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This book gathers essays that introduce the ideological advances in the philosophy of engineering and technology in contemporary China. It particularly focuses on China's distinctive concepts and methods, revealing different views and academic debates to offer readers a comprehensive overview of this important field.The contributors present unique perspectives based on practical problems and traditional philosophy, examining such issues and concepts as axiology and theories of process, the difference between engineering activities and technology activities, and the core of the relationship between “Dao” and “Technique.”Other essays cover the ethics of technology, practical wisdom (phronesis) and practical reasoning, as well as creative concepts and methods concerning the philosophical problems in high technology, architectural technology, and technological innovation. The authors also consider more general issues in the field.This book compiles the relevant research achievements of Chinese scholars in various time periods. Some authors have revised and translated into English papers published in Chinese, while others present their research in English specifically for this study. An annotated bibliography of the major publications in the field completes this collection.

This book gathers selected peer-reviewed papers presented at the 6th European Lean Educator Conference (ELEC), held in Milan, Italy, on November 11-13, 2019. The conference topics include the following: lean trainings in university and industry collaborations; lean product and process development; lean and people empowerment; emerging contexts for lean applications; measuring lean performance; lean, green and circular; continuous improvement initiatives; lean thinking in practice; organizational culture in lean journeys; and innovative training approaches to teaching lean management. The contributions explore the latest academic and industrial findings on and advances in lean education, and identify innovative methods that allow lean thinking benefits to be achieved in practice. As such, the book presents the outcomes of a fruitful exchange between academia and industry designed to help train the next generation of lean educators.

This book gathers papers presented at the 11th international scientific conference'Transbaltica: Transportation Science and Technology', held on May 2-3, 2019 at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania. It covers cutting-edge issues concerning research and development of modern transport systems. The chapters, written by an international group of experts, discuss novel and smart solutions in the area of vehicle engineering, including environmentally friendly technologies, topics relating to traffic safety, modeling and control, and solutions and challenges in modern logistics. Further topics include multimodal transport and vehicle automation. Providing comprehensive information and ideas concerning innovative transportation technologies and challenges, this book offers a valuable resource for transportation researchers and practitioners, including engineers, managers and decision-makers in the field.

This book features research presented and discussed during the Research & Innovation Forum (Rii Forum) 2019. As such, this volume offers a unique insight into emerging topics, issues and developments pertinent to the fields of technology, innovation and education and their social impact. Papers included in this volume apply inter- and multi-disciplinary approaches to query such issues as technology-enhanced teaching and learning, smart cities,, information systems, cognitive computing and social networking. What brings these threads of the discussion together is the question of how advances in computer science – which are otherwise largely incomprehensible to researchers from other fields – can be effectively translated and capitalized on so as to make them beneficial for society as a whole.In this context, Rii Forum and Rii Forum proceedings offer an essential venue where diverse stakeholders, including academics, the think tank sector and decision-makers, can engage in a meaningful dialogue with a view to improving the applicability of advances in computer science. In brief, Rii Forum takes the imperative inherent in the 4th industrial revolution seriously, in that it identifies ways of making technology usable and therefore inclusive.

The book introduces the concept of ‘smart technologies', especially ‘Internet of Things'(IoT), and elaborates upon various constituent technologies, their evolution and their applications to various challenging problems in society. It then presents research papers and case studies based upon inception, application and implementation of IoT-based smart technologies for various application areas from some of the most technologically conservative domains like agriculture and farming to the most advanced areas such as automobiles, financial transactions and industrial applications. The book contents is thus applicable not only to academic researcher, but also to interested readers from industries and corporates, and those involved in policy making. Excerpt from the Foreword (read the complete text on Springerlink): “This book contains besides the two introductory chapters, written by the project leaders from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, and TU Clausthal (TUC), Germany, the different areas of research work done within the INGPAR (Indo-German Partnership in Advanced Research, founded by DAAD in Germany and UGC in India) project so far by the Indian and German young researchers. It offers new perspectives and documents important progress in smart technologies. I can say without reservation that this book and, more specifically, the method it espouses will change fundamental ideas for cutting-edge innovation and disruption in the smart technology area.” - Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanschke, President, TU Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

This volume collects selected papers of the 5th CESA Automotive Electronics Congress, Paris, 2018. CESA is the most important automotive electronics conference in France. The topical focus lies on state-of-the-art automotive electronics with respect to energy consumption and autonomous driving. The target audience primarily comprises industry leaders and research experts in the automotive industry.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Exploring Services Science, IESS 2018, held in Karlsruhe, Germany, in September 2018. The 30 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The book is structured in six parts, each featuring contributions describing current research in a particular domain of service science: Service Design and Innovation; Smart Service Processes; Big Data in Services; Service Topics Open Exploration; Design Science Research in Services. The book offers an extended, ICT-focused vision on services and addresses multiple relevant aspects, including underlying business models, the necessary processes and technological capabilities like big data and machine learning. The academic work showcased at the conference should help to advance service science and its application in practice.

This book gathers a diverse range of novel research on modeling innovation policies for sustainable economic development, based on a selection of papers from a conference on modeling innovation systems and technologies (MIST). It aims at encouraging interdisciplinary and comparative approaches, bringing together researchers and professionals interested in sustainable economic, technological development and open innovation, as well as their dissemination and practical application.The respective contributions explore a variety of topics and cases, including regional innovation policy, the effects of open innovation on firms, innovation and sustainability in tourism, and the use of information and communication technologies. All chapters share a strong focus on new research and innovation methodologies, in keeping with the Experimentation and Application Research (EAR) and Open Innovation 2.0 principles.

This book presents a systematic literature review of 156 published papers on business model innovation (BMI). The aim is to identify and integrate the different theoretical perspectives, analytical levels, and empirical contexts in order to deepen understanding of this complex phenomenon. The authors conduct an inductive thematic analysis based on an informal ontological classification that identifies 56 key themes. Within each theme, discussion focuses on thematic patterns, potential inconsistencies and debates, and future directions and opportunities for research. The book makes a number of significant contributions to the field. First, it offers a deeper understanding of the evolution of research on BMI through an ontological map that identifies the key thematic areas in the literature. Second, a multilevel model is developed that clarifies the concept of BMI by identifying its drivers, contingencies, and outcomes. Third, the authors identify clear and specificdirections for further research and offer suggestions on research design, creating an informative road map for the future. The book will be of value both to scholars and researchers and to practitioners.

a curated collection of easily readable summaries of recent academic research papers from the world's leading business schools on innovation and entrepreneurship

This book gathers together, in a new way, established and contemporary thinking about how to get the best out of information technology and information systems investments. Working managers who are beset by the complexities of information management in the age of Big Data and the Social Web, and students who are trying to make sense of information management in a chaotic world that is more and more driven by the Internet, will all benefit from this new treatment of a long-standing and problematic domain. Importantly, the book reveals and clarifies the dependencies that exist between the inner world of information technology and the outer world of people and organisations at work.The book differs from other books in its reflective approach. It avoids lengthy, descriptive, and prescriptive dogma. Rather, it provides tools for thinking about information management and it identifies strategic and tactical options at six levels: from the simple consideration of information technology and information systems, right through to issues of organisational performance and business strategy. At the heart of the matter are two critical and tightly connected issues: the ways that we conceive and manage an organisation's processes, and the ways that we conceive and manage the information that an organisation needs to sustain those processes. The six-level framework that achieves this clarity is the “Information Management Body of Knowledge” (familiarly known as the “IMBOK”). This easy-to-understand and easy-to-remember framework has been found to be extremely useful in business, in government, in civil society and in education. Throughout the book, selected research papers are identified and summarised. There are also summary chapters from three different operational perspectives: performance and competency assessment using the IMBOK, undertaking research into related issues, and a review of parallel expert thinking.This book standsas a reference point and resource for all those who need to straddle the disparate worlds of “information technology” and “business”. It provides firm pedagogical foundations for courses dealing with business management in the information age, and it provides a sound reference framework for researchers who need to position research projects related to information technology and information systems in a wider context. For busy managers, who simply wish to identify, understand and successfully manage information technology-related opportunities, it provides an ideal arrangement of ideas and tools that will help them.

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB) held in Cambridge, MA, USA, in June 2012. The software business refers to commercial activities in the software industry, aimed at generating revenues from the design, delivery, and maintenance of software products and IT services to enterprises and individual customers, as well as from digital content. Although this business shares common features with other knowledge-intensive markets, it carries many inherent features making it a challenging domain for research. The 20 full and 10 short papers accepted for ICSOB were selected from 60 submissions and are organized in sections on software product management, organizational transformation, industry transformation, software platforms and ecosystems, and emerging trends.

The advanced capitalist nations are currently undergoing an enormous economic, social, and political transformation. At the heart of this transformation is the transition between large scale, standardized production (Fordism) and new, more flexible approaches to manufacturing (flexibility), and a concomitant extension of manufacturing to include products both concrete (goods) and ephemeral (services). This volume explores the consequences of this transition from the standpoints of technology, labor relations, firm strategy, education, government programs, and geography. The book is a collection of papers by well-known scholars investigating the current global transition from mass consumption and production to flexible production for niche markets. The book is unique in that it not only discusses standard economic concerns, but also investigates the social and political implications of this transition. Each chapter is concerned with a different aspect of the same restructuring process.

Fiorenza Belussi, Giorgio Gottardi, and Enzo Rullani This volume collects some papers presented at the Vicenza conference'The Future of Districts', held in June 1999, organised by the Department of Technology and Management of Industrial Systems of the Faculty of Engineering of Padua University, with the collaboration of several engineers, industrial economists, and experts in the issue of technology management. This was the starting point of a long-lasting and painful colIective discussion, the results of which are documented here, during many meetings of this'itinerant'group, including the workshop in Padua, organised by Professor Luciano Pilotti and held in May 2001,'Systems, governance & knowledge within firm networks'at the Department of Economics of the University of Padua, and the recent international research seminar, held in May 2002, in Rome at the Tagliacarne Institute, within the EU sponsored project'Industrial districts're­ location processes: identifying policies of EU enlargement West-East ID'. The reason we decided to organise this book was not only to underline the importance of the industrial district (ID) model as a tool of propulsive local growth in a country like Italy. On the contrary, the idea that moved us was the theoretical dissatisfaction with the way in which the phenomenon of local development and industrial clustering of specific industries was treated in the international approach of the various disciplines.

Innovation networks are a major source for acquiring new information and knowledge and thus for supporting innovation processes. Despite the many theoretical and empirical contributions to the explanation of networks, many questions still remain open. For example: How can networks, if they do not emerge by their own, be initiated? How can fragmentation in innovation systems be overcome? And how can networking experience from market economies be transferred to the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe? By presenting a selection of papers which address innovation networking from theoretical and political viewpoints, the book aims at giving answers to these questions.

This book Advances in Technology and Management contains 116 full length papers presented at the International Conference on Technology and Management, held on June 12-13, 2012, Jeju-Island, Korea. The goal of ICTAM 2012 is to bring together researchers working in many different areas of technology and management to foster international collaborations and exchange of new ideas. This volume can be divided into two sections on the basis of the classification of manuscripts considered. The first section deals with technology. The second section of this volume consists of management.

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third IFIP WG 5.4. Working Conference on Computer Aided Innovation, CAI 2009, held in Harbin, China, in August 2009. The papers deal with advanced approaches in education and training; data mining; text mining; semantic Web; optimization and innovation, shape and topology generators; design automation; integration of CAI methods and tools into engineering; innovation process and engineering information pipeline; innovation in collaborative networks of enterprises; professional virtual communities as well as engineering design.

Entrepreneurship is a powerful force for change and innovation; you can be a part of it. This open access book is your key to unlocking your potential as an entrepreneur and impacting the world through your actions. Written by experienced startup guides and backed by rigorous academic research, this book takes you through the essential steps along your entrepreneurial journey. This unique mix of theory and practical advice you can apply equips you to master your entrepreneurial journey. From developing your idea to validating it and creating real-world impact, the authors provide you with the tools, methods, and heuristics you need to succeed. Whether you're just starting or looking to take your entrepreneurial skills to the next level, this book is your ultimate guide. With its practical, actionable advice and real-world examples, it is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to make a difference and leave their mark on the world. So what are you waiting for? Start your entrepreneurial journey today!

This book underscores the idea of harnessing the sustainable designs and materials in nature and integrating them into the field of engineering to design innovative materials and structures with multifunctional properties targeting defense, automotive, aerospace, electronics, nuclear, healthcare, energy, sports, packaging, etc. to offer improved safety, reliability, performance, durability, sustainability, and functionality. The concept of sustainability involves the understanding of how nature has evolved solutions to various challenges over millions of years and applying these principles to design innovative materials and structures with multifunctional properties. This book provides a thorough examination of the methods and techniques used in developing sustainable materials and structures, highlighting their potential for multifunctional applications. The book delves into the expansion of our understanding in this field, which is accompanied by novel synthesis and processing methods. These methods and techniques incorporate sustainable strategies, to create innovative materials and systems to offer a wide range of properties and functions, making them highly attractive for various applications in different fields of advanced technology. In addition, these materials and structures can be tailored to have specific properties and functions, such as self-healing capabilities, high strength-to-weight ratios, and enhanced energy absorption which are the prime requirements for the researchers looking for lightweight materials and structures.

In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird basierend auf dem Modell des „Dynamic Capability View“ - Ansatzes, der die Anpassungsfähigkeit von Unternehmen betont, mittels Mixed-Methods-Ansatzes ein praxisrelevantes Modell zur Implementierung von Strategischem Trendmanagement entwickelt, das den gängigen Innovationsprozess um strategische Trendarbeit erweitert und interne Unternehmensebenen mit dem externen Umfeld verknüpft. Die Volatilität der Märkte macht das Geschäftsumfeld des Handelssektors anspruchsvoll und wettbewerbsintensiv. Strategisches Vorausschauen wird entscheidend, um zukünftige Herausforderungen zu antizipieren und Trends in verwertbare Erkenntnisse für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu übersetzen. Strategisches Trendmanagement bietet einen methodischen Ansatz, der Unternehmen hierbei unterstützt.

This book delves into contemporary business analytics techniques across sectors for critical decision-making. It combines data, mathematical and statistical models, and information technology to present alternatives for decision evaluation. Offering systematic mechanisms, it explores business contexts, factors, and relationships to foster competitiveness. Beyond managerial perspectives, it includes contributions from professionals, academics, and scholars worldwide, delivering comprehensive knowledge and skills through diverse viewpoints, cases, and applications of analytical tools. As an international business science reference, it targets professionals, academics, researchers, doctoral scholars, postgraduate students, and research organizations seeking a nuanced understanding of modern business analytics.

This book offers a detailed analysis of the intersection of sustainability, innovation, and global progress, and it comprehensively explores sustainable practices and their impact on business, education, and technology. The book shows how businesses can incorporate sustainability into their core operations, including environment-friendly supply chains, renewable energy adoption, circular economy models, ethical decision-making, and sustainable growth strategies. Successful sustainable businesses and the benefits of their socially responsible practices are highlighted. In addition, the book explores how education can shape a sustainable future. It is necessary to integrate the ideas of sustainability into the curricula of early childhood education to higher learning institutions to educate and empower the next generation of changemakers. The role of technology in advancing sustainability efforts is also investigated, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, clean energy solutions, green architecture, and smart cities. Other topics explored in the book include global sustainability efforts such as international collaborations, public-private partnerships, and multilateral initiatives; the role of governments, NGOs, and international organizations in promoting sustainable development; ethical considerations and social impacts of sustainable practices, for example, social justice, inclusivity, and environmental stewardship; connections between sustainable development and improved quality of life; and groundbreaking ideas and innovations for industries to tackle sustainability issues. The book offers a comprehensive and forward-looking perspective on sustainability. By combining different viewpoints, the book empowers readers with the knowledge and inspiration to contribute meaningfully to a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient world.

This book provides an extensive overview of family business-related topics such as context and uniqueness, lifecycle and ownership configurations, conflict management, corporate governance, succession challenges, internationalization, innovation, and socioemotional wealth. Each chapter features clear learning objectives, key concepts and terminology, and dedicated case studies to demonstrate the main messages. The book not only considers the day-to-day dynamics in family businesses but also places substantial emphasis on the entrepreneurial skills needed for these businesses to survive and thrive, today and tomorrow. In addition, it elaborates and discusses a number of best practice examples, which offer valuable guidance not only for scholars but also for students who wish to study these challenges. This new edition includes new topics, such as open innovation, sustainable and green family entrepreneurship, digital aspects in the family business, estate planning, and strategic HR. Specially curated case studies, and additional tasks and activities for classrooms will be particularly useful for MBA students and lecturers.

In Six Memos for the Next Millennium, Italo Calvino elaborated on six concepts or memos to offer insights on the ‘shapes of things to come', which were lightness, rapidity, exactness, visibility, multiplicity and consistency. To do so, the Italian writer embraced an interdisciplinary approach to describe each concept through juxtaposition of its antonyms, heaviness, slowness, indeterminacy, invisibility, uniqueness, and inconsistency. Inspired by Calvino's intuition, this book puts forward the notion of the ‘Calvino Method'to interpret the inner dynamics of innovation processes. Drawing on literature and cases from the fields of innovation, history of technology, organisation theory and corporate strategy, the book elaborates on each of the six concepts to offer a unique angle to understand innovation as technological, organisational and cultural change that generates value across a variety of domains. The linguistic juxtapositions at the root of the CalvinoMethod forms the framework of The Grammar of Innovation and the tension between opposites, which at first seems insoluble, emerges as the catalyst of future thought. This book will be of great interest to scholars of innovation, strategy, organisation studies, philosophy of business, and all those with an interest in the works of Italo Calvino.

This book integrates for readers three areas of knowledge, pertaining to risk-based project decision making: project risk management (PRM), complexity theory, and decision-making under deep uncertainty (DMDU). Readers will appreciate that in practice, too often relevant complexity and uncertainty factors are either ignored or overlooked resulting in epic project failures. The author discusses a variety of methodologies and a decision-tree-type framework to determine why, when and how particular methodologies should be applied to ensure project success. These include nonlinear Monte Carlo techniques, a dynamic adaptive methodology to adapt to external environment changes, game theory for devising robust decision-making criteria, systems dynamics and cost escalation modelling, as well as risk-based & economic-based alternatives selection methodologies. This book will be an eye-opener for many PRM practitioners, helping to increase their chances of project success by properly handling inescapable project-complexity and deep-uncertainty implications in specific contexts.

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are one of the key concepts of Industry 4.0. Despite their great potentials for industrial value creation, there are challenges, such as a significant increase in complexity, as a result of which the development status of Industry 4.0 is behind expectations. This book addresses this issue with the following research design: In addition to providing a comprehensive foundation of industrial CPS and Industry 4.0, four studies are conducted, each consisting of an exploratory research part and a design science research (DSR) part. In doing so, four perspectives are directed at the topic of industrial CPS: A systemic, a stakeholder-centered, an organizational and a holistic. In conclusion, the contributions are integrated in a summary and the artifacts are incorporated into an overarching methodological framework. Thus, theoretical contributions are derived and concrete practical recommendations for the main target groups of organizations, educational institutions and international delegations provided.

In 2015 and 2016 more than a million people sought refuge from conflict and hardships in Germany. While the response was ambivalent, across the country large networks of supporters formed, offering various kinds of assistance to the arriving persons. This book takes these developments as a starting point. It reports on an HCI project, building on the emancipatory traditions of Participatory Design and the Socio-Informatics approach, aiming to develop assistive technologies for forced migrants as well as their supporters. It focusses on the design process and reflects on the nature of intervening through participatory design in matters of migration and arrival. The work draws on feminist conceptualisations of care and outlines how care and participation interacted in this context to support the longterm maintenance of the design results, but also how care relations between the different participant groups undermined the democratic aims of participation. It draws out preliminary lessonsfor an interventionist HCI practice.

The book aims to provide up-to-date research on the emerging technologies and applications in Industry 5.0, challenges and emerging trends in Industry 5.0 and the role of Industry 5.0 in sustainable economy. Industry 5.0 is a new production model where the focus lies in the interaction between humans and machines. Industry 5.0 takes the next step, which involves leveraging the collaboration between increasingly powerful and accurate machinery and the unique creative potential of the human being. Industry 5.0 is characterized by going beyond producing goods and services for profit. It shifts the focus from the shareholder value to stakeholder value and reinforces the role and the contribution of industry to society. Industry 5.0 is the future and already an emerging trend: the interaction and collaboration between man and machine. It places the well being of the worker at the center of the production process and uses new technologies to provide prosperity beyond jobs and growth while respecting the production limits of the planet. It complements the existing'Industry 4.0'approach by specifically putting research and innovation at the service of the transition to a sustainable, human-centric and resilient European industry. Industry 5.0 brings benefits for industry, for workers and for society. But making Industry 5.0 a reality is not just a nice thing to do. Industries must adapt, evolve and embrace the green and digital transitions to continue to be competitive and remain engines of prosperity. Industries must play an active role in providing solutions to challenges in society including the preservation of resources, climate change and social stability.

This book applies a decision systems science perspective to social systems, using the case of Southeast Asia to illustrate the concepts it sets forth. Southeast Asia is one of the most culturally diverse parts of the world, comprising 11 countries with a combined population of approximately 647 million people. The focus is on Indonesia, the largest and most populous country in the region. Indonesia is an archipelago that is highly heterogeneous. It is the world's fourth most populous country, with some 280 million people spread over 17,508 islands. Great diversity is seen in its culture; however, most of the people greatly value collectiveness or exhibit high sociability and solidarity, i.e., a communal culture. In the culture of business in Indonesia, relationships are absolutely essential as a basis of decision making, thus it is quite different than that found in the West. The ensuing daily complexities require intensive interaction, negotiation processes, and coordination. In this context, common theories and best practices that are generated on the basis of more simplified assumptions often fail. Systems science offers an approach that can take these issues into account and potentially overcome such complexities. This book defines a social system as a complex interconnected set of entities that organize the life of human beings and that are implemented through a process of shared experience and creative tension such that they demonstrate emergent characteristics. To elucidate this definition, the discussion in the book aims to bridge and integrate basic research founded in systems concepts, logic, theories, and models of systems practices and methodologies into a process of social systems research. That process involves engaging various stakeholders in academia, business, and government so that in collaboration they can solve common problems based on multidisciplinary approaches—ones that encompass hard and soft and quantitative and qualitative systems as well as negotiations and simulations. The book has three major parts, the first of which discusses the importance of decisions in social system science that can be applied in managing complexities. The second part describes the use of multidisciplinary approaches for social systems, and the third deals with efforts to apply previously accepted concepts to real cases in Indonesia.

In this book, readers will discover how Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) unlock a company's full potential by providing a transformative framework that clarifies strategic tasks and fosters transparent communication throughout the organization. Aligning mission statements with goals and key metrics, OKRs drive exceptional performance. Built around two fundamental questions—Where does the company want to go? How does it get there?—OKRs infuse purpose and direction. Goals inspire and motivate, while key results provide measurable milestones for self-organized achievement. Harnessing the power of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method, the book guides facilitators and teams through defining, implementing, and evaluating OKRs with creativity and collaboration. It emphasizes leveraging the collective knowledge and experience of the team to set achievable objectives and drive tangible results. Whether one is a facilitator or a team member, the book advocates for a hands-on approach to OKRs. With practical manuals and proven strategies, organizations can accelerate change and foster a culture of success. Welcome to a new era of structured, speedy, and enjoyable goal-setting.

This proceedings volume provides in-depth research in the fields of quality innovation, sustainability, and operations management. It features contributions from the 4th International Conference on Quality Innovation and Sustainability (ICQIS) that explore how research in quality and innovation boost sustainability and includes solutions to complex industrial problems presented by researchers, professionals, and managers in the field. It also examines the drivers of quality management and sustainability in VUCA environments, with a special focus on supply chain management and innovation. Featuring real business cases on quality and sustainability, this book is useful for researchers, scholars, students, and academics interested in quality management, supply chain management, circular economy, and sustainability.

„Ist unser Unternehmen optimal für zukünftige Entwicklungen aufgestellt?“, „Gelingt es uns, die wesentlichen Transformationen im Umfeld zu erkennen und mitzuprägen?“, „Sind wir fähig, Innovationen für eine noch unbekannte Welt zu entwickeln?“ – diese und ähnliche Fragen beschäftigen Führungskräfte, da sie für die Zukunftsfähigkeit einer Organisation von hoher Relevanz sind.Der Blick in die Zukunft ist ungewiss, herausfordernd und für jedes Unternehmen höchst individuell. Umso offener, positiver und konstruktiver Menschen und Organisationen auf das Morgen blicken, desto größer unsere Handlungsspielräume. Jedes Unternehmen, das den Anspruch stellt, die Zukunft aktiv mitgestalten zu wollen, braucht einen weitblickenden Prozess, der nutzerorientierte Innovationsmodelle um die Entwicklung von Zukunftsbildern erweitert.Das vorliegende Buch bietet einen neuen, zukunftsorientierten Innovationsansatz, der das klassische nutzerorientierte Innovationsmodell fortentwickelt und um die Zukunftsperspektive erweitert. Die Autorin erläutert anschaulich, wie die Auseinandersetzung mit wünschenswerten Zukünften die Innovationsarbeit in Unternehmen wesentlich bereichern kann und stellt ein Modell vor, das bekannte Innovationsprozesse um das Explorieren von Trends, das Formulieren von Visionen und das proaktive Entwickeln von Strategien ergänzt.Ausgewählte Fallbeispiele von Unternehmen zeigen, wie individuell und vielschichtig die Gestaltung der Unternehmenszukunft in der Praxis aussehen kann. Sie dienen damit als Inspiration für den eigenen Umgang in der Innovationsarbeit. Mit Beiträgen von:Barbara BoucekThomas FrauscherMarkus KretschmerChristopher LindingerSandra MagerMartina MaraAndrea MassimianiElisabeth SpitzenbergerPatricia Wiendl-Stark

This book offers a comprehensive collection of the latest research presented at the 8th International XR-Metaverse Conference, held in Las Vegas, USA in 2023. Its goal is to bridge the gap between academia and industry by advancing the state of the art in metaverse, XR, AI-based AR and VR technologies, and by exploring their applications in various fields such as business, marketing, education, health care, tourism, events, fashion, entertainment, retail, and the gaming industry. Including contributions by prominent XR scholars from around the globe, the book addresses a wide range of significant topics concerning XR and the metaverse. Showcasing cutting-edge research outputs, it will be of interest to both academics and practitioners eager to catch up on the latest developments in this rapidly evolving field.

The surge in automotive cybersecurity regulations necessitates a structured risk management method. This work examines these regulations, details the European cybersecurity legal framework, and explores the ISO/SAE 21434's threat analysis and risk assessment (TARA) approach. Implementing TARA in real-world scenarios presents challenges, such as identifying the correct assets or performing accurate threat modeling. This book employs a pragmatic approach to TARA across three domains: electrical and electronic systems within the vehicle, the vehicle's connected ecosystem, and manufacturing plants, integrating insights from ISO/IEC 27000 and IEC 62443 standard series without seeking to harmonize them. This book offers a technical guideline for TARA, presenting detailed case studies across these domains and emphasizing technical rigor while ensuring efficiency.

As civilization rapidly evolves into a new radical post-pandemic era, organizations and leaders need to adapt, innovate, and reimagine the future. This guidebook offers insights and strategies for leaders to thrive in this new era, empowering them to embrace their roles as Neo-Innovators, Neo-managers, and Neo-futurists. It is a concise “how-to” guide for anyone who is (or wants to be) involved in the development of radical innovations that solve problems and exploit opportunities in the post-pandemic world. Featuring actionable advice and examples from generative AI and the influencer culture to humanoid robots, self-driving cars and age-slowing therapies, this book equips young and experienced innovators, innovation leaders, and practitioners with the essential tools and mindset to tackle challenges and explore opportunities in a dynamic innovative landscape.

This volume examines how innovation and digital transformation impact the financial and accounting sectors. Featuring selected contributions from the third ‘Finance, Accounting and Law in the Digital Age conference 2024'held at the University of Salamanca, Spain, the contributions of this book explore the development of digital finance and the complicated equation between financial stability, the security of investors and financial consumers, sustainable finance, and support for innovation. Climate change and the exponential growth of technology have built an explosion of financial innovation. The digital revolution has recently reached the financial sector, protected by a specific regulatory environment. The volume describes how all areas of finance are now invested by new players who are transforming the banking and financial landscape to create a novel digital ecosystem.

In the last decades it has become more and more imperative for our societies, and for decision makers in all areas of society, to understand the dynamics through which innovation systems develop and through which socio-technical systems transform themselves. As both innovation and transformation are strongly intertwined, it has equally become imperative to analyse their dynamics as well as their interplay. This open access volume reflects on the research fields that have developed in the last five decades to do exactly that. It defines and delineates research on systems and innovation as encompassing the scientific study of, first, the conditions, dynamics and impacts associated with the generation and uptake of innovations and, second, the development and transformation of functional systems satisfying essential needs such as the provision of energy or water. Further, the area of Systems and Innovation Research (SIR) is characterised by problem and stakeholder oriented research. We chose five decades as time frame because we noted that roughly 50 years ago a number of research institutes dedicated to SIR were founded and the SIR area started to grow significantly. We present a systematic history of nine selected fields within the area of SIR (Innovation policy, Innovation indicators, Foresight, Policy Evaluation, Technology Assessment, Production Paradigms, Renewable Energies, Energy Efficiency, Water Use). We also present a conceptual framework to understand the processes by which the research fields have developed. This allows to draw general lessons as to what drives fields throughout their development and how their role vis-à-vis policy, businesses and societies changes over time. It also allows to speculate about future challenges and trends in the SIR area. This is important because, if anything, the need to govern transformation through innovation will further grow in the future, and with it the need to understand the underlying dynamics.

With the integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI), teachers and learners now have access to powerful tools to enhance their productivity and effectiveness in their work. To meet the demands of this dynamic educational landscape, teachers must embrace AI to handle repetitive tasks, freeing them to focus on more intelligent and humanistic responsibilities. For learners, responsible use of AI could make learning more fun, personalized, flexible, and enriching. This insightful new book explores the evolving role of educators in higher education in a world of rapid technological advancements and provides a practical outline of the available technologies. By integrating Generative AI into teaching and learning, Higher Education Institutions can contribute to achieving inclusive and equitable quality education, a target of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Generative AI can be used to enhance teaching and learning experiences, foster creativity, and develop new learning experiences in higher education. This book is a valuable resource for educators navigating the ever-changing landscape of education technology. With scientific background, practical insights and actionable tips, this book will be of interest to scholars of emerging technologies and innovation in education. It will also be of practical use to instructors seeking to harness the power of generative AI, enhancing productivity and transforming their approach to personalized learning.

This book examines the fundamental concepts and principles of digital transformation and AI, including their historical development, and underlying technologies, and analyzes the opportunities arising from digital transformation and AI in different sectors, such as healthcare, finance, education, transportation, and governance. It provides a comprehensive overview of digital transformation and AI technologies and their current state of implementation. It also explores the potential challenges and risks associated with digital transformation and AI, including ethical considerations, job displacement, privacy concerns, biases, impact on inequality, social interactions, and the overall well-being of individuals and communities. Additionally, the books provides and discusses policy and regulatory frameworks that can effectively address the opportunities and challenges posed by digital transformation and AI leading to responsible AI. It also delves into impact of automation on the job market and workforce. The book concludes by proposing potential strategies for navigating opportunities and challenges of digital transformation and AI integration. It emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary collaboration among stakeholders, including policymakers, industry leaders, academia, and civil society, to develop a comprehensive approach towards harnessing the full potential of digital transformation and AI and associated technologies. The book employs a multidisciplinary approach, drawing from various fields such as computer science, sociology, philosophy, political science, economics, law and governance. It combines theoretical analysis, empirical case studies, and expert perspectives to provide a holistic view of the subject matter. This book caters to a diverse audience, including students, researchers, academics, policymakers, industry professionals, and technology enthusiasts. It provides a valuable resource for those seeking a comprehensive understanding ofthe opportunities and challenges arising from the integration of digital transformation and AI in society.

Technologien tragen erheblich zur Verbesserung der Patientenversorgung im Gesundheitswesen bei. Um das in ihnen liegende Potenzial zu heben und sicherzustellen, dass die richtigen Technologien zum Einsatz kommen, ist eine umfassende Herangehensweise notwendig. Diese beginnt mit einer gründlichen Analyse und Bewertung der verfügbaren Technologien für den jeweiligen Einsatzbereich. Das Technologiemanagement übernimmt im Anschluss die Schlüsselrolle bei der effizienten Einführung neuer Technologien, einschließlich strukturierter Implementierung, Kostenkontrolle und der Gewährleistung von Sicherheit und Datenschutz. Auf diese Weise wird sichergestellt, dass Technologien reibungslos in bestehende Strukturen integriert werden, die Effizienz im Gesundheitswesen steigt und die Qualität der Patientenversorgung erheblich verbessert wird. Das vorliegende Herausgeberwerk gibt einen Überblick zu den aktuellen Themen aus Theorie und Praxis des Technologiemanagements im Gesundheitswesen und umfasst auch Fragen zum Einsatz von künstlicher Intelligenz. In 44 Beiträgen teilen 92 renommierte Autoren ihre umfangreiche Expertise, wertvollen Erkenntnisse, Erfahrungen und vielfältigen Perspektiven und geben konkrete Hinweise für die Praxis. Das Buch zeichnet sich durch eine klare Strukturierung und Einordnung der Buchbeiträge in den technologischen Gesamtkontext aus, wodurch es gleichermaßen für Einsteiger als auch für Praktiker und Wissenschaftler von großem Nutzen ist.

Dieses Buch bietet einen Überblick über gängige Konzepte und Bausteine des Patentmanagements. Es wendet sich an Führungskräfte in den Bereichen Innovation, F&E und Patentmanagement sowie an Wissenschaftler und Studierende. Basierend auf der Zusammenarbeit mit bzw. einer Analyse von mehr als 450 technologieintensiven Unternehmen aus Europa, USA, Kanada, China, Japan, Südkorea, Brasilien und Indien liefert es wertvolle Informationen zu den Ausprägungen des Patentmanagements. Die 5. Auflage wurde vollständig überarbeitet, aktualisiert und erweitert.

In this book key predictors of renewable feedstock adoption to achieve carbon neutrality in the European chemical industry are explored. Systematic data collection for the analysis was conducted through semi-structured expert interviews and document analysis, validating existing theories, including agent-based models of innovation diffusion, the multi-level perspective of socio-technical transition and technological innovation systems. The research findings led to insights on the key predictors of renewable resource adoption and support practitioners to manage the transition to carbon neutrality.

This book compiles the proceedings of ICITS 2023 that comprehensively includes diverse technological facets within the realm of Sports Engineering and Technology. The book encompasses various specialized tracks, including instrumentation, materials, data analytics, biomechanics, simulation, equipment design, and performance analysis, among others. A deeper understanding of the pivotal challenges encountered and technological breakthroughs achieved in the pursuit of enhancing sporting performance is deliberated. The readers are expected to gain insights into prevailing trends, pertinent issues, ameliorative factors, cutting-edge technological innovations, and proposed remedies, thereby further enriching their knowledge of this multidisciplinary field.

This book offers a current perspective on Artificial Intelligence in the context of an ever-changing and growing technological revolution in business management. It analyses how existing companies are adapting, new ones are emerging, and others are disappearing. Process re-engineering has made it possible to reshape organizational structures and create new departments and positions, all geared towards digitalization. The emergence of new business functions has led to new strategic thinking on e.g. companies'structure, size, and core business – but also to the creation of new jobs, the need to cover digital skills, and the need for innovative team management. In short, it is a question of delving deeper into HR and the impact that digitalization has had on it, as the employee is one of the key figures to protect. The book initially focuses on providing a review of the current literature on the advancement of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on business transformation and the emergence of new management models. In turn, it addresses the diverse perspectives that currently dominate the business market, as well as the corporate transformations that have taken place in the post-pandemic era. Lastly, it equips employers with new tools to incorporate into their organizations, facilitating talent retention. In connection with HR, this digital transformation is reflected in new roles for change management and cultural transformation, including the use of digital technologies to improve the employee experience. In brief, the book offers a practical guide to business transformation, technological advances, and their application in human resources departments.

Datenbasierte Dienstleistungen wie die vorausschauende Wartung bieten große Chance für produzierende Unternehmen. Eine Vielzahl an Unternehmen haben entsprechende Industrie 4.0 Projekte angestoßen. Die nachhaltige Umsetzung bereitet jedoch größere Schwierigkeiten als erwartet. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird ein Leitfaden vorgestellt welcher aufzeigt, was für eine nachhaltige Umsetzung für datenbasierte Dienstleistungen zu beachten ist. Dieser Leitfaden umfasst drei übergeordnete Schritte: (1) Entwicklung datenbasierter Dienstleistungen, (2) Konzept für die Umsetzung datenbasierter Dienstleistung aus soziotechnischer Perspektive und (3) Umsetzung. Basierend auf den Erfahrungen eines von der Innosuisse finanzierten Projektes zeigen die Autoren auf, wo die größten Herausforderungen innerhalb der drei übergeordneten Schritte liegen, geben eine kurze Übersicht zur relevanten Literatur und beschreiben die Methoden, welche die Entwicklung und die nachhaltige Umsetzungdatenbasierter Dienstleistungen unterstützen. Dabei stützen sich die Autoren auf die Erkenntnisse der soziotechnischen Systemtheorie und zeigen auf, welche Maßnahmen aus Sicht Mensch, Technik und Organisation notwendig sind.

Das Herausgeberwerk präsentiert aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse und praktische Erkenntnisse aus dem Bereich von digitalen Plattformen und Ökosystemen im Business-to-Business-Kontext. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf empirischen und konzeptionellen Beiträgen. Neben Grundlagen, Enablern und Fallstudien werden ebenso mögliche Vorgehensweisen zur Entwicklung von Plattformen behandelt. Praktikerinnen und Praktiker aus den Bereichen Management, Strategische Planung und Business Development erhalten Impulse, um Digitale Plattformen und Ökosysteme erfolgreich voranzutreiben und so Potenziale innerhalb ihres Unternehmens zu realisieren. Forschende, Lehrende und Studierende aus den Bereichen Digitale Plattformen und Ökosysteme aus dem Business-to-Business-Kontext dienen die Beiträge als Anregung für intensive Diskussionen.

Neben der Einführung und Umsetzung einer Digitalstrategie spielt die ganzheitliche Verwaltung und Organisation von Gesundheitsdaten eine essenzielle Rolle für den Erfolg bei der digitalen Transformation in Krankenhäusern – kurz: ein professionelles Health Data Management (HDM).Dieses Buch widmet sich dieser Herausforderung, indem es in zahlreichen Expertenbeiträgen die dafür notwendigen Handlungsfelder aufzeigt – sie reichen von der Informationsstruktur und -architektur über die Datenerfassung und den interoperablen Datenaustausch bis hin zur Datenanalyse mit Künstlicher Intelligenz, Datenschutz und IT-Sicherheit. Anhand von Praxisbeispielen werden Bedeutung, Chancen, Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze des Health Data Managements erläutert und konkrete Umsetzungsempfehlungen für den Wissenstransfer in den Klinikalltag gegeben.Die technischen Faktoren sollten bei der Planung und Umsetzung des HDM idealerweise durch „weiche“ Faktoren ergänzt werden, wie Unternehmenskultur, Führungsqualität und Mitarbeitermotivation, damit die Interaktion zwischen Mensch, Technologie, Prozessen und Kultur bei der digitalen Transformation im Krankenhaus gelingen kann. Nur so können Arbeitsabläufe verbessert, die Patientenversorgung optimiert, Prozesse vereinfacht, Diagnosen zielgenauer, Pflegekräfte und Ärzte entlastet und das Krankenhaus als Ganzes effizienter und wirtschaftlicher werden. Ein Blick in die Gesundheitssysteme anderer Länder und ihre Datenstrategien rundet dieses Buch ab.Health Data Management ist nicht nur ein technisches, sondern vielmehr ein gesellschaftliches Projekt mit dem Potenzial, das Gesundheitswesen grundlegend zu verändern und die Versorgung der Patienten auf ein neues und nachhaltiges Level zu heben.

The Brief explores the relationship between industrial dynamics, business strategies, and environmental regulations in the agrochemical industry. Focusing on contested technologies that continue to be used despite evidence of their hazardous impacts, the book calls for investigating the potential hazards during the inventive phase of companies to anticipate future risks. Combining patent analysis with computational chemistry and toxicology, the author examines the toxicity of chemical inventions and the effectiveness of environmental regulations in curbing harmful products. The result is a comprehensive dataset that combines patent data with chemical structures, which provides valuable insights into firms'innovation strategies as well as their potential hazards. Underscoring the importance of effective regulation in addressing social and environmental challenges, this Brief will be of interest to researchers and practitioners at the intersection of numerous fields, including economic policy, industrial economics, agribusiness, management, life sciences, and sustainability.

Public organizations face numerous challenges in today's fast-paced and competitive environment. One of the main hurdles is the lack of a supportive organizational culture that inhibits innovation and technology transfer. Without a culture that embraces change and innovative technologies, public organizations struggle to adapt and remain competitive. Additionally, the complexities of managing innovation and technology transfer require effective leadership and collaboration among public organizations, private firms, and academic institutions. Perspectives on Innovation and Technology Transfer in Managing Public Organizations offers a comprehensive solution to the challenges faced by public organizations. Edited by Luan Carlos Silva from the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD) in Brazil, this book presents a collection of successful experiences conducted by the Research Laboratory on Innovation and Technology Transfer (LABin) at UFGD. It serves as a valuable resource for professionals, researchers, and scholars in public management, innovation management, and technology transfer. The book provides practical insights and strategies for developing a supportive organizational culture that fosters innovation and facilitates the adoption and implementation of innovative technologies. By highlighting successful case studies and emphasizing the importance of effective leadership and collaboration, it equips readers with the knowledge and tools to overcome challenges in managing innovation and technology transfer in the public sector. Moreover, it offers valuable perspectives on topics such as knowledge management, technology adoption, and organizational culture, which are crucial for improving public sector performance and service delivery. By offering replicable experiences that can be applied to any public management model worldwide, Perspectives on Innovation and Technology Transfer in Managing Public Organizations empowers individuals and organizations to enhance their products, processes, and services. Whether you are a public manager, policymaker, researcher, or academic, this book is a valuable resource that will expand your understanding of the importance of innovation and technology transfer in the public sector and provide practical guidance for effective management practices.

Innovation is a top priority for all kinds of organizations, of all sizes and shapes, throughout the world. But innovation doesn't happen only at the executive level. People within an organization come up with great ideas that can propel the company forward. All too often, however, would-be innovators find that the organization is unreceptive to their new ideas. They are stymied by bureaucracy, power dynamics, or countless other barriers to innovation. They find themselves lost in a labyrinth that blocks them everywhere they turn.William Duggan—a leading expert on innovation and strategic thinking—offers a guide to navigating the maze from idea to implementation. He provides practical advice on communicating new ideas effectively, getting buy-in from others, winning allies, and overcoming resistance or outright opposition to innovation. Duggan focuses on the strategy and tactics of building support within the organization, exploring the crucial takeaways from research in psychology about how people react to new ideas. This book includes a series of interviews with successful corporate innovators as well as analysis of historical cases that combine lively storytelling with actionable insights. For anyone in an organization who has been frustrated with the lack of innovation, Corporate Innovator delivers an essential roadmap for going from idea to action.