, a theoretical revision has been carried out in order to understand what innovation ecosystems are, why companies involved in innovation should care about them and what are the essential elements for orchestrating projects breed in that setting, being successful at it. Furthermore, a case study was developed with the purpose of connecting empirical findings to theoretical suggestions, and draw conclusions and recommendations. The company chosen for the analysis is one of the larger international players in their industry; having strong motivations to grow their innovation field, clear objectives to do it on partnership basis, and unquestionable position to claim the role of orchestrator. Moreover, management at this company believed that their innovation partnerships are not fulfilling expectations, and wanted to know how they can improve the way those projects are being managed, while keeping the center of the innovation ecosystem. The results show the process to create an orchestration strategy model, and a final proposal for the company under analysis. The case was developed taking into consideration information provided by key processes stakeholders over a series of interviews, and critical observation of the system during a six-month period. Scientific implications contribute in providing a framework for orchestrating innovation ecosystems on a technology-driven industry, while managerial implications contribute in providing the company with a robust model on how to position as a global hub for cross-innovation.
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Carvalho, Isabel Maria Pimentel dos Santos Lopo de. "Measuring the impact with the social return on investment: the case of the social innovation HUB." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9531.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsThere is a growing interest in social impact assessment across the private, the public and the nonprofit sector. However, there is still limited academic research produced in this area, particularly in what concerns to the application of the Social Return of Investment (SROI) methodology. The goal of this Work Project is to give an overview of the social impact measurement literature and apply the Social Return on Investment, a flagship methodology to measure impact, to the specific case of the Social Innovation Hub (SIH). The findings suggest that each 1€ invested on the SIH generates 1,21€ in terms of social value. While this value seems very appealing to use, there are some risks in monetizing impact in such way, mainly due to the lack of reliable data available for benchmarking purposes.
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Enlund, Tobias, and Christoffer Lorentsson. "Balancing Organizational Capabilities : A case study on how an innovation hub enables startups to balance exploration and exploitation capabilities." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-172308.
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The world is changing. With more complex products and services available, shortened life cycles, and shifts in customers behavior due to the increased availability of information, companies needs to explore new capabilities and organizational practices to effectively preserve a competitive advantage through new innovations. A competitive advantage is said to be difficult to create and sustain in today’s markets. Many startups and corporates, are therefore, changing their innovation processes from a traditional linear process to more of an open process. Many scholars have studied this phenomenon from a corporate perspective, leaving a gap in existing literature on how startups are contributing with their innovative and entrepreneurial mindset to the context of open innovation. It is visible that startups are possessing an extensive amount of exploration capabilities, while lacking capabilities related to exploitation. Finding a balance between exploration and exploitation capabilities is an issue for startups due to its limitations of resources. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to distinguish how an innovation hub enables startups with balancing exploration and exploitation capabilities. For this study, the innovation hub of our choosing is Ignite. Based on the literature review and the identified research gaps, the following research question has been formulated to investigate the phenomenon of balancing organizational capabilities from a startup perspective: RQ: How can an innovation hub help startups find a balance between exploration and exploitation capabilities? To properly answer the research question, the chosen research approach was selected as a qualitative research method. The empirical findings were gathered from 11 semi-structured interviews, where nine interviews have been with managers from startups active in Ignite and two interviews with team members from Ignite. In addition to the empirical findings, we developed a proposed framework that explains the whole process of startups being active in Ignite from pre-intervention, addressing challenges related to startups and the reasons why they should engage in being active in an innovation hub, to post-intervention, addressing the possible outcomes received by being active in Ignite. To conclude, this thesis contributes with an understanding on how startups may use a third party, such as Ignite, to get help with the balancing act of exploration and exploitation capabilities. The findings show that the third party is helping the startups with balancing their organizational capabilities in an indirect way. This is done through Ignite’s accurate matchmaking process and their deep understanding about which capabilities the big corporations are looking for, which Ignite gathers from a needs analysis together with the big corporation. From this thesis, startups as well as big corporations, will understand the importance of involving a third party for the purpose of creating and sustaining a competitive advantage by balancing their exploration and exploitation capabilities.
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Forster, Juliano Leite. "Orquestração de ecossistemas de inovação: estudo de caso sobre o Paralelo Vivo hub de inovações sustentáveis." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2016. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/5704.
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O presente trabalho procura compreender de que forma o processo de orquestração influencia os ecossistemas de inovação para a geração de valor. O estudo inicia com um contexto do cenário atual sobre o mercado e o ambiente competitivo. Posteriormente é feito o levantamento bibliográfico procurando entender o que são os ecossistemas de inovação e também o conceito de orquestração,desde sua evolução a partir das capacidades dinâmicas. O estudo procurou compreender a forma como é feita a gestão de recursos compartilhados a partir da visão acadêmica, procurando informações que pudessem apresentar implicâncias práticas para o dia-a-dia degestores. O trabalho avança com o estudo de caso sobre o Paralelo Vivo – Hub de Inovações Sustentáveis contrapondo os documentos coletados e os dados levantados nas entrevistas com as tarefas da orquestração de ecossistemas apontadas pela academia. Por fim o estudo apresenta suas conclusões sobre o tema e evidenciando a influência da mobilidade do conhecimento, apropriação da inovação e estabilidade da rede no processo de orquestração de ecossistemas de inovação enquanto ferramentas práticas para gestores de redes com o intuito de gerar e capturar valor. O estudo possuí limitações que demonstram oportunidades para pesquisas futuras. É o caso da diversificação do objeto de estudo com o intuito de identificar padrões entre processos de orquestração e também o acompanhamento por períodos maiores dos ecossistemas pesquisados como forma de avaliar o desempenho de algumas tarefas ao longo do tempo de vida dos ecossistemas de inovação.
The present study aims to comprehend how the orchestration process influences the value creation in innovation ecosystems. The paper starts with an overview of the market and the competitive environment. Next it is made an overview of the literature trying to understand what isan innovation ecosystem and also the concept of orchestration, since the dynamic capabilities evolution. The study sought to understand how is managed the shared resources from an academic perspective, looking for information that could lead to practical influences on the daily management for orchestrators. The work goes with the case study of Paralelo Vivo – Hub de InovaçõesSustentáveis contrasting the data collected and interview with the network orchestration tasks. Finally, the report presents its findings on the subject and highlights the role of knowledge mobility, innovation appropriation and network stability in the process of orchestration of innovation ecosystem as a tool to create and capture value. The paper has limitations that present opportunities for future researches. The diversification of the study object in order to identify patterns between orchestration process and also to fallowing for longer periods the researched ecosystem in order to valuate the performance of some tasks along the life time of innovation ecosystem.
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Bhalerao, Akash, Sjaak Louwerse, Michael Tei Quarmyne, and Dan Ritchie. "Social Innovation Hubs Supporting Social Entrepreneurs: Strategically Adopting the SDGs towards Sustainability." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18253.
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a well-known and comprehensive framework for sustainable development. However due to the overlapping and interrelated nature of the goals, action towards one goal can positively or negatively contribute to another.Social innovation hubs including Impact Hub and Centre for Social Innovation use the SDGs to support social entrepreneurs to have a positive impact. Document analysis and interviews with 15 practitioners from these hubs informed the research on how the organizations perceive and contribute to sustainability, how they integrate the SDGs, and the challenges and benefits with using the SDGs. Based on that, this research has developed five recommendations for social innovation hubs to: 1) Define Sustainability; 2) Enhance Visioning; 3) Design co-creative programs; 4) Define Impact;and 5) Communicate Impact. While other elements of the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) could be used to complement the SDGs, the Sustainability Principles (SPs) of the FSSD are recommended as a definition for sustainability.
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Grangé, Jacques. "Les territoires aéroportuaires comme catalyseurs de la connaissance et source d’innovation pour les métropoles mondiales : de l'airport city à l'aerotropolis ?" Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SORUL105.
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Le développement du trafic aérien international est une composante majeure de la croissance des échanges internationaux intervenue depuis la seconde guerre mondiale. La traduction terrestre en est le développement des plateformes aéroportuaires. Avec les dérégulations intervenues dans les années 1990 les hubs sont des éléments majeurs de l’espace européen. Ils ont généré des territoires aéroportuaires allant au-delà des limites administratives et domaniales des aéroports ; ceux-ci sont des espaces importants de l’économie de la connaissance et de l’innovation. A ce titre, ils sont des polarités métropolitaines majeures. Nous en avons choisi trois majeures situées sur deux continents : Paris- Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam- Schiphol et Seoul- Incheon. En raison de leur accessibilité multimodale synchrone, ces aéroports sont parties prenantes de territoires aéroportuaires importants et multifonctionnels. Ils participent sous de formes et des degrés divers à l’économie de la connaissance et de l’innovation et en particulier à ses circulationsThe development of international air traffic is a major component of the international exchanges occurred since the Second World War. The terrestrial translation is the development of airport. With the deregulations occurred in the years the 1990, hubs are major elements of European space. They generated airport territories going beyond the administrative and domanial limits of the airports; those are important spaces of the knowledge and innovation economy. For this reason, they are major metropolitan polarities. We chose three major located out of two continents: Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol and Seoul Incheon... Because of their synchronous multimode accessibility, these airports are recipients of important and multipurpose airport territories. They take part in various forms and degrees in the knowledge and innovation economy and in particular in its circulations
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Björklund, Jessica. "Finansiell innovation på betaltjänstmarknaden : En studie av hur tredjepartsleverantörers innovationsförmåga kan främjas genom inrättandet av det andra betaltjänstdirektivet samt andra regleringsrelaterade åtgärder." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Affärsrätt, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-147986.
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Sedan den finanskris som uppstod år 2008 har ökade krav ställts beträffande säkerhet ochstabilitet inom den finansiella sektorn. Av den orsaken har etablerade aktörer, vilka omfattas avde alltmer extensiva regelverken, påförts ytterligare krav avseende exempelvis tillsyn ochlikviditet. De ökade säkerhetskraven har, i sin tur, tvingat berörda aktörer att agera merrestriktivt beträffande finansiell innovation och vid utvecklandet av nya finansiella lösningar. Den tekniska utvecklingen har möjliggjort för uppkomsten av nya typer av betaltjänster ochprodukter. Det har resulterat i att etablerade finansiella aktörer, under det senaste decenniet, harmött nya utmaningar i form av en ökad konkurrens från fintechbolag vilka, vid sidan avbefintliga regelverk, har utvecklat innovativa tjänster och produkter specialiserade inom ettspecifikt led inom kundkontaktskedjan. Med anledning av ikraftträdandet av det andrabetaltjänstdirektivet omfattas även fintechbolag av de bestämmelser som reglerarbetaltjänstmarknaden. Genom införandet av regelverket utökas omfattningen till att äveninbegripa leverantörer av kontoinformationstjänster och betalningsinitieringstjänster, så kalladetredjepartsleverantörer. Syftet med det andra betaltjänstdirektivet är bland annat att främjakonkurrens samt att effektivisera den finansiella marknaden. Samtidigt får inte den finansiellastabiliteten äventyras på bekostnad av ifrågavarande ändamål. För att främja finansiell innovation har vissa nationella tillsynsmyndigheter vidtagit olikaregleringsrelaterade åtgärder, såsom exempelvis en regulatorisk sandlåda, en innovationshubbeller ett innovationscenter. Med åtgärderna avses att med olika medel tillvarata den potentialsom fintech har att erbjuda finansmarknaden. Regleringsrelaterade åtgärder, vidtagna pånationell nivå, måste emellertid utvecklas och förhållas till gällande regelverk och får inte sättakonsumentskyddet på spel. I förevarande uppsats behandlas huruvida såväl det andra betaltjänstdirektivet som nationelltvidtagna regleringsrelaterade åtgärder förmår att främja tredjepartsleverantörersinnovationsförmåga på betaltjänstmarknaden, särskilt med beaktande av deras möjligheter attkonkurrera på den finansiella marknaden, utan att det sker på bekostnad av det finansiellasystemets stabilitet och säkerhet.
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Grahn, Sofia. "Finansiella sandlådor inom den Europeiska unionen : Behöver finansiella sandlådor regleras på EU-nivå och i så fall genom vilket tillvägagångssätt?" Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Affärsrätt, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-175024.
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Under de senaste åren har finanssektorn förändrats och en bidragande faktor är teknisk innovation. Teknisk innovation kan utveckla tillhandahållandet av finansiella tjänster som finansiella aktörer såsom banker erbjuder till sina kunder. En jurisdiktion kan främja utvecklingen av finansiella tjänster, antingen genom en finansiell sandlåda eller en innovationshubb. En finansiell sandlåda är en säker miljö där banker och bolag vars verksamhet endast består av teknisk innovation (FinTech-bolag), kan testa sina oreglerade affärsmodeller. Testutrymmet kontrolleras av en tillsynsmyndighet. För närvarande har över 50 jurisdiktioner upprättat en finansiell sandlåda och flera europeiska länder har redan en sandlåda i drift eller överväger att införa en. Flera olika EU-institut, som exempelvis Europeiska kommissionen och Europaparlamentet, är positiva för att införa en reglering av finansiella sandlådor på EU-nivå. Finansiella sandlådor är endast utformade som nationella finansiella sandlådor. Syftet med denna masteruppsats är att utreda huruvida EU behöver reglera finansiella sandlådor och i så fall om regelverket bör antas som ett direktiv eller en förordning. Slutsatsen av denna uppsats är att finansiella sandlådor behöver regleras även om vissa medlemsstater inte vill upprätta en egen nationell sandlåda. En anledning till varför finansiella sandlådor är behövliga i EU är för att de främjar konkurrensen mellan olika finansiella aktörer. Dessutom är finansiella sandlådor ett tillfälle för nya marknadsaktörer såsom FinTech-bolag att växa. Väljer EU att inte reglera finansiella sandlådor kommer det att hämma den fria rörligheten för finansiella tjänster. Den mest effektiva lösningen för EU hade varit att anta ett direktiv om harmoniserade nationella finansiella sandlådor. Genom att anta regelverket som ett direktiv får medlemsländerna själva bestämma vilka bestämmelser som ska implementeras i den nationella lagstiftningen.In recent times, the financial market has changed and a contributing factor is technological innovation. Technological innovation can develop the provision of financial services which companies such as banks offers their consumers. There are two ways a jurisdiction can promote the development of financial services; either through a regulatory sandbox or an innovation hub. A regulatory sandbox is a safe environment where banks and companies who only works with technological innovation (FinTech-companies) can test their unregulated business models. The environment is controlled and monitored by a supervisory authority. Regulatory sandboxes are available in more than 50 different jurisdictions, and an increasing number of European countries are either thinking of establishing one or have already done it. Within the European Union, some organisations such as the European Commission and the European Parliament have expressed their willingness to regulate regulatory sandboxes at Union level. For now, sandboxes can only be set up as a national regulatory sandbox. The purpose of this master’s thesis is to investigate whether the Union needs to regulate regulatory sandboxes and if so, should the Union introduce a directive or a regulation on harmonized national regulatory sandboxes. The investigation of this thesis shows that regulatory sandboxes are needed even though some Member States are unwilling to establish one. Regulatory sandboxes are needed in the Union because it furthers the competition between companies offering financial services. Regulatory sandboxes also help new entrants such as FinTech-companies to grow. If the Union does not regulate regulatory sandboxes, it will hinder the free movement of services. The best outcome for regulation, would be if the Union adopted a directive on harmonized national regulatory sandboxes. The regulation should be adopted as a directive because it facilitates Member States in determining which provisions should be implemented in national legislation.
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Abu, Zeid Houda, and Tanya Syed. "Key Business Services within Open Innovation Collaboration between Startups and large established Firms : A multiple case study of the value offering of Swedish corporate accelerators and incubators from a startup perspective." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264057.
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Open innovation is a term that has become popularised over the years, due to changes in how business is done as a result of globalisation and digital transformation. Efforts are being made by incumbent companies to collaborate with external parties to a greater extent, and at the same time, the startup landscape has contributed with new technologies and innovations that in some cases have disrupted markets. A collaboration between large companies and startups can bring about positive synergies since these two types of organisations are different and have the possibility to complement each other. This master thesis looks into the outside-in model of open innovation, specifically examining corporate accelerator programs and incubation hubs from a startup perspective. The following research explores what key services that are offered within these corporate programs and how they can be improved according to startups that have previously partaken in them. This research is a qualitative study with an abductive approach. As part of the research, 10 semi-structured, in-depth interviews were held with representatives from a variety of startups. The major services desired by the interviewees to be included in corporate-run startup programs range from access to internal and external networks to putting more focus on a variety of funding alternatives. Early-stage startups expressed the desire of receiving help with understanding their market and customers. The key improvement areas brought up by the startup companies included the presence of internal champions that can help speed up certain processes and act as a facilitator for important meetings. Many startups point to the importance of having the influence to customize their program experience. In addition, accelerator and incubator employees with previous entrepreneurial experience are considered very helpful by the startups since they can grasp the struggles of the startup in a better way. Furthermore, to have more financing opportunities is desirable.Genom åren har öppen innovation blivit alltmer populariserad,på grund av förändringar i hur affärer görs till följd av globalisering och digital transformation. Stora företag satsar i större utsträckning på att samarbeta med externa parter, och samtidigt har startup ekosystemet bidragit till ny och radikal teknologi och innovationer som har rubbat vissa marknader. Ett öppen innovation-samarbete mellan ett stort företag och en startup kan bidra positiva synergier eftersom dessa två typer av organisationer är olika och har möjlighet att komplettera varandra. Detta examensarbete undersöker den så kallade outside-in modell för öppen innovation, mer specifikt undersöks företagsacceleratorer och företagsinkubatorer från ett startup-perspektiv. Följande forskning undersöker vilka nyckeltjänster som erbjuds inom dessa företagsprogram och hur de kan förbättras enligt startups som tidigare har deltagit i dem. Denna studie är en kvalitativ studie med en abduktiv ansats. Som en del av forskningen hölls 10 semistrukturerade djupintervjuer med representanter från en rad olika startups. De viktigaste tjänsterna som eftertraktas av intervjuobjekten som del av företagsacceleratorer och företagsinkubatorer gäller tillgång till interna och externa nätverk, som i sin tur kan förse tillgång till flera olika finansieringsalternativ. Startups som befinner sig i en tidig utvecklingsfas uttryckte en önskan att få hjälp med att förstå deras marknad och kunder. Förbättringsområden som identifierades av startupföretagen omfattar förekomsten av internal champions, som kan hjälpa till att påskynda vissa processer och som kan facilitera viktiga möten. Många startups pekar på vikten av att ha inflytande över att anpassa sin programupplevelse. Dessutom är accelerator- och inkubatormedarbetare med tidigare entreprenöriell erfarenhet väldigt eftertraktade, eftersom de kan förstå sig på startupföretagen på ett bättre sätt. Vidare, är det önskvärt att ha fler finansieringsmöjligheter.
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Bergh, Frans Stephanus. "Hyperlink : the Naledi 3D virtual reality factory." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29739.
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The Innovation Hub project is a strategic partnership between the Gauteng Provincial Government's Blue IQ initiative, and SERA, the Southern Education and Research Alliance, a partnership between the University of Pretoria and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The site for the proposed development forms part of the Agricultural Research Farm of the University of Pretoria and calls for a synergy between urban development, architecture, and the natural surrounding. The Naledi 3D Virtual Reality factory forms part of numerous companies involved in cutting edge technology which is to be associated with the development. In this computer age, which can be compared to the industrial era in terms of the revolutionisation of our daily lives, architecture has to respond. Buildings need to be designed to ensure the productive interaction between man, machine and the natural environment. Copyright 2003, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Bergh, FS 2003, Hyperlink : the Naledi 3D virtual reality factory, MArch(Prof) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11242003-105302 / >Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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Friederici, Nicolas. "Innovation hubs in Africa : assemblers of technology entrepreneurs." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2e5c9248-15b4-450a-958a-0ce87cf6e263.
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Innovation hub organizations - or 'hubs' - have become a prevalent form of support for technology entrepreneurship in Africa. About 170 African hubs have been established, most since 2010. Practitioners have argued either that hubs are transformative network infra-structures for Africa's fledgling digital economy or that they are ineffective business incubators. This thesis steps back from this debate about whether hubs work. Instead, it asks how African hubs work, specifically how they shape relationships of technology entrepreneurs. Literature on intermediation and incubation is reviewed to establish a theoretical framework. The thesis then tests and extends the framework based on an extensive, grounded empirical inquiry. In-depth case study data (including 119 interviews with 133 participants) on six hubs were collected during field studies in Kigali, Harare, and Accra from September-December 2014. The thesis finds that the analyzed hub organizations were defined by nested, fluidly bounded entrepreneurial communities. Communities varied by their level of activation: mem-bers of active communities had concern for each other and recognized communities as social entities, while inactive community members only shared a loose purpose. The six hubs followed two distinct organizational patterns: the technology hub (depending on active core communities) and the entrepreneurship hub (relying on active peripheral communities). Based on these results, the thesis theorizes hubs as assemblers of technology entrepreneurs: hubs assemble previously distant and different actors into entrepreneurial communities. Assembly is unique to hubs: it is related to but different from incubation and most forms of intermediation. Assembly theory addresses important meso-level analytical gaps in prior research on the coordination and organization of entrepreneurship. The thesis underscores limitations in African technology entrepreneurship environments, advising hub practitioners to acknowledge that 'only what is there can be assembled.' Ultimately, it highlights that hubs have been critically misunderstood, and clarifies what hubs can and cannot do for technology entrepreneurs.
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Berlin, Michael West. "Innovative procedure to install a trunnion-hub assembly in a bascule bridge girder." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000525.
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Dzhartova, Viliana, Hrishabh Sandilya, Sierra Flanigan, and Alena Iuzefovich. "Integrating Sustainability into Sector Agnostic Innovation Hubs: The Case of Venture Café Global Network." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18333.
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Given the increasing complexity of global ecological and social problems, innovation plays a key role in solutions for sustainable development. Within innovation ecosystems, intermediaries such as innovation hubs play an important part in influencing other actors like startups, investors and policymakers to create solutions for change. Therefore, it is essential that innovation hubs incorporate sustainability into their practices, if they are to contribute to addressing the Global Sustainability Challenge (GSC). To see how this could be done, this study examines the case of the Venture Café Global Network (VCGN) a type of sector agnostic innovation hub. The study used a multi-method qualitative approach. Data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with different players in the innovation ecosystem, as well as with actors from within VCGN, and through a documentary analysis. The results and discussion are presented according to certain overarching themes that emerged from the interviews and answer the research questions. Along with a longer list of recommendations, this study concludes that the adoption of a shared organisational definition of sustainability is the bedrock for any sustainability integration and vital for innovation hubs to impact other actors in their innovation ecosystems, to address the GSC.
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Li, Dandi S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Developing future innovation hubs Through the case study of Silicon Valley." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106756.
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Thesis: S.M. in Real Estate Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2016.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-56).
In today's innovation economy, the development of innovation hubs is viewed as a strategic undertaking to nourish the entrepreneurial ecosystem and to enhance economic vitality. The study uses Silicon Valley, one of the most successful innovation hubs in modern history, as a case example to find the factors that have contributed to its success, and how these factors will evolve over time. Using existing literature and in-depth interviews, the study produces a framework of key factors that will influence the development of such hubs in the future. Silicon Valley case shows that the foundation element of a successful innovation hub is people - the human capital. Adding to this element, five hardware ingredients - Universities & R&D Centers, Venture Capital, Major Corporations, Service Providers, and Government - have an irreplaceable role in sustaining the vitality of such hubs. The intangible software, culture with its four dimensions entrepreneurial mentality, mobility of resources, global perspective and shared vision, acts as a catalyst that brings the foundation element and hardware ingredients together, allowing them to interact and cooperate. Ultimately, an effective entrepreneurial ecosystem is formed from the combination of all these factors. The findings from in-depth interviews suggest that the original culture of Silicon Valley will continue to play a key role in future innovation hubs. This entrepreneurial mentality, especially in terms of openness, supportiveness, forgiveness and risk-taking attitude, remains highly desired by today's entrepreneurs. Simultaneously, recent shifts in the demographic landscape have changed the nature of the foundation element - people. Millennials and the Creative Class have become a dominant pool of talented workforce, and they possess different values and preferences compared to other generations. Together with urbanization, this creative workforce shows high appreciation towards the role of place and urban lifestyle. Thus, in order to successfully attract and retain such talents, urban location will play an increasingly important role in future innovation hubs. It is estimated that the "place element" will become a new addition the innovation hub hardware system, supporting the overall development of entrepreneurial climate.
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Marques, de Araújo Luciano. "International project teams as innovation hubs: power and politics in the knowledge change process." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/130835.
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The aim of this investigation is to understand how international project teams enable mature multinational enterprises (MNEs) to cope with knowledge diversity and political activity, two well-known disruptive organizational phenomena, in order to leverage their innovative potential and competitive capabilities. To answer this question a longitudinal multi-case study has been designed to collect in-depth qualitative data from three large-scale international projects conducted by a focal MNE and an array of its subsidiaries. In a dialectic way, data collected has been used both to enhance the dynamic knowledge change framework provided by contemporary sociology and to explain the complex mechanisms that make international project teams an increasingly used organizational tool. As a result, knowledge change (and thus innovation) has been found to hinge on a dynamic balance between power and politics which is favored by conditions that are inherent to these organizational settings. Finally, a model describing the mechanisms that enable international project teams to drive knowledge diversity and political activity towards innovation and knowledge change within MNEs has been developed.L'objectiu d'aquesta investigació és entendre com els equips de projectes internacionals permeten a les empreses multinacionals madures fer front a la diversitat de coneixements i l'activitat política, dues reconegudes fonts de problemes organitzacionals, amb la finalitat de potenciar les seves capacitats d'innovació i potencial competitiu . Per respondre a aquesta pregunta un estudi longitudinal embolicant casos múltiples s'ha desenvolupat per recollir dades qualitatives en profunditat des de tres grans projectes internacionals a càrrec d'una empresa multinacional focal i una gran varietat de les seves filials. D'una manera dialèctica, les dades recollides han estat utilitzats tant per millorar el marc del canvi dinàmic del coneixement proposat per la sociologia contemporània i explicar els complexos mecanismes que fan que els equips de projectes internacionals en una eina cada vegada més utilitzada per aquestes organitzacions. Com a resultat, es mostra que el canvi d'un determinat coneixement depèn d'un equilibri dinàmic entre poder i política afavorit per les condicions que són inherents a aquests formats organitzacionals. Finalment, es desenvolupa un model que detalla els mecanismes que permeten als equips de projectes internacionals impulsar la diversitat de coneixements i l'activitat política cap a la innovació i el canvi del coneixement dins de les empreses multinacionals madures.
El objetivo de esta investigación es entender cómo los equipos de proyectos internacionales permiten a las empresas multinacionales maduras hacer frente a la diversidad de conocimientos y la actividad política, dos reconocidas fuentes de problemas organizacionales, con el fin de potenciar sus capacidades de innovación y potencial competitivo. Para responder a esta pregunta un estudio longitudinal envolviendo casos múltiplos se ha desarrollado para recoger datos cualitativos en profundidad desde tres grandes proyectos internacionales a cargo de una empresa multinacional focal y una gran variedad de sus filiales. De una manera dialéctica, los datos recogidos han sido utilizados tanto para mejorar el marco del cambio dinámico del conocimiento propuesto por la sociología contemporánea y explicar los complejos mecanismos que hacen que los equipos de proyectos internacionales en una herramienta cada vez más utilizada por estas organizaciones. Como resultado, se muestra que el cambio de un determinado conocimiento depende de un equilibrio dinámico entre poder y política favorecido por las condiciones que son inherentes a estos formatos organizacionales. Por fin, se desarrolla un modelo que detalla los mecanismos que permiten a los equipos de proyectos internacionales impulsar la diversidad de conocimientos y la actividad política hacia la innovación y el cambio del conocimiento dentro de las empresas multinacionales maduras.
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Landolt, Michael. "Innovative Hospitals Crucial Players for Successful Biomedical Hubs : the Case of Singapore /." St. Gallen, 2007. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/93714673001/$FILE/93714673001.pdf.
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Granström, Gabriel, and Marie Amann. "Mitigating Not-Invented-Here & Not-Sold-Here Problems : Leveraging External Ideas through Corporate Innovation Hubs." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-74354.
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to understand How Corporate Innovation Hubs (CIHs) can Mitigate NIH and NSH Problems in Knowledge Transfer. To fulfill this purpose, the following research questions were derived: RQ1: What are the causes of NIH & NSH problems among actors collaborating through a CIH? RQ2: What are the consequences of NIH & NSH problems among actors collaborating through a CIH? RQ3: What mechanisms can a CIH use to mitigate NIH & NSH problems among collaborating actors? Method – The study is an explorative inductive multiple case-study, investigating five CIHs situated in either Silicon Valley, US or Gothenburg, Sweden. In total, 39 interviews were conducted in three waves, and results were derived using a Gioia analysis. Findings – This study resulted in a framework illustrating connections of causes and consequences of NIH and NSH problems with corresponding mitigating mechanisms. The most critical causes are Obsessive control (NIH), Internal antagonism (NIH) and Low confidential awareness (NSH). The most severe consequences are Use of irrelevant knowledge (NIH), Suffocation of external ideas (NIH) and Restrained problem-solving (NSH). The most important mitigating mechanisms are Translate relevance of ideas (NIH) and Create mutual confidential understanding (NSH). Theoretical and Practical Implications – This study contributes to the scarce literature on NIH and NSH problems among multiple actors collaborating through CIHs. By identifying causes, consequences and mitigating mechanisms of NIH and NSH problems, CIHs will be able to detect NIH and NSH tendencies among its collaborating actors, to mitigate its causes and prevent its consequences. Limitations and Future Research – The study is limited by the investigated CIHs focus on exploring future transportation solutions, indicating that future studies can investigate CIHs in other industry settings and among other actors collaborating through CIHs. Keywords: Corporate Innovation Hubs; NIH; NSH; Knowledge Transfer
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Sebastian, Siljö, and Winberg Sandra. "En studie om hållbart boende, innovativa lösningar och miljöcertifieringar." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-43860.
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Boverket höjer kraven på hållbart byggande och från och med 2022 finns det krav på att varje byggnad med bygglov ska upprätta en klimatdeklaration. Studien har undersökt den bakomliggande kunskapen kring att bo hållbart. De som säger sig bo och leva hållbart, hur medvetna är de kring de val de gör och hur dessa påverkar miljön? EU-kommissionen har ett ramverk och det finns flertalet certifieringar som talar om hur miljövänligt ett boende är, dels att leva i och dels att bygga boendet. En kvalitativ metod har valts och genom intervjuer med personer som har gedigen kunskap och utbildning om hållbart boende och byggande kombinerat med personer utan utbildning och ett starkt egenintresse vill vi ta reda på hur de använder sig av dessa certifieringar eller andra lösningar för att uppnå ett miljövänligt boende. Våra respondenter var eniga och ifrågasatte dessa certifieringar till vår förvåning. De var övertygade om att det går att göra mer, och bättre, för miljön genom att pressa gränserna och inte nöja sig med en certifiering- när det går att göra mer. De visade på luckor i processen till certifiering som från utsidan ser bra ut men faktiskt inte är det mest optimala för miljön. Våra respondenters kunskap är beundransvärd och medvetenheten kring varje val i byggprocessen är imponerande. Det är slående hur stor kunskap de besitter, kunskap som bör spridas och utnyttjas. Små val i byggprocessen och i det dagliga livet gör stor skillnad för vår miljö. Men för den som inte besitter eller, vet var kunskapen ska inhämtas kan det kännas som en stor process. Resultatet i denna studie är något som förhoppningsvis ska kunna berika och vara en intressant läsning för alla, från den som precis börjat fundera på att källsortera till personen som lever självförsörjande off-grid.
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Matsau, Motheo. "The impact of hubs on the adoption of products among a South African Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) network." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24696.
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The original study on which this study was based on was conducted by Jacob Goldenberg, Sangman Han, Donald R.Lehmann, and Jae Weon Hong and published in 2009. In a slight contrast to Goldenberg et al (2009), this study was conducted among a bottom of the pyramid (BOP) network in South Africa using one non discretionary product whilst the original study was conducted on multiple high tech products in Korea This study explores the role of hubs (people with an outstanding number of social ties) in diffusion and adoption of products. The study was conducted using data on a large network and its adoption of a product (electricity) to identify two types of hubs – innovative and follower hubs and their role in influencing adoption ala Goldenberg et al (2009). Even though hubs are not necessarily opinion leaders nor are they necessarily innovators (as described by Rogers, (1962)) they tend to adopt earlier in the diffusion process. Innovator hubs have a greater impact on speed of adoption whilst Follower hubs have greater impact on the size of the market or total number of adoptions. Interestingly and crucially this early adoption behaviour of hubs can be a useful predictor of future product success. Among BOP network nodes, relationships and trust are important in determining the amount or degree of influence one can exert on a fellow network member. Homogeneity increases trust which in turn impacts the role of a hub as a force of influence. The centrality of hubs to networks is also a factor behind their role as information to the rest of the network passes through them, to a degree giving them control over the dissemination of information. CopyrightDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Agarwal, Rohit. "User Interface Design of Head-Up Display Using Scenarios : An Early Stage Innovation Project at Bombardier." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-244452.
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Head-up display (HUD) är en beprövad teknik inom flyg och bil, vilken gör det möjligt för piloter och förare att få tillgång till information utan att uppmärksamheten avleds från omvärlden. Liknande fördelar kan uppnås genom installation av HUD i tåg. Syftet med denna studie är att utveckla ett användargränssnitt för HUD baserat på European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS). HUD kommer att vara en extra säkerhetsfunktion för tågen för att förhindra förare från att skifta fokus mellan instrumentpanelen och omgivningen, vilket leder till minskad förareutmattning och bättre observation av spåren framåt. Scenario Based Design-metoden har använts för att genomföra projektarbetet och i rapporten diskuteras metodens fördelar och begränsningar. Användningen av scenarier har gjort det möjligt för designteamet att på djupet förstå de situationer som förarna står inför samt har hjälpt till att under workshops få en bättre förståelse för drivrutinerna. Dessutom har rekommendationer för hårdvara, installation och framtida arbete beskrivits för fortsatt genomförande av projektet.Head-up display (HUD) has a proven track record in the aviation and automobile sectors, allowing pilots and drivers to access information without diverting attention from the outside world. Similar benefits may be realized by the installation of HUD in locomotive cabs. The objective of this thesis work is to develop the user interface for HUD based on the ERTMS system. The HUD will be an added safety feature to the trains to prevent drivers from refocusing between the instrument panel and the outside view thus leading to reduced driver fatigue and better observation of the tracks ahead. Scenario Based Design method has been used to implement the project work with discussions regarding its advantages and limitations. The use of scenarios has allowed the design team to understand the scenarios that the drivers face in depth and has aided during the workshops to understand the drivers’ routine better. Additionally, recommendations for the hardware, installation and future work have been provided to support further implementation of the project.
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Glad, Wiktoria. "Aktiviteter för passivhus : En innovations omformning i byggprocesser för energisnåla bostadshus." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema teknik och social förändring, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-7567.
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Avhandlingen behandlar byggprocesser i södra Sverige som hade ambitionen att åstadkomma lågenergihus liknande den tyska passivhusstandarden. Syftet med avhandlingen är att öka förståelsen för processer i införandet av ett energikoncept. Energikonceptet betraktas som en innovation för användning i en sektor som av många beskrivs som konservativ och inte särskilt mottaglig för innovationer. Byggprocesserna studeras genom att händelser rekonstrueras med hjälp av berät-tande källor såsom intervjuer och protokoll från olika möten. Även observationer har använts där tillfälle funnits. Fokus riktas mot hur arbetet organiserades och beslutsprocessen bakom valet av teknik till konceptet. Även massmedias rapporte-ring om byggprocesserna har studerats och hur deltagarna i byggprocesserna marknadsförde energikonceptet. Införandet av energikonceptet kan förstås som transformationer eller om-formningar. Omformningarna bestod av fem grundläggande aktiviteter som med Hägerstrands tidsgeografiska begrepp kallas: lösgörning, formning, hopsättning, transportering och lagring. Energikonceptet lösgjordes från ett specifikt lokalt sammanhang och transporterades till ett annat där det formades för att passa nya förutsättningar och sattes ihop till ett nytt energikoncept. Det nya energikonceptet lagrades i ett nytt hus. Genom att följa människors och teknikers trajektorier kunde slutsatser angående energikonceptets svagt och starkt kopplade delar dras. De starkt kopplade delarna är byggherrens organisering av arbetet som skulle underlätta en starkare styrning. Sinnliga upplevelser av lagrade energikoncept hade betydelse för användandet. Solfångare visade sig vara en svagt kopplad teknik och behövde teknikbärare för att användas.This thesis explores building processes in the south of Sweden with the aim to accomplish low energy housing in accordance with the German standard for passive houses. In this thesis, the passive house is regarded as an innovative en-ergy concept which has been introduced to Sweden and to a conservative sector. The purpose of the study is to provide an understanding of processes in the im-plementation of an innovation for energy-saving dwellings. The process is recon-structed with data from interviews, minutes, articles, reports, etc, and presented as stories of different sequences including how the housing projects were organised, how the energy concept was established among the participants, how decisions were made and what messages were presented about the energy concept in mass media. The energy concept is followed in a process of transformation where it was subject to five fundamental acitivites: decomposition, moulding, composition, transportation and storage. The concepts originate from a time-geography per-spective, founded and developed by the Swedish geographer Torsten Hägerstrand. The energy concept was decomposed at a specific local context and transported to another, where it was moulded and composed into a new energy concept. The new energy concept was stored in a new setting. By following the trajectories of peo-ple and technologies, conclusions about the energy concept can be drawn. The building proprietors chose less conventional ways of managing the building proc-ess in order to have more control. The projects were started by people who them-selves had their own experience of passive houses. Solar collectors were loosely coupled to the energy concept and needed technology carriers.
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Yang, Yi. "Contribution à l'évaluation économique des marées vertes." Thesis, Brest, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016BRES0122/document.
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Provoquées par des efflorescences saisonnières de macro-algues vertes de la famille des ulvacées, les marées vertes appartiennent à la classe plus large des blooms algaux nuisibles (HAB), en rapide développement dans le monde depuis trois décennies, sous l’effet notamment de l’eutrophisation des eaux côtières due aux activités humaines. L’accumulation massive des algues vertes sur les côtes produit une série de nuisances pour diverses activités marchandes et non marchandes, et peut être une source de danger pour la santé humaine. Dans le même temps, les algues vertes sont une ressource aux potentialités encore peu exploitées, et des programmes visant à valoriser industriellement les algues collectées lors des marées vertes ont vu le jour dans des pays impactés par ce phénomène, tels que la Chine et la France.Cette thèse traite de l’évaluation économique des marées vertes. Pour cela elle prend en compte, dans une optique coût-avantage, les coûts subis par les agents privés et les collectivités publiques, ainsi que les bénéfices issus de la valorisation des algues collectées lors de ces épisodes. La thèse repose sur deux cas d’étude, l’un en Chine (Mer Jaune) et l’autre en France (Bretagne). Les deux premiers chapitres sont consacrés aux marées vertes qui, depuis une dizaine d’années, se développent au printemps en Mer Jaune et viennent s’échouer sur les côtes du Shandong. Le premier chapitre étudie les mécanismes bioéconomiques à l’origine de ce phénomène, ses conséquences économiques, les politiques mises en œuvre pour y faire face, et les perceptions des acteurs et du public. Le deuxième chapitre cherche à évaluer le coût social des marées vertes, en le décomposant en coût de gestion d’une part (déduction faite de la valorisation d’une partie des algues récoltées) et en coût résiduel pour les activités marchandes et non marchandes d’autre part. Prenant la Bretagne comme cas d’étude, le troisième chapitre se focalise sur le thème de la valorisation des algues vertes. À l’aide d’un tableau entrées-sorties régionalisé, il évalue à différentes échelles spatiales les effets directs, indirects et induits d’un programme de valorisation industrielle des algues récoltées lors des marées vertes bretonnesDue to seasonal blooms of green macro-algae belonging to the ulvaceae family, green tides are part of the larger class of harmful algal blooms (HAB), which has developed worldwide at a high rate during the last three decades, favoured by the eutrophisation of coastal waters due to human activities. The massive accumulation of seaweeds on the shore resulting from green tides generates a variety of damages to market and non-market activities, and is a potential threat to human health. In the same time, green algae are a natural resource that may be turned into a variety of valuable products through industrial processing. R&D programs devoted to this subject have been launched in countries subject to green tides, such as China and France.The subject of this dissertation is the economic assessment of green tides, in a cost-benefit perspective. To this end, it studies the costs of green tides for private agents and public bodies, as well as the benefits due to the processing of algae.The dissertation relies on two case studies, one in China (Yellow Sea), and the other in France (Brittany). Chapter 1 and chapter 2 are dedicated to the case of the green tides that have developed each spring in the Yellow Sea and reached the southern shore of the Shandong province during the last decade. Chapter 1 investigates the bio-economic mechanisms of these episodes, their economic consequences, public management policies, and stakeholders’ perceptions. Chapter 2 tries to quantify the social cost of green tides, including management costs (minus benefits generated by green algae processing) and residual costs to market and non-market activities. Chapter 3 relies on the Brittany case, and focuses on the economic consequences of green algae industrial processing. Making use of a regionalized input-output table, it estimates, at various geographical scales, the economic impact of a program concerning the industrial processing of algae that are collected during the green tides on the Brittany shoreline
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Hua, Xiaoqin [Verfasser], and Sonja [Akademischer Betreuer] Schrepfer. "Identifying New Targets, Developing Novel Models, and Investigating Innovative Strategies for the Treatment of Rejection in Thoracic Transplantation / Xiaoqin Hua. Betreuer: Sonja Schrepfer." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1030365601/34.
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Rodrigues, Filipa Mafalda Piloto. "Lisboa: o hub do turismo de reuniões." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/19721.
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O papel dos aeroportos tem vindo a revelar-se fundamental no sistema turístico embora muitas
vezes passe despercebido por ser considerado um complemento ao transporte aéreo. Esta
investigação pressupõe uma mudança de paradigma e a rutura com um conjunto de
posicionamentos obsoletos, na tentativa de encontrar abordagens atuais, com vantagens para a
gestão dos destinos turísticos. O planeamento de estratégias, tendo em conta as especificidades
de cada mercado, é pois essencial para uma conceptualização inovadora de produtos turísticos
prioritários.
Esta dissertação pretende, assim, promover um estudo diferente e transformador ao relacionar
duas temáticas distintas - os aeroportos e o turismo de reuniões - mas que se potenciam quando
tratadas em conjunto sob um olhar dinâmico. Os novos desafios que se colocam aos modelos
de gestão aeroportuária, resultantes da atual era competitiva, obrigam à criação de estratégias
diferenciadas. Por outro lado, o turismo de reuniões, considerado segmento chave para o turismo
português, e em particular para a região de Lisboa, terá de se elevar a um novo patamar de
excelência. Para além da adoção de uma abordagem inovadora, é primordial que os destinos
adotem um modelo de desenvolvimento regional sistémico, ancorado nos princípios da qualidade
com o desenvolvimento de infraestruturas e serviços críticos à melhoria da oferta.
A metodologia adotada para dar resposta a esta investigação passou pela análise empírica de
dados que permitiu caracterizar em extensão e pertinência as particularidades deste binómio. As
entrevistas exploratórias com especialistas e a aplicação de um inquérito por questionário
possibilitaram criar uma base sólida de informação que contribuiu para dar resposta ao estudo
proposto.The role of airports has revealed itself as crucial in the tourism system although often goes unnoticed as it is deemed ancillary to the air transportation. This assessment presumes a change in the paradigm and a rupture with a set of obsolete positions in an attempt to find contemporary approaches with an advantage point for the tourism destination management. The planning of strategies bearing in mind the specificities of each market is therefore of the essence for an innovative conceptualization of priority tourism products. This dissertation thus intent to promote a difference and transformational study by relating the two distinct matters – airports and meeting industry – which enhance each other when jointly analysed under a dynamic outlook. The new challenges placed to airport management models, resultant from the current competitive era demand the creation of differentiated strategies. On another side of the question, the meeting industry is a key segment for Portuguese tourism broadly and for the Lisbon region in particular, and must be elevated to a new level of excellence. Beyond the adoption of an innovative approach it is of prime importance for the destinations to adopt a systemic regional development model grounded on principles of quality aided by development of infrastructures and services critical for an improvement of the offer. The methodology adopted to respond to this assessment has gone through an empirical analysis of data which in turn has made possible to characterize the extension and relevance of the particulars on this duality. The exploratory expert interviews and the application of queries by questionnaire have enabled for the creation of a solid base of information, contributing to the answers to the challenges proposed.
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Scott, Lee-Anne. "Incubation Hub: a 'new' school for artisans where architectural innovation meets education in South Africa." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15623.
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This document is submitted in partial fulfilment
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Master of Architecture [Professional]
at the University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, South Africa, in the year 2013.In South Africa there are approximately three million people between the ages of 18 and 24 who are unemployed or not part of an education or training institute. There are residing issues concerning education in post-apartheid South Africa, such as poor quality education in areas where the socio-economic climates still prove challenging and an increasing absence of educational institutions and training facilities. As a result, South Africa is suffering from a lack of skilled labour across all sectors of trade. In the Green Paper for Post-School Education and Training, published in 2012, the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) addresses the current issues around education in South Africa and indicates that part of the resolution is to form a “nexus between the formal education system and the workplace.” Both private and public sectors need to adopt new infrastructure to ensure a higher success rate for empowering South Africans through the provision of skills-based education. This thesis is about creating a ‘new’ school idea - The Incubation Hub - for artisans, where architectural technological innovation meets education in South Africa, opens up vocational opportunities and subsequently allows for economic growth. The ‘new’ school will not only create a stronger and a more advanced workforce for South Africa but aims to bridge the gap between the corporate sector and the education and political sectors. The Incubation Hub tackles the proposed matter by recognising the opportunity for an architectural intervention, whereby a literal and physical symbiotic relationship is formed between two buildings – each with a separate function and role in society and the economy - that unites their individual responsibilities to create a new identity. In doing so, the Incubation Hub aims to improve the social and economic status of South Africa on a local and global level.
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Erdosi, Marton. "What environment is needed for an autonomous innovation hub, and if Hungary can become one?" Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/37145.
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The automotive industry is facing with great disruption and change nowadays,
which it has not seen before. One of the most significant change will be brought by autonomous
driving technology. Since, it is a relatively new market with huge potential,
the competition to leveraging on this field is enormous. Most of the researches done regarding
autonomous driving, is about the economical and social effects of it. This research
intends to investigate the environmental needs of an autonomous technology innovation
hub, where this technology can be developed, besides the chances of the automotive
industry-centralized Hungary becoming such hub.
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Salerno, Alessandro. "Beyond us prototyping design and future building solutions through a multi-disciplinary design school and innovation hub." Thesis, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/26025.
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The nineteenth and early twentieth century were characterised by the establishment, diversification, and specialization of fields of thought. Many disciplines came into being, developing independently of one another and in some cases dividing into clearly compartmentalized sub-disciplines.
Although this division has been the basis of education for centuries, there is a growing realisation that for education to be effective, it must help the learners to seek answers to some of the fundamental real-life problems around them. This cannot be achieved through the current hierarchical and discipline-oriented approach, as life and its current problems are not divided up into disciplines.
The argument for multiple disciplinarity is not that the disciplines represent a false theory of knowledge but rather that they are not a complete statement if we take them on their own. It is in the interconnections, the integration, that they attain their most effective use. Therefore, this project aims to provide a suitable architectural space in which a multiple disciplinary approach to education can be promoted.
The project itself utilised a multiple disciplinary approach in the design process which was influenced by the history and existing structures of the site, neo-futurist designs and principles, the chemical and physical properties of gas, and particle architecture. The proposed building provides all of the required program elements while promoting collaboration and multiple disciplinary learning.MT 2018
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Grupp, Janine. "Mobility solutions within the automotive industry. Development and positioning of ´Audi mobility hub´ - a strategic business model innovation concept for future mobility under the lead of Audi business innovation Gmbh." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/107206.
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Mobility serviceshave gained significant attention from academics and practitioners askey driver of growth in tomorrow’s automotive markets,therebyoutstripping the profitability potential of traditional car manufacturing and selling.Instructed by Audi Business Innovation GmbH, this work projectdevelopsa strategic positioning and business modelconceptfor Audi to enter the mobility market.In this regard, the business model innovation process is examinedas structuring frame for the subsequent analysis of mobility trends andselected German mobility players. Qualitative research and the verification of the suggested modelreveal that a brand-building premium Audi ‘mobility companion’, which complements the traditional core business holistically, serves best asentry mobility solution.
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Almeida, João Nuno Barreiros. "Porto’s startup ecosystem : how are tech startups shaping the development & growth of Porto’s ecosystem?" Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26370.
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The area of entrepreneurship and innovation has been increasingly debated
during the last years. Major cities across the world have been focused on creating
ecosystems capable of supporting its startups, aiming to bring innovation and
socio-economic improvements to their citizens.
The city of Porto is not an exception, and over the last few years has been
assuming its position, focused on foster entrepreneurship and innovation.
The process is slow and complex, and as suggested by the literature, the
creation of an ecosystem is only possible when a set of different factors and
elements align together and form interconnections that allow mutual
development. The problem is that there are no two equal ecosystems, each one
has its own characteristics and limitations that constitute a unique case study that
can lead to the ecosystem’s growth, or to its destruction.
Therefore, the objective of this investigation was to study the unique case of
Porto’s startup ecosystem, resorting to different types of documentary analysis
and conducting interviews with experts and professionals inserted in the context
of Porto’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, to explore the impact of startups activity in
the city, and to understand the connections, relations, and major limitations of
the different elements of study.
Through the analysis of Porto’s policies, support, human capital, finance and
culture, it was possible to understand the efforts being made towards the success
of its entrepreneurial activity, as well as the major limitations that are holding
entrepreneurs and getting in the way of startups growth.
Because the only way to overcome limitations is to become aware of them,
although the praiseworthy increasing number of cooperation initiatives and
talented people in technological and scientific areas, Porto is an early-stage
ecosystem with room for improvements in different areas of knowledge, as talent
management, financial supports, entrepreneurial incentives, and startup’s
programs, all addressed during this investigation and with great relevance to the
ecosystem sustainable growth.
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Monteiro, Catarina Candeias. "O papel da responsabilidade social das empresas na capacitação de comunidades: estudo de caso “hub de inovação social”." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/7402.
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A presente Dissertação foi elaborada com vista à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Economia Social e Solidária.
Este trabalho pretende contribuir para o estudo sobre a Responsabilidade Social das Empresas, analisando de que forma as empresas podem, através da aplicação de práticas de RSE, contribuir para o desenvolvimento de comunidades desfavorecidas, capacitando-as para, em conjunto, poderem transformar-se em comunidades mais coesas social e economicamente.
A reflexão do tema incide sobre um projeto desenvolvido pela Fundação EDP, o “Hub de Inovação Social”, criado em 2010 e implementado em duas comunidades: na Freguesia de Paranhos, no Porto, e na Freguesia de São Brás, na Amadora. Este projeto, através de uma metodologia inovadora, privilegiando os valores da colaboração e da cooperação, pretende contribuir para o desenvolvimento destas duas comunidades.
Para a análise do projeto Hub de Inovação Social foi indispensável fazer uma reflexão teórica, que possibilitasse a elaboração do Quadro Teórico, onde são discutidos os conceitos de Responsabilidade Social das Empresas, Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Desenvolvimento Local e, por último, o conceito de Inovação Social.The present essay was elaborated in order to obtain the Master in Social and Solidary Economy. This essay intends to contribute to the study of the Corporate Social Responsibility, by analyzing the ways companies can develop poorer communities, through the application of CSR policies, enabling and transforming themselves into more cohesive communities. This dissertation focuses on a project called Hub de Inovação Social conducted by Fundação EDP, which was created in 2010 and implemented in two locations: Paranhos, Porto and São Brás, Amadora. Using an original methodology and privileging the values of collaboration and cooperation, this project aims to contribute to the development of these communities. In order to study the “Hub de Inovação Social” it was imperative to make an analysis in order to create a conceptual framework integrating the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility alongside with the notions of Sustainable Development, Local Development and Social Innovation.
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Shinga, Nonkululeko Yolette Zenobia. "Taking ideas from mind to market : challenges and critical success factors for effective incubation of ICT start-up firms within the innovation hub." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/7354.
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The study examines the challenges and critical success factors for effective incubation of ICT start-up firms. Information and communication technology (ICT) start-up firms are internationally acknowledged for their contribution to economic growth, improving the quality of life and job creation.
The selected case site is the Innovation Hub which hosts a hi-tech incubator called Maxum. The Innovation Hub is an internationally accredited science park located in Tshwane, Pretoria which was launched by the Gauteng Provincial Government in year 2002.
The Innovation Hub’s challenge is that its incubation programme is similar to those employed in the developed world. The off-the-shelve programme has not been customised for use within the South African socio-economic context. However, the Innovation Hub is a relatively high performing incubator which has met the prescribed precursors for success.
The critical success factors include the hands-on professional services provided to entrepreneurs, value networks and government support. In order to improve the success rate of the incubation of ICT start-up firms, there is a need to adopt a long-term approach towards innovation support and to establish an incentive funding mechanism that fosters job creation by entrepreneurs.
The objectives of the study were achieved. The researcher has extended Kumar & Kumar framework and added three critical success factors. The findings of the study cannot be generalised but can be replicated. These findings are of value to the incubator managers and also to the policy-makers when developing and enacting policies that promote incubation of ICT start-up firms.Thesis (M.Com.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, 2010.
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ShierlyEvelyna and 湯愛惠. "Designer as Innovation Champion in Global Open System Production Network: A Study of Designers in Taiwan Dutch Design Post at C-Hub, NCKU." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dgspzt.
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Goerdes, Christian. "Enabling innovation in large companies using innovation hubs, corporate accelerators or incubators: a practical example of Deutsche Lufthansa AG." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/52478.
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To overcome the obstacles to innovation, large companies have increasingly created corporate innovation hubs, accelerators or incubators. This study uses the example of the Deutsche Lufthansa Group to illustrate their main considerations, opportunities and challenges. It provides first the set-up, design and evaluation of Lufthansa’s innovation hub model and then derives six key implications other companies should acknowledge when creating a respective hub. One of them is of particular importance: Since ideas that were initially developed and fostered by an innovation hub often lose ground thereafter, each innovation hub should establish a clear “follow up” plan as an inevitable strategic element.
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LIN, CHEN-LUNG, and 林鎮隆. "Agricultural Product Innovation: The Case Study of Chang Hua City Farmer’s Association." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/eqjq5n.
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碩士亞洲大學
會計與資訊學系
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The original “three treasures” boosted by Changhua City are meat balls, rice with stewed pork as well as the “Rat Noodles”(special soup noodles with shrimp balls, mushroom balls and chicken balls created by Mr. Mu-rong Chen and his father, both of whom were born in the lunar year of the Rat), which are renowned throughout Taiwan. With the change of internal and external environment, to encourage the diversified development of agriculture and display the rich agricultural characteristics of Changhua City, the Changhua Farmers’ Association selected in 2010 three of the most unique local farm products and named them as “the new three treasures of Changhua”, including the coffee produced on Pakua Mountain (Eight Diagrams Mountain), the pure longan honey and the health-preserving drinks. This study uses case studies mainly to explore how the Changhua Farmers’ Association created the new specialty agriculture products and successfully promoted such products, bringing new business opportunities for Changhua. The study also tries to understand the positive influence of the new “three treasures” on the city and the local farmers. The basis for this study are the creativity theory 4P and the cultural creative park theory 5P put forward by scholar Ms. Ming-Hui Chen (2010), which are concluded and modified to the five aspects of Policy, Person, Process, Place and Product. In-depth interview and secondary data were used to collect and analyze the date to explore the innovative development mode of the specialty agriculture products used by the Changhua Farmers’ Association.
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HAN, HSIU-JEN, and 韓修仁. "Service Innovation in Information Service Industry: A Case of Hua Sin Company." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/e54pex.
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碩士亞洲大學
EMBA高階經理碩士在職學位學程
107
In the past, it was necessary to increase the opportunities for commercial exposure through communication and transmission between people. Nowadays, e-commerce has also benefited from advances in information technology and began to prevail in online purchases. Due to the characteristics of the information industry, enterprises can only obtain one-time income, personnel costs, and the number of customers is gradually increasing, making it difficult to control. Therefore, this study explores the service innovation of the information service industry with activity theory. The purpose of this study is: First, to explore the service innovation system of the information industry; Second, to solve the problem of one-time income. This study adopts the case study method, using Huaxin Information Company as a research case, conducting data analysis, and constructing a system analysis framework through the literature, thereby obtaining the service innovation architecture of the information service industry. This study obtains the following conclusions: First, service innovation architecture of the information service industry; Second, further analysis of customer purchase analysis data, and third, the model can solve the problem of SMEs.
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Chiang, Chih Chieh, and 江志杰. "The Research of the Innovative Design by Integrating TRIZ and QFD theories-On- Bicycle Hub as an example." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77293528131578078140.
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碩士逢甲大學
機械與電腦輔助工程學系
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With the Economic growth and the improvements in living standards, the function of a bicycle gradually transformed from a traditional method of transportation to leisure sport. The Bicycle industry has significantly changed toward design for sport.Consumers are now seeking a product that gives them the comfort and satisfaction. However, the cyclist experiences the poor conditions of off-load are worse than the on-load changes. The Rotation-translation matching is essential for entire bicycle system to produce a good bicycle. A good design of the wheel hub will boost the efficiency of translation and reduce the unevenness of the bicycle. Pedal position and noises are relevant to hub design. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a methodology used to transform user demands into quality design, which was originally developed by Dr. Yoji Akao.Its contents are quality, function and deployment.Quality – satisfactory performance of a product that is suitable for its intended purpose. Function – in products, it also means the “Requirements” usually specifies the most important attributes of the requested system. Deployment – a process-mapping tool used to articulate the steps of a given process including concept, design, manufacture and service. TRIZ presents a systematic approach for finding inventive solutions. Inventive principles and the matrix of contradictions and Substance-field analysis are the two tools for solving inventive problems. However, TRIZ might be solving inventive problems but the customer needs might not be given due consideration. In conclusion, this research integrates TRIZ and QFD methodologies considering customer requirements as well as invention principles for hub design in bicycles.
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LIN, KUEI-YIN, and 林桂英. "The Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Innovation in Elementary Schools of Chang-hua country." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10301611328277525572.
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碩士明道大學
企業高階管理碩士班
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The purposes of this research are to understand the current situation of the intellectual capital and organizational innovation of Changhua county’s elementary schools, and the relationship between them. Besides, the research also discusses the conceptual differences between elementary school teachers under different background variables, and hopes to offer a good reference for the following research. The research utilizes the questionnaire survey, and the questioned people are the staffs of Changhua county’s elementary schools, including teachers as directors, teachers as group leaders, grade teachers, and course teachers. As for the sampling, we decide the sample number under the ratio of stratification sampling first, then we use the convenient sampling method to decide sample schools under the ratio of stratification. In this way, we have 550 elementary schools’ staffs as our research samples, and after our efforts, we have retreated 485 valid samples, with the valid sampling ratio of 88.18%. We employ the following statistical methods to analyze our research data: mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson Product-moment correlation and hierarchical regression. Under the analysis results, we have the following conclusions. 1. Elementary school teachers with different background variables have significant difference on the concept of intellectual capital. 2. Elementary school teachers with different background variables have significant difference on the concept of organizational innovation. 3. Intellectual capital embraces positive effects upon the administrative management innovation of organizational innovation. 4. Intellectual capital embraces positive effects upon the curriculum teaching innovation of organizational innovation. 5. Intellectual capital embraces positive effects upon the students’ activity innovation of organizational innovation. 6. Intellectual capital embraces positive effects upon the organizational atmosphere innovation of organizational innovation. 7. Intellectual capital embraces positive effects upon the resource utilization innovation of organizational innovation. Finally, based on the above conclusions, this study promotes some suggestions for school managers and education units, and also offers the recommendations for the academic fields. Keywords: Intellectual Capital, Organizational Innovation
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Chang, Han-Tien, and 張瀚天. "A Study of Innovation of Agricultural Product of Farmers’ Association：A Case of Chang-Hua Farmers’ Association." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92q694.
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碩士國立暨南國際大學
管理學院經營管理碩士學位學程碩士在職專班
105
Changhua City Farmers’ Association is a local farmers' association who has made progress in the eight-year period and has tried to create a greater surplus in the supply and marketing department of agricultural products sales. Although Changhua City Farmers’ Surplus has achieved steady growth in the past eight years, but the association is facing a more and more strong global competitive environment. How the team of the associationan work together to continue to meet the Taiwan farmers' political, economic, educational, social standard functions, and carry out the effective implementation of credit, supply and marketing, promotion and insurance of four business. Looking to the future, Taiwan local agricultural products innovation and development is the most important and most urgent need for Changhua City Farmers' Association to have the management of strategic thinking and positive actions as well. In the past, the research is concerned with the process of innovation and development of agricultural products, but our reseach is looking into the whole process of adopting any innovation and development of agricultural products. On the whole, the nature of innovation and development of agricultural products has to be done, what can be done in the past, what is now doing, and what can be done in the future, so for the innovation and development of agricultural products in Changhua City, the purpose of this study is as follows: 1. To restore and analyze the innovation and development of local agricultural products in terms of what it has to do, what can be done in the past, and what is now doing. 2. To think and plan the innovation and development of agricultural products in Changhua City Farmers' Association in terms of what can be done in the future. 3. To put forward the practical development of agricultural products and propose the new proposals to enhance the management performance of Changhua City Farmers’ Association
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Lin, Mei-Chen, and 林美貞. "The Impact of Financial Technology Innovation on Bank Operation Management :A Case Study of Hua Nan Bank." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w272c4.
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碩士國立中山大學
管理學院高階經營碩士學程在職專班
107
This study applied the diffusion of innovation theory to explore the impact and opportunities of financial technology innovation on banking industry. The historical data with regrad to the innovative product design, operation process, customer service, and business models of the targeting company are also collected and analysed to obtain the supporting evidence. Moreover, the research explores the possibility of cross-border alliance between financial institutes and IT companies in order to offer insights for commercial banks to make financial innovation decisions as well. Based on the in-depth interview and secondary data analyses, the research finds and summarizes the risks and pressures, brought by the FinTech, faced by the traditional banks. Research findings, conversely, also reveal the co-opetition opportunities between banks and IT companies. The results obtained in this study will provide significant implications for advancing banks’ FinTech mindset and execution. Limitations and future directions are discussed as well. Keywords: financial technology, diffusion of innovation theory, cross-border cooperation, coopetition
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Miziolek, Tomasz. "Startup failures: the research on the major factors causing the startup failures." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/120105.
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The research is focused on finding out what are the major reasons for start up failures. To accomplish that, the survey on the founders of start ups that failed was conducted. The results were split into the general presentation and divided by the characteristics of companies such as a stage of development, number of founders, industry, type of financing, and business model. The critical factors of start up failures turned out to be Poor sales and marketing, Business model not viable, Not the right team, Other market problems (not enough traction, too niche market), Lack of financing. The results differ in the start ups with different characteristics.
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CHO, HUI-MIN, and 卓惠敏. "The Influence of Organizational Innovation Climate on Administrative Service Quality：Using Elementary Schools in Chang-Hua County as Examples." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7y554g.
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碩士明道大學
企業高階管理碩士班
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The purpose of this study is to investigate and further predict the relationship between organizational innovation climate and administrative service quality in elementary schools of Chang-Hua County. The study was based on the teachers in 36 elementary schools in Chang-Hua County. There were 548 questionnaires given out, 468 effective ones returned. The retrieved probability were 88.7％. There were 441 effective questionnaire and the probability of the usable questionnaire were 80.5％. The data gathered was conducted by computer software SPSS version 20.0. The statistics methods used were t-test, one-way ANOVA (Analysis of Variance), Pearson cross-product correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. The findings of this study are as follows： 1. Teachers’ awareness in organizational innovation climate is above the average in elementary schools of Chang-Hua County. Among all the variables, organizational impediments have the lowest score. 2. In terms of sufficient resources of the organizational innovation climate, “Directors” have higher awareness than “Homeroom teachers”, “Teachers in smaller scale school,” meaning less than 12 classes in a school, have higher awareness than “Teachers in bigger scale school,” meaning more than 25 classes. And “Urban teachers” have higher awareness than “Rural teachers”. 3. Teachers’ awareness in administrative service quality is significant in elementary schools of Chang-Hua County. Among all the variables, tangibility has the highest score. 4. In terms of assurance of the administrative service quality, “Male teachers’” awareness is obviously higher than “Female teachers”, “Teachers with graduation and above degree” have obviously higher awareness than “Teachers with college degree”, “Directors” have higher awareness than “Homeroom teachers”. And “Remote school teachers” have higher awareness than “Downtown school teachers”. 5. From the figures of “freedom”, “work group supports”, “supervisory encouragement”, “sufficient resources”, “organizational impediments” of the organizational innovation climate, one can predict the reliability of the administrative service quality decisively. 6. From the figures of “freedom”, “work group supports”, “supervisory encouragement”, “sufficient resources” of the organizational innovation climate, one can predict the responsiveness of the administrative service quality decisively. 7. From the figures of “work group supports”, “supervisory encouragement”, “sufficient resources”, “organizational impediments” of the organizational innovation climate, one can predict the assurance of the administrative service quality decisively. 8. From the figures of “work group supports”, “supervisory encouragement”, “sufficient resources” of the organizational innovation climate, one can predict the empathy of the administrative service quality decisively. 9. From the figures of “freedom”, “work group supports”, “sufficient resources”, “organizational impediments” of the organizational innovation climate, one can predict the tangibles of the administrative service quality decisively.
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CHIN, CHEN YUNG, and 陳詠琴. "The Influence of Intellectual Capital on Organizational Innovation: UsingJunior High School in Chang-Hua Country as an Example." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6z7aq7.
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碩士明道大學
企業管理學系碩士班
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Any types of organizations are like organisms, which need to be infused with new elements continuously. Otherwise, the organization may either lead to annihilation or fail to achieve its goal of existence. Therefore, constant innovation turns to be necessary in any kinds of organizations. Innovation is the chief factor which stimulates the organization to grow and develop. Yet, what factor motivates the organization to innovate? The accumulation of intellectual capital, the important factor, should be paid much attention. Intellectual capital means the sums of intangible assets that the whole organization possesses. Intellectual capital not only becomes effective in enhancing the value of the organization but also keeps it competitive. As for academic organizations, under attack of declining birthrate, if they can accumulate and integrate their intellectual capital, and then innovate the organizations to draw more students to attend, the management of schools will stay in a stable condition. This study, regarding intellectual capital as independent variables and organization innovation as dependent variables, discusses the relationship between intellectual capital and organizational innovation. The questionnaire survey, taking stratified samples, aims at the junior high school teachers in Changhua County. 520 copies of questionnaires, which are answered for collecting information, including 457 copies of valid questionnaires, reach 87.8% valid response rate. Next, analyze the received information with descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression analysis. Below are the study results: （1）Teachers of different background variables appear significant differences on the cognition of intellectual capital. （2）Teachers of different background variables show remarkable divergence on the cognition of organizational innovation. （3）Intellectual capital has positive influences on innovative administrative management of organizational innovation. （4）Intellectual capital has positive influences on innovative curricula teaching of organizational innovation. （5）Intellectual capital has positive influences on innovative students’ activities of organizational innovation. （6）Intellectual capital has positive influences on innovative organizational climate of organizational innovation. （7）Intellectual capital has positive influences on innovative equipment resources of organizational innovation.
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Lumango, José Francisco. "Regulação e supervisão das fintechs nos mercados financeiro da União Europeia." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/100265.
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This research aims to identify the challenges of regulation and supervision of fintechs in the European Union in the financial markets, a reality stimulated by technological innovation that is revolutionizing financial innovation. The discovery of new ways to regulate new financial products and services puts at risk two essential goals for their survival: the first is the possibility of financial innovation eliminating financial intermediation, jeopardizing one of the main sources of profitability for banks; and the second is the risk that the State, as a regulatory body, will have reduced access to the records of financial transactions. The approach was developed within the scope of regulatory law, framing the financial crisis of 2008, and the technological revolution and financial innovation that affects the financial system. The new realities such as fintechs, bitcoins and blockchains, are changing the paradigms of regulation and supervision, whose answer can be given through Disruptive Regulation, a concept that brings together regtechs and supetechs as a new way of looking at the technological revolution and the financial innovation. The focus on regulating disruptive technologies that stimulate innovation in the financial markets brings with them new regulatory alternatives such as Regulatory Sandboxes, Innovation Hubs, accelerators and incubators for startups dedicated to the experimentation process (application, preparation, testing and evaluation). These new realities also pose complex challenges for regulators, such as the high risk of hacking, the risk of information asymmetry and the difficulty of accountability in case of errors in machines, software and humans. This set of regulatory alternatives supported by suptechs and regtechs is called Disruptive Regulation.A presente pesquisa pretende identificar os desafios da regulação e supervisão das fintechs na União Europeia nos mercados financeiros, uma realidade estimulada pela inovação tecnológica que está a revolucionar a inovação financeira. A descoberta de novas formas de regular os novos produtos e serviços financeiros coloca em risco duas balizas indispensáveis a sua sobrevivência: a primeira consiste na possibilidade de a inovação financeira eliminar a intermediação financeira, pondo em causa uma das principais fontes de rentabilidade dos bancos; e a segunda consiste no risco do Estado, enquanto órgão regulador, ver reduzido o seu acesso aos registos das transações financeiras. A abordagem foi desenvolvida no âmbito do Direito regulatório, enquadrando-se na crise financeira de 2008, e na revolução tecnológica e inovação financeira que afeta o sistema financeiro. As novas realidades como fintechs, bitcoins e blockchains, estão a mudar os paradigmas da regulação e supervisão, cuja resposta pode ser dada por meio de uma Regulação Disruptiva, um conceito que junta as regtechs e supetechs como nova forma de olhar a revolução tecnológica e a inovação financeira. O foco da regulação das tecnologias disruptivas que estimulam a inovação dos mercados financeiros trazem consigo novas alternativas regulatórias como as Regulatory Sandboxes, Innovation Hubs, aceleradoras e incubadoras de startups vocacionados para o processo de experimentação (aplicação, preparação, teste e avaliação). Estas novas realidades acarretam também desafios complexos para os reguladores, como o elevado risco de pirataria informática, o risco da assimetria de informação e a dificuldade de responsabilização em caso de erros das máquinas, software e humanos. A este conjunto de alternativas regulatórias suportados por suptechs e regtechs chamamos de Regulação Disruptiva.
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KUO, SHIU-LIN, and 郭秋伶. "Analysis of the Six Innovation Strategies for Regional Development: A Single Case Study of Sin-Hua Street Town Hall." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17378506607428433654.
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碩士國立臺南大學
經營與管理高階經營碩士在職專班(EMBA)
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Xin-hua Machi yakuba has become a famous sightseeing in Xin-hua. The house-moving of Xin-hua Machi yakuba even hit the headlines in the press. The topic of this research is to boost the prosperity of Xin-hua Lao jie. The qualitative interview of people in the building and direct observation of the environment were selected to develop this research. The six main innovation strategies were used to discuss about the core value of cultural innovation in Machi yakuba, knowing how Machi yakuba Guji become a successful case of innovation. Through the first three strategies, the resources and core capability of Machi yakuba were discussed. The consumer market was well controlled, while the positioning was well segmented as well. Based on the last three strategies, how Machi yakuba should deal with the outer environment was discussed. By using the story-telling strategies, they are able to create their own followers and keep working on the innovation of their own products. Based on the six main innovation strategies, this research mentions about the care of people, the preservation of the culture, the innovation of culture, and the diversity of social responsibility. The territory of Xin-hua Lao jie, from Machi yakuba to Wu-de-dian were well analyzed in this research, hoping to provide a well-developed strategy that helps the community become as prosperous as 1960s again. When Machi yakuba is able to create diverse values, Xin-hua will become a leisure town which is full of culture, creation, and art.
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PolinChen and 陳柏霖. "An Exploratory Study of Value Co-creation for Business Model Innovation Development: A Case Study of Hung-Hua Construction Co., LTD." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ut7ugx.
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YANG, Yu-Hui, and 楊玉卉. "Yu-Hui YANG Cello Recital(With a Supporting Paper: Tradition and Innovation in Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano---A Performer’s Interpretation)." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97721300739705898723.
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碩士國立交通大學
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Abstract As the creator and leader of French Impressionist music, Debussy’s music had a great influence in 20th century. Debussy, who would not like to be bound to obey the rules, was hardly persuaded to the traditional music theory and forms. He was convinced that “there is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is law.” Out of his works, the cello sonata was finished in 1915, his last year. Due to the outbreak of World WarⅡin 1914 and his suffering from cancer, Debussy had to confront with both internal and external stress. His philosophy of life, even the philosophy of music changed. However, even in such an all time low of life, he had a beau ideal in these works. He said “I have begun again to write a little music, mostly so as not to forget it completely, very little for my own satisfaction…. It seems to me there is an opportunity of reverting, not to a too narrow and contemporary French tradition, but to the real true one which one can place immediately after Rameau – just when it was beginning to be lost!” His expectancy and effort uplifted the character and value of the work. On the design of the sonata, Debussy used “sonata form” and tried to emphasize the excellent French heritage, such as Rameau and Couprin’s music of the 17th century. However, he also took his compositional materials from other sources. For example, we can feel the Italian theater “Pierrot fachê avec la lune” in this sonata dramatically. In compositional technique, we find not only magnificent effects and colors, but also the logical construction and its profound expression. Compared with the music theory of Arnold Schoenberg, we can feel more animation and fantasy in Debussy’s music. On the other hand, different from the heavy texture of German tradition, we can feel more elegant and simple impression in his work. Experiencing the change of life and age, alternation of generations, Debussy recorded the story of world by music. We can realize what he saw, what he heard and what he suffered from in his compositions. Even we can’t go back to the age that Debussy was. The music works give us the best record. In this sonata, the composer combined traditions with the new inventions in music. That is why the players always feel the music is so hard to interpret even while many indications and marks are found in the scores. This article is about an interpretation, based on the findings after analyzing the compositional materials and structure of the work. It is also an attempt to understand the music though perceiving Debussy’s reworking on the many traditions of the past, as well as the innovation of that time.