scholarly journals The Economies and Dimensionality of Prototyping: Value, Time, Cost and Fidelity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Tiong ◽  
Olivia Seow ◽  
Kenneth Teo ◽  
Arlindo Silva ◽  
Kristin L. Wood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Economic Profile ◽  
Asymptotic Relationship ◽  
Economic Use

Economic use of early stage prototyping is of paramount importance to companies engaged in the development of innovative products, services and systems because it directly impacts their bottom-line [1, 2]. There is likewise a need to understand the dimensions and lenses that make up an economic profile of prototypes. Yet, there is no reliable understanding of how resources expended and views of dimensionality across prototyping translate into value [3, 4]. To help practitioners, designers, and researchers leverage prototyping most economically, we seek to understand the tradeoff between design information gained and the resource expended into prototyping to gain that information [5]. We investigate this topic by conducting an inductive study on industry projects across disciplines and knowledge domains, while collecting and analyzing empirical data on their physical prototyping process [3]. Our research explores ways of quantifying prototyping value and reinforcing the asymptotic relationship between value and fidelity [6]. Most intriguingly, it reveals insightful heuristics that practitioners can exploit to generate high value from low and high fidelity prototypes alike.

scholarly journals The Economies and Dimensionality of Design Prototyping: Value, Time, Cost, and Fidelity

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Tiong ◽  
Olivia Seow ◽  
Bradley Camburn ◽  
Kenneth Teo ◽  
Arlindo Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Economic Profile ◽  
Asymptotic Relationship ◽  
Economic Use

Economic use of early-stage prototyping is of paramount importance to companies engaged in the development of innovative products, services, and systems because it directly impacts their bottom line. There is likewise a need to understand the dimensions, and lenses that make up an economic profile of prototypes. Yet, there is little reliable understanding of how resources expended and views of dimensionality across prototyping translate into value. To help practitioners, designers, and researchers leverage prototyping most economically, we seek to understand the tradeoff between design information gained through prototyping and the resources expended prototyping. We investigate this topic by conducting an inductive study on industry projects across disciplines and knowledge domains while collecting and analyzing empirical data on their prototype creation and test processes. Our research explores ways of quantifying prototyping value and reinforcing the asymptotic relationship between value and fidelity. Most intriguingly, the research reveals insightful heuristics that practitioners can exploit to generate high value from low and high fidelity prototypes alike.

Is business planning useful for the new venture emergence?

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 847-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-long Wei ◽  
Dan Long ◽  
Yao-kuang Li ◽  
Xu-sheng Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Business Planning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to build a research model to examine the effects of business planning on the new venture emergence, as well as to examine the moderating effects of innovativeness of products. Design/methodology/approach Four hypotheses are put forward and examined by hierarchical binary logistic regression. The data of this paper are based on the first two waves of data from Chinese Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics project. Findings Results show that engaging in business planning has a positive effect on the new venture emergence, and the timing of business planning does not affect the new venture emergence significantly. This study also finds that the innovativeness of products has a positive moderating effect on the relationship between the timing of business planning and the new venture emergence. Research limitations/implications This study has some limitations. The innovativeness of products is measured by a single indicator, which may not completely reflect the meaning of the attribute. Moreover, this study explores new ventures only in the nascent stage. Practical implications The study is useful for entrepreneurs to realize the importance of business planning. First, engaging in business planning in early start-up stage is a very valuable activity, because business planning can help new ventures reduce the loss caused by trial and error learning. Second, engaging in business planning is more likely to ensure high innovative products quickly be accepted by the market. Because in the process of new venture emergence, the legitimacy signal to stakeholders can be transmitted and new products can be promoted to get support and recognition from stakeholder through the business plan. Originality/value This paper focuses on the early stage of new venture life cycle and the contextual factors to explore the influence of business planning on the new venture emergence under the logic of legitimacy. This paper could enrich business planning research from the perspective of legitimacy theory by inspiring scholars to focus on the differences between new ventures and mature enterprises and to offer proposals of legitimation strategies suitable for new ventures. Meanwhile, this study contributes to the understanding of the contextual factors of business planning. And it discusses the impact of the attribute in business planning on the new venture emergence, which helps scholars to get a deep thought about the value of business planning in entrepreneurial process.

scholarly journals Visualizing the Knowledge Domain of Project Governance: A Scientometric Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Zhai ◽  
Ming Shan ◽  
Amos Darko ◽  
Yun Le
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Project Success ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
The Body ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Project Governance

Over the past two decades, project governance has attracted increasing attention from researchers and practitioners worldwide and has become an important research area of project management. However, an inclusive quantitative and systematic analysis of the state-of-the-art recently available research in this field is still missing. This study attempts to map the global research on project governance through a state-of-the-art review. A total of 285 bibliographic records were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database and analyzed by the visual analytic tool—CiteSpace. The results indicated that there has been an increasing research interest in project governance. The most productive and the most highly cited author in the area of project governance is Müller R., and most of the existing project governance research achievements are from Australia, China, USA, and Norway. By synthetically analyzing the keywords, future research might focus on governance of megaprojects and project success. Additionally, 9 knowledge domains of project governance were identified, including conceptual framework, public projects, governance structure, governance context, megaproject governance, contractual and relational governance, sustainability, portfolio governance, and project success. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by mapping the existing project governance research. It is particularly helpful to new and early-stage researchers who plan to do research on project governance, as it can provide them an overview of project governance research, including key authors, main institutions, hot topics, and knowledge domains. Moreover, the findings from the study are beneficial to industry practitioners as well, as they can help industry practitioners understand the latest development of governance theory and practice and thereby help them locate the best governance strategies for project management.

Exploring ecosystem service issues across diverse knowledge domains using Bayesian Belief Networks

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 681-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Haines-Young
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Bayesian Belief Networks ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Belief Networks ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Study Materials ◽  
Shared Social Values

The analysis of the relationships between people and nature is complex, because it involves bringing together insights from a range of disciplines, and, when stakeholders are involved, the perspectives and values of different interest groups. Although it has been suggested that analytical-deliberate approaches may be useful in dealing with some of this complexity, the development of methods is still at an early stage. This is particularly so in relation to debates around the concept of ecosystem services where biophysical, social and economic insights need to be integrated in ways that can be accessed by decision-makers. The paper draws on case studies to examine the use of Bayesian Belief Networks (BBNs) as a means of implementing analytical-deliberative approaches in relation to mapping ecosystem services and modelling scenario outcomes. It also explores their use as a tool for representing individual and group values. It is argued that when linked with GIS techniques BBNs allow mapping and modelling approaches rapidly to be developed and tested in an efficient and transparent way, and that they are a valuable scenario-building tool. The case-study materials also show that BBNs can support multicriteria forms of deliberative analysis that can be used to capture stakeholder opinions so that different perspectives can be compared and shared social values identified.

scholarly journals ROLE OF GREEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RAISING THE EFFECT OF GREEN VALUE TOWARD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-46
Author(s):  
Kartika Nuringsih
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Green Behavior ◽  
Green Entrepreneurship

In line with circular economic, the role of green entrepreneurship (GE) should be useful in preserving environmental sustainability. However, so many people are less aware of the importance of sustainability and green behavior in business activities. Therefore, the goal of the study is to explore a linkage of green value, GE, and sustainable development that is perceived by entrepreneurship students in Jakarta, Indonesia. 180 students were involved as respondents resulting in significant impacts. By using Smart-PLS proves significant relationships and finds a mediating effect of GE which links green value to sustainable development at the level of 5 percent. It forms a green triangle approach in promoting sustainability education for university students so that this linkage signs a good perception of students in expressing green value toward GE and sustainability issues. It is an early stage in promoting the triple bottom line so that the learning system could collaborate with stakeholders for enhancing the sustainability system in entrepreneurial education.

What predicts outcome of an Internet-delivered therapy? The role of socio-economic status and gambling behavior

MISSION ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Lucchini ◽  
Luca Bastiani ◽  
Elisa Benedetti ◽  
Maurizio Fea ◽  
Felice Nava ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Gambling Behavior ◽  
Outcome Predictors ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Therapy Dropout ◽  
Economic Profile

This study analyzed the outcome predictors of an Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) for problem gambling, examining users' socio-economic profile and gambling behavior. Being males and employed, the fact of playing and to have gambling problems for less than a year, preference for non strategy-based games, and high frequency of playing were found to be predictors of therapy dropout. The findings from this study, though preliminary, suggest that certain patients' socio-economic characteristics and gambling behavior may have a bearing on the success or failure of an ICBT and that there is a need to adapt the therapy for those individuals at risk. In fact, detect at an early stage of the therapeutic relationship those patients with a greater propensity to dropout may allow the implementation of appropriate and customized approaches to reduce the difficulties to follow and complete a therapy.

scholarly journals Protobooth: gathering and analyzing data on prototyping in early-stage engineering design projects by digitally capturing physical prototypes

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Jorgen F. Erichsen ◽  
Heikki Sjöman ◽  
Martin Steinert ◽  
Torgeir Welo
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Concept Generation ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
New Research

Abstract Aiming to help researchers capture output from the early stages of engineering design projects, this article presents a new research tool for digitally capturing physical prototypes. The motivation for this work is to collect observations that can aid in understanding prototyping in the early stages of engineering design projects, and this article investigates if and how digital capture of physical prototypes can be used for this purpose. Early-stage prototypes are usually rough and of low fidelity and are thus often discarded or substantially modified through the projects. Hence, retrospective access to prototypes is a challenge when trying to gather accurate empirical data. To capture the prototypes developed through the early stages of a project, a new research tool has been developed for capturing prototypes through multi-view images, along with metadata describing by whom, why, when, and where the prototypes were captured. Over the course of 17 months, this research tool has been used to capture more than 800 physical prototypes from 76 individual users across many projects. In this article, one project is shown in detail to demonstrate how this capturing system can gather empirical data for enriching engineering design project cases that focus on prototyping for concept generation. The authors also analyze the metadata provided by the system to give understanding into prototyping patterns in the projects. Lastly, through enabling digital capture of large quantities of data, the research tool presents the foundations for training artificial intelligence-based predictors and classifiers that can be used for analysis in engineering design research.

scholarly journals Pregnancy after conservative surgical treatment of ovarial mucinous adenocarcinoma

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
Jelena Milosevic ◽  
Marija Tasic ◽  
Vekoslav Lilic ◽  
Vladimir Antic ◽  
Predrag Vukomanovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Female Genital Tract ◽  
Diagnostic Procedures ◽  
Stage I ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Surgical Staging ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Fertility Sparing

Background. Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) accounts for 25% of all malignancies in the female genital tract and it is the most common cause of death among women who develop gynecologic malignancies. According to recent reports at least 20% of EOC are diagnosed at stage I of the disease. Because women tend to give birth to their first child at an older age, and due to the usage of more sensitive diagnostic procedures, the diagnosis of EOC during reproductive age has become more frequent. Therefore, the demand for fertility-sparing surgery in early-stage of EOC is increased. Case report. We presented the case of accomplished reproduction at 41 after the conservative treatment of mucinous ovarian cancer. In the absence of a complete surgical staging, her decision was to spare her fertility capacities opposed to the treatment recommendations of the oncological council. The bottom-line of this report was to give its contribution to the ongoing controversies in the decision to recommend the conservative surgical treatment of the EOC and also to reveal the need of reconsideration of the necessity of a complete surgical staging in patients with stage I of mucinous ovarian cancer. Conclusion. The profile of EOC cases in which a conservative surgical approach is the appropriate one has not yet been defined. Correct surgical staging is still an indispensable guideline for that kind of clinical decision. In the case of stage I of mucinous ovarian cancer with the low tumor grade, the necessity of a complete surgical staging should be reconsidered.

scholarly journals Culture-Led Development: Implementation of Heritage Based Management in Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam.

Al-Ulum ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Susminingsih Husien ◽  
Agus Fakhrina ◽  
Abdul Nasir bin Hj. Abdul Rani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Way Of Thinking

This paper focus on the Culture-Led Development (CLD) role on the exploration of industrial and personal heritage management that encourages the development of SMEs as it has been implemented in Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam. This qualitative research with an antrophology approach was conducted with semi-structured interviews beside the observation and documentation involving 13 SMEs entrepreneurs, who have produced traditional or handicraft items, in 2018.  The empirical data was used to illustrate the implementation of culture in business development. The term heritage has been identical with the sustainability of SMEs. The CLD helps change the entrepreneurs' way of thinking as it promotes innovative products that are environmentally friendly and are able to elevate cultural values and tradition. This research finds that culture and heritage-based management have strong implications for the SMEs development.

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