scholarly journals Open Innovation’s “Multiunit Back-End Problem”: How Corporations Can Overcome Business Unit Rivalry

2020 ◽  
pp. 000812562096860
Author(s):  
Thuy Seran ◽  
Sea Matilda Bez
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Business Unit ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Front End ◽  
Group A

This article examines the “multiunit back-end problem” of open innovation based on a case study of the Banque Populaire Caisse d’Epargne (BPCE) Group, a large French bank with two business units. The multiunit back-end problem occurs when internal business units who consider themselves rivals are asked to collaborate for the success of an open innovation initiative. BPCE failed several times to use external startups to accelerate its digital transformation due to rivalry between its internal business units. This article presents guidelines that firms with rival business units can use to align their front-end and back-end when working with startups to accelerate their digital transformation program.

The Back End of Open Innovation

2019 ◽  
pp. 67-85
Author(s):  
Henry Chesbrough
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Front End ◽  
Compensation Systems ◽  
Valley Of Death

There is a Valley of Death inside many organizations, between the innovation managers and the business units of the company. This internal valley results from human, organizational, and structural bottlenecks that impede the flow of knowledge from the laboratory to the market. A powerful example of these bottlenecks surfaced in recent research at NASA. Four companies’ practices for managing these bottlenecks are discussed: SAP, Intel, EMC, and Royal Bank of Scotland. Companies must approach these bottlenecks with care, and examine their compensation systems, their funding processes, and talent management practices, to connect the back end of the innovation process to the front end of that process.

Inter-Organizational Governance of Information Technology

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven De Haes ◽  
Wim Van Grembergen ◽  
Dirk Gemke ◽  
John Thorp
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Business Unit ◽  
Organizational Governance ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Global Organization ◽  
International Airline ◽  
Airline Company

There is little research available that specifically looks at how organizations define and implement their inter-organizational governance of information technology. The challenge in such environments is also observed in large organizations where multiple business units and activities often have separate strategies and investment priorities. This paper provides both practitioners and academics with an enriched understanding of how the international airline company KLM introduced IT related governance principles and practices tailored for a multi-business-unit global organization. Insights from this exploratory single case study can contribute to further theory building and practitioner guidance regarding the crafting of both intra- and inter-organisational governance frameworks.

scholarly journals Ecosystem of Innovation in Industry 4.0: the case of collaborations in Startups in Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 26-38
Author(s):  
Marcus Vinicius Gonçalves da Silva ◽  
Clarissa Figueredo Rocha ◽  
Vanessa Pagnoncelli ◽  
Letícia Aparecida Alves de Lima
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Digital Innovation ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Multiple Case

The article identifies how Research and Development (R&D) collaborations in startups can influence digital innovation in Brazilian manufactures. A qualitative multiple case study was performed with startups incubated at the Federation of Industries of Paraná (FIEP), through semi-structured interviews to the Chief Executive Officer (CEOs) and case document’s, applying the content analysis. The results indicate that the sources of knowledge of the startups and the collaboration with companies, universities, government development agencies and incubators, characterize the actions in the ecosystem of open innovation. It has been found that the complexity of the innovation ecosystem of startups is a strategic asset, and the nature of the collaborations is informal, coupled with a stage of maturity considered low in startups. This study contributes to highlight the nature, dynamics and progress of startup collaborations in the development of digital transformation, and the challenges for the leverage of Industry 4.0 in Brazil.

scholarly journals Etika Bisnis Unit Usaha Pesantren (Studi Kasus Pondok Pesantren Sahid Bogor dan Pondok Pesantren Ummul Qura’ Al-Islami Bogor)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Dwi Irfan Cahyo
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Business Unit ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Islamic Business Ethics ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

AbstractEthics in Islamic business cannot be separated, because without it there will be confusion in determining the truth in doing business and there will be many crimes in business, thus the purpose of this study is to determine the application of business ethics in the pesantren business unit. The research methodology used is qualitative descriptive with a case study of the Sahid Bogor modern Islamic boarding school and also the Ummul Qura al-Islami Islamic boarding school in Bogor. The results of the study indicate that Islamic boarding school is able to apply business ethics through Islamic boarding school business unit as a place for Islamic teaching values and values as well as the principles of business ethics as materials that can be taught to teacher, student and the community around Islamic boarding school.Key words: Islamic business ethics, business units, Islamic boarding school AbstrakEtika dalam bisnis Islam tidak dapat terpisahkan, karena tanpanya akan menjadikan kerancuan dalam menentukan kebenaran dalam berbisnis serta akan terjadi banyak kejahatan dalam bisnis. Dengan begitu tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui penerapan etika bisnis pada unit usaha pesantren. Metodologi penelitian yang digunakan berupa kualitatif deskriptif dengan studi kasus pondok pesantren modern Sahid Bogor dan juga pondok pesantren Ummul Qura al-Islami Bogor. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pesantren mampu menerapkan etika bisnis melalui unit usaha pesantren sebagai wadah dan nilai ajaran Islam serta prinsip etika bisnis sebagai bahan yang dapat diajarkan kepada asatidz dan santri serta masyarakat sekitar pesantren.Kata kunci: Etika bisnis Islam, Unit usaha, Pesantren

scholarly journals Koperasi Pegawai Republik Indonesia (KPRI) Member Participation on Cooperative Development in Mataram

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulinda Ramdlan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Business Unit ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Cooperative Development ◽  
High Participation ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This study aims to determine the participation of KPRI members on the development of cooperatives in Mataram City, the responses of members after interviews. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with a case study approach. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with a case study approach. Data collection techniques are interviews, observation and documentation. The results of the study generally show that the participation of members in saving their capital is very good, it is shown that they always pay principal savings, mandatory savings and voluntary savings. With the high participation of members in saving their capital, it shows that members have confidence in the cooperative as a member's money saving institution. Meanwhile, the results of the research on the participation of members in attending the annual members' meeting were very good, as indicated by the results of interviews and data processing conducted by researchers. although there are still members who do not attend the annual member meeting because they are sick, have permission and some are out of town on duty. It is very good for members' participation in participating in this member's meeting because the management disseminates invitation letters regarding the implementation of the RAT, and the management gives prizes or door prizes to members who attend the RAT. As for the participation of members in utilizing the cooperative's business services, it is considered good, members always use the business unit and they have become loyal customers to shop and transact at the KPRI Multipurpose, Kencana and Lentera business units. However, some of the business units in KPRI Serbaguna experienced a decrease in income, but according to the head of the cooperative, this decline did not have an impact on the loss of the cooperative's business. The good participation of members in utilizing this business unit is because the services provided by the management are very good and the management works honestly and openly.

Challenges and Benefits of Product-Like SRAM in Technology Development

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Beaudoin ◽  
Stephen Lucarini ◽  
Fred Towler ◽  
Stephen Wu ◽  
Zhigang Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Random Access ◽  
Random Access Memory ◽  
Static Random Access Memory ◽  
Development Phase ◽  
High Complexity ◽  
Access Memory ◽  
Integration Schemes ◽  
Front End

Abstract For SRAMs with high logic complexity, hard defects, design debug, and soft defects have to be tackled all at once early on in the technology development while innovative integration schemes in front-end of the line are being validated. This paper presents a case study of a high-complexity static random access memory (SRAM) used during a 32nm technology development phase. The case study addresses several novel and unrelated fail mechanisms on a product-like SRAM. Corrective actions were put in place for several process levels in the back-end of the line, the middle of the line, and the front-end of the line. These process changes were successfully verified by demonstrating a significant reduction of the Vmax and Vmin nest array block fallout, thus allowing the broader development team to continue improving random defectivity.

A Problem in the Making: How Firms Formulate Sharable Problems for Open Innovation Contests

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin W. Wallin ◽  
Georg von Krogh ◽  
Jan Henrik Sieg
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Problem Formulation ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Monetary Reward ◽  
Technical Innovation ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
External Sources

Crowdsourcing in the form of innovation contests stimulates knowledge creation external to the firm by distributing technical, innovation-related problems to external solvers and by proposing a fixed monetary reward for solutions. While prior work demonstrates that innovation contests can generate solutions of value to the firm, little is known about how problems are formulated for such contests. We investigate problem formulation in a multiple exploratory case study of seven firms and inductively develop a theoretical framework that explains the mechanisms of formulating sharable problems for innovation contests. The chapter contributes to the literatures on crowdsourcing and open innovation by providing a rare account of the intra-organizational implications of engaging in innovation contests and by providing initial clues to problem formulation—a critical antecedent to firms’ ability to leverage external sources of innovation.

Corporate acceleration process: a systems psychodynamics perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1163-1180
Author(s):  
Piotr Wójcik ◽  
Krzysztof Obłój ◽  
Aleksandra Wąsowska ◽  
Szymon Wierciński
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Acceleration Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Third Phase ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Social Defenses ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the emotional dynamics of the corporate acceleration process, using the systems psychodynamics perspective.Design/methodology/approachThe study applies inductive multiple case study of embedded 10 cases of corporate acceleration, covering both incumbent and startup perspectives, occurring in the context of a corporate accelerator.FindingsWe find that (1) the process of corporate acceleration involves three phases, each of them is dominated by a different emotional state (hope, anxiety and acceptance), triggering different behavioral responses; (2) as a means to deal with negative emotions, entrepreneurs and corporate acceleration program's team members develop different mechanisms of dealing with contradictories in subsequent acceleration phases (defense and copying mechanisms), which are reflected in their behaviors. Coping mechanisms with goal reformulation (i.e. refocus from the officially declared “open innovation” goals toward mainly symbolic ones) is an effective strategy to manage negative emotions in third phase of the acceleration.Research limitations/implicationsOur sample is limited to two relatively similar accelerators established by telecom companies, and therefore, our theoretical and practical conclusions cannot be generalized.Practical implicationsWe supplement the studies of corporate accelerators that imply how to design them better and improve decision-making rules with recommendation that in order to improve their effectiveness in terms of learning and innovations, their managers need not only to learn how to manage structural and procedural differences but also how to overcome social defenses triggered by corporate–startups cooperation.Originality/valueBy documenting a multidimensional impact of acceleration process, and especially shedding light on psychodynamic aspects behind such liaisons, this paper contributes to richer understanding of corporate–startup relationships, typically examined through a rationalistic lens of strategy literature. The study contributes to interorganizational research and open innovation literature, by showing that corporate acceleration process is marked by phases based on the type of emotions intertwined with the nature and dynamism of its life cycle. It indicates how these emotions are managed depending on their type.

Executives’ Decision Processes at the Front End of Major Projects: The Role of Context and Experience in Value Creation

2020 ◽  
pp. 875697282097722
Author(s):  
Denise Chenger ◽  
Jaana Woiceshyn
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Decision Context ◽  
Front End ◽  
Risk Approach ◽  
Multiple Case

The front end of projects is strategically important; yet, how project concepts are identified, evaluated, and selected at the pre-project stage is poorly understood. This article reports on an inductive multiple-case study of how executives made such decisions in major upstream oil and gas projects. The findings show that in such a high-risk context, often an experienced executive makes these decisions alone and he creates value by facilitating growth. We identified three value-creating decision processes that varied by the executives’ risk approach and decision context. These processes depart from the formal project management prescriptions and the strategic decision-making literature.

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