Managing innovation processes in China's stored program control (SPC) telephone switch manufacturing industry

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang Wei ◽  
B. Igel
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Program Control ◽  
Managing Innovation ◽  
Innovation Processes

Differentiating aspects of product innovation processes in the food industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (8) ◽  
pp. 1346-1368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rao Sanaullah Khan ◽  
John Vincent Grigor ◽  
Alan G. Win ◽  
Mike Boland
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Food Manufacturing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Group 1

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to sketch a comparative account of NPD approaches between registered New Zealand food companies that are doing some sort of functional foods (FF) development (Group 1) and those that are not (Group 2); to generate a better understanding of differences and commonalities in their NPD approaches from resource-based view of competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach – This paper opted an exploratory approach using a quantitative survey across food manufacturing companies in New Zealand. The primary foci of this empirical investigation were: orientation towards the NPD, innovation processes, collaborative NPD links and routes to commercialisation. Findings – The results (based on a 22 per cent response rate) show a significant difference (p<0.05) in the aims and mode of NPD between Groups 1 and 2. Further it was observed that food companies in Group 1 have significantly (p<0.05) more diverse external collaborations with broader aims to collaborate, in comparison with food companies in Group 2. Research limitations/implications – This study was conducted in New Zealand and thus generalisability of the findings may have to be interpreted carefully. Practical implications – The traditional NPD approach (independent and closed NPD), with loose intellectual property protection practices, dominates the food manufacturing industry in New Zealand. Research-oriented collaborations need to be strengthened in their scope and content to develop the innovative capabilities and capacities of small and medium enterprises (SME's) within future value-added food productions. Originality/value – This research provides the comparative narration of innovation process of food manufacturing companies with reference to FFs development.

Lean Thinking and the Innovation Process

2020 ◽  
pp. 479-498
Author(s):  
Hilal Hurriyet ◽  
Dilupa Nakandala
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lean Thinking ◽  
Repetitive Processes ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Innovation Processes

This chapter analyses the evolution of lean thinking and its widening applications from its origin of the manufacturing industry towards the other industries with the emphasis on how organizations could learn from lean thinking for achieving improved performance of innovation processes. Based on the degree of novelty, uncertainty and complexity associated with innovation processes, direct adoption of lean thinking for optimization is considered to be challenging. We discuss that organizations need to realize that there are opportunities for lateral learning from lean applications that have benefited systematic repetitive processes such as manufacturing by adapting to innovation processes through identification and shedding of non-value added activities. By identifying several lean innovation approaches in practice for optimizing innovation process, we stress the need and opportunity for the adaptation of lean thinking to cater the special characteristics of innovation processes.

Comparative Analysis of Innovative Activity of Companies in High-Tech and Low-Tech Sectors

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4-2) ◽  
pp. 253-273
Author(s):  
Anton Goryushkin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Technological Base ◽  
Innovation Processes

The level of innovation activity has not changed for a large number of years, despite the measures taken by the state. Based on empirical data, the article examines the dynamics of the following components of companies’ innovative activity in high-tech and low-tech sectors of the manufacturing industry: introduction of product and other types of innovations; activities to improve the qualifications of personnel; purchase of licensed foreign technologies and intangible assets. We also tested the statistical significance of differences in the levels of innovation activity of high-tech and low-tech companies in different economic conditions using the t-criterion. The analysis showed a decrease in the share of companies engaged in any kind of innovative activity. During the period of economic growth, both high-tech and low-tech companies made equal use of opportunities to increase innovation activity. It was found that the level of innovation activity among high-tech companies declines to a lesser extent than among low-tech companies during the crisis. In these conditions, high-tech companies are more actively using "internal reserves": they are working more to improve the skill level of staff and implementing innovation processes. During periods of high and low rates of economic growth, high-tech companies often buy new technology, but it does not lead to greater innovation activity; companies are only updating their technological base. During the period of weak economic growth, companies in both sectors continued to reduce their innovative activity in all areas. The resumption of growth trends in innovative activities is possible only when companies see the prospects from the implementation of innovative activities.

scholarly journals Development of High-Tech Industries: Foreign Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Vitaly Makoveev ◽  
Liliya Mukhametova
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Foreign Experience ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Stimulation Of

Sustainable long-term development of the energy sector is impossible without a developed manufacturing industry and especially machine-building enterprises. The article considers the experience of developed and developing countries in the field of support and stimulation of innovative processes in industrial enterprises. It is concluded that one of the main roles in the activation of innovation processes in industry is played by state authorities and management.

scholarly journals Managing innovation processes in industrial sector. Qualitative study

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 282-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawid Szutowski ◽  
Aleksandra Szulczewska-Remi ◽  
Piotr Ratajczak
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Managing Innovation ◽  
Innovation Processes

Lean Thinking and the Innovation Process

2016 ◽  
pp. 39-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilal Hurriyet ◽  
Dilupa Nakandala
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lean Thinking ◽  
Repetitive Processes ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Innovation Processes

This chapter analyses the evolution of lean thinking and its widening applications from its origin of the manufacturing industry towards the other industries with the emphasis on how organizations could learn from lean thinking for achieving improved performance of innovation processes. Based on the degree of novelty, uncertainty and complexity associated with innovation processes, direct adoption of lean thinking for optimization is considered to be challenging. We discuss that organizations need to realize that there are opportunities for lateral learning from lean applications that have benefited systematic repetitive processes such as manufacturing by adapting to innovation processes through identification and shedding of non-value added activities. By identifying several lean innovation approaches in practice for optimizing innovation process, we stress the need and opportunity for the adaptation of lean thinking to cater the special characteristics of innovation processes.

Living Lab

2011 ◽  
pp. 190-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn ◽  
Anna Ståhlbröst
Keyword(s):  
Research Area ◽  
General Level ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Living Lab ◽  
Managing Innovation ◽  
Innovation Approach ◽  
New Research ◽  
Innovation Processes

In this chapter we focus on a new research area, Living Lab that introduces new ways of managing innovation processes. A Living Lab can be viewed as both an innovation milieu and an innovation approach, and the aim of this chapter is to clarify these two perspectives, as well as to illustrate how they can enrich each other. This is done by presenting one Living Lab milieu, Botnia Living Lab, and its key components; and one Living Lab approach, FormIT, and its key principles. The presentation is done on two levels, one general level and one case specific level. The case focuses on involving citizens in the design of an e-service aimed to increase their influence in a municipality and its development. Through this we learnt that the key components of a Living Lab constitutes important structures that enhance the process and as such the principles.

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