On October 1st, 2013, a mandate was adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requiring that 1.325 GW of energy storage capability be installed on the California electricity grid by 2024, through the actions of the state’s three investor-owned utilities. While this is a bold first step towards mandated energy storage in the United States, it may be only the beginning for an energy storage industry in this state. It has been well established that energy storage would prove to be a useful asset on the California electrical grid, but the development of storage capacity past the requirements of the mandate will depend upon whether storage can be made cost-effective. Much of the value that storage creates is a public good: many storage applications allow the grid to operate more efficiently as a whole, but not necessarily in a way that can be monetized by any particular party. As a public good, these systemic benefits of storage capacity will be supplied sub-optimally in the absence of government intervention. The energy storage industry will accordingly be one that is strongly affected by the tides of change in technology, regulation and economics in the California energy market. This report will focus primarily on the intersection of the second two of these factors, largely leaving the technological questions to more well-informed parties while seeking to establish what regulatory and economic considerations might be undertaken to ensure that the road to deployment of appropriate energy storage systems is made as clear as possible so that this technology can reach the socially efficient level on the California electricity grid. It is the aim of this report not to promote a specific technology or even an energy storage industry, but rather to shed some light on the effects that the development of such an industry could have on the California electricity market and the energy use paradigm that governs modern electricity grids worldwide. With the adoption of AB 2514, a grand experiment was set in motion that will benefit the entire world as California tests the uncharted technological, regulatory and economic territories of grid-scale energy storage capacity. It is a time of change in the electricity industry, and energy storage is a potentially transformative technology that could very well enable the shattering of an energy use paradigm that has held the world captive to fossil fuels for over a century.

Submitted by Maria Aparecida Pavanelli (cidinhapavanelli@gmail.com) on 2018-04-20T12:41:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TEse Pavanelli.pdf: 10836430 bytes, checksum: 274b2b322db9a03314ac9cd9623cf820 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Satie Tagara (satie@marilia.unesp.br) on 2018-04-20T13:50:06Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 pavanelli_ma_dr_mar.pdf: 10836430 bytes, checksum: 274b2b322db9a03314ac9cd9623cf820 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-20T13:50:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 pavanelli_ma_dr_mar.pdf: 10836430 bytes, checksum: 274b2b322db9a03314ac9cd9623cf820 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-27 / Não recebi financiamento / Patente é um direito concedido para uma invenção, quer seja produto ou processo, que fornece, em geral, uma nova maneira de fazer algo ou ainda uma nova solução técnica para um problema. Esta pesquisa objetiva a análise das patentes das universidades brasileiras, separadas por regiões, no período de 2000-2016, o número de patentes depositadas pelas mesmas e seu impacto internacional. Este trabalho descreve e analisa a frente de pesquisa das universidades e inventores, mediante a análise de citações, verificando as instituições mais citadas pelos pesquisadores em âmbito mundial por meio da análise dos citantes. Justifica-se esta pesquisa, especialmente, pela necessidade de verificar a internacionalização da inovação brasileira. Como procedimento de pesquisa, utilizou-se a base de dados Derwent Innovations Index (Web of Science), ou seja, realizou-se as consultas das patentes indexadas, citadas e seus citantes, destacando-se os citantes brasileiros dos citantes internacionais e seus diferentes países de origem, visando avaliar a extensão geográfica do impacto da internacionalização. Realizou-se o levantamento na base do Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial - INPI, para verificar o número de patentes depositadas; a seguir, fez-se o levantamento dos Núcleos de Inovação Tecnológica verificando qual universidade brasileira possuía seu núcleo. Foi construída uma base de dados utilizando o Excel com todas as informações levantadas: universidades brasileiras por regiões, Núcleos de Inovação Tecnológica, licenciamento de patentes, citantes e citações das patentes, inventores mais produtivos e o foco tecnológico. Como resultados, apresenta-se o número de depósitos junto ao INPI por universidade, o número de patentes indexadas, as mais citadas, os citantes e a extensão da internacionalização das patentes brasileiras. Deseja-se que os resultados desta pesquisa revele aspectos mais consistentes e os mais frágeis dentro do contexto científico-nacional. Os dados quantitativos analisados tornarão visíveis as universidades brasileiras, por região, em nível nacional e internacional, o alcance geográfico do impacto da patente citada e ainda a área de interesse que os citantes têm na tecnologia brasileira, consignando maior fundamentação para os estudos patentométricos no Brasil. / Patent is a right granted to an invention, either a product or process, that provides a new way of doing something, or yet a new technical solution for a problem. This research has the objective to analyze patents from brazilian’s universities, sorted by region, in the period of 2000-2016, the number of patents deposited by those and their international impact. This work describes and analyze the universities’ research forefront and inventors through citation analysis, checking the most cited institutions for researches on a global scope by citing analysis. This research is justified by the necessity to verify brazilian’s innovation internationalization. As research procedure was used the Derwent Innovation Index (Web of Science) data base, that is, the cited patents and citers were consulted, sorting brazilian’s citers from international citers and their country of origin, aiming to evaluate the geographical extent of the internationalization impact. It was searched through the Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial - INPI database, aiming to verify the number of patents deposited, followed by a search to pinpoint which university had one Núcleo de Inovação Tecnológica (Technological Innovation Center). A data base was made with all the collected data: universities by region, Núcleos de Inovação Tecnológica (Technological Innovations Centers), patent licensing, citers and cited patents, more productive inventors e the technological focus. As a result, is presented the total number of deposited patents on the Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial - INPI by university, the number of indexed patents, the most cited patents, the citers and the extension of the brazilian’s patent internationalization. The intent is that this research’s results reveal the strongest and weakest aspects of the brazilian scientific context. The quantitative data analyzed will show the brazilians universities cited patent reach on an international level, grounding further patentometric studies in Brazil.

The overarching purpose of this collected papers dissertation was to explore the best practices used by Human Resource Development (HRD) professionals to help working mothers who are experiencing postpartum depression symptoms after maternity leave. The first paper in this dissertation was an integrative literature review. The second paper in this dissertation investigated whether participation in online support groups served to moderate the effect of postpartum depression symptoms on work impairment (measured in terms of absenteeism and presenteeism). Both studies were undergirded by the stress-buffering hypothesis, which posits that social support can moderate the effect of experiencing a stressful event. Study #2 also included the self-labeling theory, which explains how a person with mental illness seeks voluntary support. Study #1 reviews studies that examine how to support women experiencing postpartum depression symptoms in the workplace. No studies were found in HRD literature. The stress-buffering hypothesis held weight in informing HRD professionals to help women experiencing postpartum depression symptoms. The majority of the studies pointed to social support, especially from coworkers and supervisors, as having a positive effect on postpartum depression symptom scores. Study #2 explores the effect of participation in online support groups on the work impairment of women experiencing postpartum depression symptoms. This study surveyed working mothers with children under the age of one from online support groups. The survey consisted of three measures: The Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (Cox, Holden, & Sagovsky, 1987); the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI; Reilly, Zbrozek, & Dukes, 1993); and the Online Social Support for Smoking Cessation survey (OS4; Graham, Papandonatos, Kang, Moreno, & Abrams, 2011). This study did not support the hypothesis that online support group participation would moderate the effect of postpartum depression symptoms on work impairment. Overall, the findings of these studies are entry points into the HRD literature about how working women who are experiencing postpartum depression symptoms can be supported by their employers. Further research is necessary to examine the type of social support that is effective at helping working mothers.

In recent years, corporate reputation has gained the attention of many scholars in the strategic management and related fields. There is a general consensus that higher corporate reputation is positively related to firm success or performance. However, the link is not always straightforward; as a result, it calls for researchers to dedicate their efforts to investigate the causes and effects of firm reputation and how it is related to performance. In this doctoral dissertation, innovation is suggested as a mediating variable in this relationship. Innovation is a critical factor for firm success and survival. Highly reputed firms are in a more advantageous position to attract critical resources for innovation such as human and financial capital. These firms face constant pressure from external stakeholders, e.g. the general public, or customers, to achieve and remain at high levels of innovativeness. As a result, firms are in constant search, internally or externally, for new technologies expanding their knowledge base. Consequently, these firms engage in firms acquisitions. In the dissertation, the author assesses the effects of domestic versus international acquisitions as well as related versus unrelated acquisitions on the level of innovativeness and performance. Building upon an established measure of firm-level degree of internationalization (DOI), the dissertation proposes a more detailed and enhanced measure for the firm’s DOI. It is modeled as an interaction effect between corporate reputation and resources for innovation. More specifically, firms with higher levels of internationalization will have access to resources for innovation, i.e. human and financial capital, at a global scale. Additionally, the distance between firms and higher education institutions, i.e. universities, is considered as another interaction effect for the human capital attraction. The dissertation is built on two theoretical frameworks, the resource-based view of the firm and institutional theory. It studies 211 U.S. firms using a longitudinal panel data structure from 2006 to 2012. It utilizes a linear dynamic panel data estimation methodology for its hypotheses analyses. Results confirm the hypotheses proposed in the study.

Many organizations have been attempting to build a conceptual framework for managing technology, with varying degrees of success. Most begin by consulting leading technology authorities, borrowing elements of their thinking, and adapting these elements to their organizational and personal situations. This dissertation extends this process by using the formal research methodology of multiple perspectives (technical, organizational, personal, and cross-cuing) to build a case-based model of the technology integration process. The research and the model construction benefits from a solid foundation established through a review of technology management and knowledge systems literature. The significant aspects of the research are tied to its objectives which can be divided into academic and industrial classifications: Academic Objectives: 1. Use multiple perspectives in real-time (for input to decisions as events unfold) 2. Focus on a multiple perspectives view of technology integration into an organization Industrial Objectives: 1. Improve project effectiveness by increasing understanding of the technology integration process 2. Establish a model for the integration of a new technology into an organization The development of the case-based model was the primary objective, with the other objectives providing the methodology and subject-matter content to support model development. These four objectives are of interest to three parties: scholars who are interested in the theoretical and methodological aspects of technology integration and inquiring systems, technology developers in general who can benefit from improved means to integrate technology and analyze success/failure, and technology developers in information systems organizations who can obtain specific insight as well as utilize the general industrial results. From the multiple perspectives investigation, thirteen conclusions were reached about the process of integrating knowledge systems into an information systems organization. These conclusions are specific to the case study, but may have general applicability. The multiple perspectives methodology is then presented as the foundation for a technology integration model, on which the technology usage phases of awareness, motivation, and functioning capability can be completed. The model is described and then illustrated with two knowledge systems development project cases. With regards to the research objectives, it is concluded that: 1. The use of multiple perspectives in real-time are difficult and requires practice 2. Because technology integration is dependent upon technical, organization, and personal factors, the use of multiple perspectives are appropriate and useful. Eight of 13 conclusions were dependent upon the cross-cuing process 3. Multiple perspective analysis improved the understanding of the technology integration process. This understanding was sometimes helpful and sometimes harmful to the effectiveness of the integration process 4. The proposed technology integration model, using the awareness, motivation, and functioning capability phases, was developed and exercised. This model proved useful in limited application Finally, a method for organizing and navigating the perspectives, cross-cuing, and conclusions is presented and used.

This thesis explores the available resources and research pertaining to the process of athlete monitoring as well as how this information can be used to build an internet based athlete monitoring system. There is currently no system available that provides proper communication tools while also providing the means to track numerous variables to include strength and conditioning programs, performance testing, competition performance, injuries, therapy, pharmaceuticals, medical procedures, psychological status, and academic standing. The objective of this thesis is twofold. First, is to review the literature and determine the needs of a web based athlete monitoring system. Second, is to provide a business plan that will be used in the process of web development and raising capital. This thesis has identified the needs of a web based athlete monitoring system, a business plan for commercial use has been created, and based upon this business plan web development is currently in progress.

The purpose of this study was to determine the availability of Internet access for students attending East Tennessee State University during the fall semester 2013. It has been unknown to what degree broadband access is available in the East Tennessee State University service area that includes counties in East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and Western North Carolina. The research was conducted during the fall semester 2013 including the months of August, September, and October of 2011. Data were gathered by surveying currently enrolled students of the university. Seven hundred eighty-four students responded to the survey. The survey instrument covered areas of demographics and Internet connection type from home. In addition, the instrument covered usage of 3G/4G Mobile Broadband Service, ETSU computer labs, and high-speed Internet service for coursework. The results of the data analysis provided insight into the availability, frequency of use, and perceived importance of high-speed Internet access for students at ETSU. For example, over 95% of the respondents had either a high-speed Internet connection or 3G/4G Mobile Broadband Service at their place of residence. Fifteen percent were dissatisfied with their current high-speed Internet service. Approximately 70% reported that high-speed Internet service was very important in completing coursework. This study provided an increase in the body of knowledge related to Internet access for ETSU students and the counties surrounding the university.

Recent literature on the relationship between instructional designers (IDs) and subject matter experts (SMEs) reveals how much more is known about the challenges faced by IDs and more solutions are offered in their respective role compared to their SME partners. This study uses interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to investigate the ID-SME collaborative relationship from the perspective of and the utility for the SME role within the field of Technology and Innovation Management (TIM). Six SMEs within the field of TIM were interviewed to discover more on the nature of their working relationship, specifically in regard to (a) their conceptual understanding of roles and expectations, (b) the nature of the working conditions, and (c) the characteristics that present advantages and/or challenges. Results provide qualitative insights situated within the TIM field, partnership, and projects. SMEs convey expectations of openness for themselves and expectations of clarity in communications and processes for IDs; SMEs acknowledge advantages of expertise from both roles; SMEs admit their own limitations of being myopic, seclusive, overly complex, and uneducated in matters of instruction; SMEs express challenges of additional workload and deadlines; and SMEs share resources relied on or would have relied on to improve their collaborative relationship with IDs. The findings of this study suggest the value of considering the SME perspective in their unique role within the ID-SME relationship. Key implications for this study suggest overcoming barriers and providing support to the SME role in practical application.

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<p>Universities have come under increasing pressure to move further along the innovation continuum and supplement their traditional role in the conduct of basic research with more applied research activities. This trend reflects a shift in government expectations that public investments in basic research should produce a tangible economic return. However, it is not believed that conditions for success are presently in place to enable universities to maximize the returns to Canadian taxpayers. The focus of this thesis is to answer one question: How can we create a commercialization ecosystem around universities that lack such a system?</p> <p>The thesis consists of three studies that address that question from different perspectives. The first study sought an understanding of the role that technology transfer offices can play in growing a new commercialization ecosystem, with appropriate university support and in collaboration with intermediary organizations. In the second study, a value chain centered model was identified to better describe the process of commercializing university research. The model identifies two main stages of the commercialization process. The first upstream stage focuses on de-risking the opportunity, based on the characteristics inherent in an academic spin-off. The second downstream stage focuses on successful entry to the market. In the third study, we examined the role new Masters programs specializing in venture creation can play in commercializing university intellectual property. We addressed the contribution these programs can offer to support both the upstream and downstream stages within our commercialization model.</p> <p>Together, the three studies examined the current practices of commercialization in universities, identified an analytical framework for the commercialization process in universities, and finally tested the role of students in this framework. This framework leads to a deeper understanding of the commercialization process, specific to the university environment, and provides insights into how to develop a more entrepreneurial university.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)