Yes / Digital transformation fundamentally changes established practices in public and private sector. Hence, it represents an opportunity to improve the value creation processes (e.g., “industry 4.0”) and to rethink how to address customers’ needs such as “data-driven business models” and “Mobility-as-a-Service”. Dependable, collaborative and autono-mous systems are playing a central role in this transformation process. Furthermore, the emergence of data-driven approaches combined with autonomous systems will lead to new business models and market dynamics. Innovative approaches to re-organise the value creation ecosystem, to enable distributed engineering of dependable systems and to answer urgent questions such as liability will be required. Consequently, digital transformation requires a comprehensive multi-stakeholder approach which properly balances technology, ecosystem and business innovation. Targets of this paper are (a) to introduce digital transformation and the role of / opportunities provided by autonomous systems, (b) to introduce Digital Depednability Identities (DDI) - a technology for dependability engineering of collaborative, autonomous CPS, and (c) to propose an appropriate agile approach for innovation management based on business model innovation and co-entrepreneurship. / Science Foundation Ireland grant 13/RC/2094, by the Horizon 2020 programme within the OpenInnoTrain project (grant agreement 823971) ; H2020 SESAME project (grant agreement 101017258).

Small businesses and small business networks have become increasingly important over the past two decades. However, limited empirical research has been carried out on the interactions of these small businesses, specifically within supportive networks. This research focuses on the interaction of firms and organizations within a successful small business innovation network, and how innovative business practices are developed. Innovation network theory was used as a lens to view the dynamics within an innovation network comprised entirely of small businesses and organizations. For this research, a qualitative case study was undertaken, with an emergent wine region in Southern California targeted as an ideal case in which to study a small business innovation network. This research showed that in this instance of a small business innovation network, a hub firm, as defined by innovation network theory does not exist to orchestrate and manage the interactions within the network. Thereby, an adapted model for small business innovation networks is proposed and the results from this qualitative case study are mapped using this adapted theory. The results show a constellation of firms and organizations at the core of the network composition, undertaking deliberate and emergent strategies that affect the outcome and success of all members of the small business innovation network. The research identified a significant sense of place embedded in the regional culture and the importance of effective regional planning in positively impacting the success of the small business innovation network.

Small businesses and small business networks have become increasingly important over the past two decades. However, limited empirical research has been carried out on the interactions of these small businesses, specifically within supportive networks. This research focuses on the interaction of firms and organizations within a successful small business innovation network, and how innovative business practices are developed. Innovation network theory was used as a lens to view the dynamics within an innovation network comprised entirely of small businesses and organizations. For this research, a qualitative case study was undertaken, with an emergent wine region in Southern California targeted as an ideal case in which to study a small business innovation network. This research showed that in this instance of a small business innovation network, a hub firm, as defined by innovation network theory does not exist to orchestrate and manage the interactions within the network. Thereby, an adapted model for small business innovation networks is proposed and the results from this qualitative case study are mapped using this adapted theory. The results show a constellation of firms and organizations at the core of the network composition, undertaking deliberate and emergent strategies that affect the outcome and success of all members of the small business innovation network. The research identified a significant sense of place embedded in the regional culture and the importance of effective regional planning in positively impacting the success of the small business innovation network.

With the rapid advance in information technology (IT), many hospitals seek new IT to cope with the dynamic change in the competitive environment. This study utilizes the net-enabled business innovation cycle theory to analyze the new opportunity, hospital innovation, capability gap, and customer value when hospitals implement a Citrix Information System. A set of critical dynamic capabilities and guidelines for this IT implementation are identified. These results provide great insight for practitioners and scholars for enhancing their understanding of new IT implementation and provide implication guidelines to help practitioners adapt new IT.

Over the past decade, the rapid developments and growth of information and communication technology (ICT) have triggered a new wave of customer service. This study utilizes the net-enable business innovation cycle theory with secondary data analysis to analyze the process and outcomes of the implementation of emerging technology, i.e., web-based application and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) for the case company, i.e., A Company. We investigate the characteristics and feature of the emerging technology including the web-based application and VoIP, identify the potential economic opportunity for the A Company, analyze the needed business innovation for its growth, and assess the potential value for its customer. The findings have the potential to contribute to the understanding of impacts occurring in the innovation associated with the implementation of the emerging technology for the A Company and offer rich insights for the company to exploit the economic opportunities, the needed business innovation, and the potential value for the customer. This approach also provides a systematic template that helps an organization to decide whether an emerging technology is worthy to implement.

Junto con los esfuerzos de la sociedad civil, la preocupación por el cumplimiento de pactos internacionales y legislación interna de cada gobierno en pro del cuidado del medio ambiente, desde mi experiencia profesional en el área comercial, con este trabajo de investigación, propongo la creación de productos de papel de consumo dentro del hogar, tales como papel higiénico, papel toalla y servilletas, para que sean fabricados solo a base de papel reciclado reemplazando a su principal insumo hoy en día, que es la celulosa. Para esta tarea el reto es generar concientización y motivar al consumidor a realizar un cambio en sus hábitos de compra de manera que se convierta en un agente activo en un mejor porvenir para nuestro planeta. / Together with the efforts of civil society, the concern for compliance with international pacts and internal legislation of each government in favor of caring for the environment, from my professional experience in the commercial area, with this research work, I propose the creation of paper products for consumption within the home, such as toilet paper, paper towels and napkins, are made only from recycled paper, replacing their main input today, which is cellulose. For this task, the challenge is to generate awareness and motivate consumers to make a change in their buying habits so that they become an active agent in a better future for our planet. / Trabajo de investigación

Este estudio propone determinar el rol de la comunicación corporativa en los laboratorios de innovación de empresas que forman parte de una corporación peruana. Para este propósito se realizó una investigación cualitativa intencional a través de seis entrevistas, a fin de identificar la relevancia y funcionalidad de la comunicación en todas las fases de implementación y crecimiento de los laboratorios de innovación y determinar el rol que cumple la comunicación corporativa en estos laboratorios frente a la corporación a la que pertenecen. Si bien hasta ahora no se han realizado estudios en la línea de investigación del rol de la comunicación corporativa en los laboratorios de innovación en el Perú, como primer aporte los resultados de este trabajo muestran que los líderes de los laboratorios de innovación reconocen la importancia de la comunicación, pero es incipiente el rol de la comunicación corporativa en los laboratorios de innovación considerados en esta investigación. / This study proposes to determine the role of corporate communication in the innovation laboratories of companies that are part of a Peruvian corporation. For this purpose, a qualitative investigation was carried out through six semi-structured interviews, in order to identify the relevance and functionality of communication in all phases of implementation and growth of innovation laboratories and identify the role of corporate communication in these laboratories in front of the corporation to which they belong. Although no studies have been carried out so far in the line of research on the role of corporate communication in innovation laboratories in Perú, as a first contribution the results of this work show that the leaders of innovation laboratories recognize the importance of communication, but the role of corporate communication in innovation laboratories considered in this work is incipient. / Tesis

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In Nigeria, many small businesses fail before their 5th anniversary. Small businesses make up a major percentage of the businesses in Nigeria and provide jobs for 50% of the populace. The purpose of this qualitative multi-unit case study was to explore the factors required by small businesses in Nigeria to sustain operations beyond the first 5 years. The conceptual framework grounding this study was general systems theory. A review of the literature focused on small business failure and factors required to sustain a business longer than 5 years. Data collection occurred through semistructured interviews of a purposeful sample of 3 successful business owners in Port Harcourt, who described their experiences. Data analysis strategies consisted of using qualitative software, key words, phrases, and codes, which contributed to identifying the following themes: (a) effective strategizing, (b) flexible financial capital management, (c) human capital development, (d) market positioning and sales, and (e) stable power supply. The findings indicated that these 3 small business owners were passionate about starting up their businesses and had the necessary skills to strategize effectively and manage capital, thus sustaining their business beyond 5 years. Information derived from this study may assist small business owners in starting successful companies, that support employees, other companies, communities, and families, contributing to the development of the Nigerian economy.

Innovation policy (science & technology policy/program) aims to stimulate industrial innovation and address the gap between ideas and the market for new products/process. Hence, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are an important target group for innovation policy. While SMEs play important economic role in Taiwan, it is more meaningful to evaluate related innovation policies, to understand the impact of polices as well as test theoretical models of interactions between the public and private sectors. This topic is significant but little studied or investigated with the chance of bias. From the perspective of program evaluation, the thesis evaluated the effect of government subsidies on SMEs¡¦ innovation including impact assessment and efficiency assessment and took the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program as an example. The target population for evaluation covered three groups: SBIR awardees, firms with rejected applications, general SME manufacturers. Questionnaires were delivered to 942 firms with SBIR Phase I or Phase II awards and 222 firms with rejected applications between 1999 and 2004; 374 and 36 valid questionnaires were returned separately. The Department of Statistics of the Ministry of Economic Affairs provided the data of general SMEs. This thesis evaluated the impact of SBIR by a quasi-experimental design and examines the efficiency by an econometric model. Main findings are as follows: A. The impact of government R&D subsidies on SMEs: 1. Innovative activity (R&D spending): Compared to other SMEs (firms with rejected applications or general SME manufacturers), the growth of SBIR awardees¡¦ R&D spending is significant. 2. Productivity (employment or sales): Compared to other SMEs (firms with rejected applications or general SME manufacturers), the growth of SBIR awardees¡¦ employment is significant. Compared to general SME manufacturers, the growth of SBIR awardees¡¦ sales is significant; but compared to firms with rejected applications, the growth of SBIR awardees¡¦ sales is not significant. B. The efficiency of government R&D subsidies on SMEs: 1. Innovative activity (R&D spending): On average, 0.28 percentage change in SBIR awardees¡¦ R&D spending is correlated with 1 percent change in subsidies (elasticity relationship). 2. Productivity (employment or sales): On average, 0.08 percentage change in SBIR awardees¡¦ employment and 0.25 percentage change in SBIR awardees sales is separately correlated with 1 percent change in subsidies (elasticity relationship).