scholarly journals Antifragile Philosophy in R&D Projects: Applying Q Methodology and the Possibility of Open Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Enara Mardaras ◽  
Garikoitz Artola ◽  
Sebastian Duarte ◽  
José Ramón Otegi-Olaso
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Ideal System ◽  
Management And Development ◽  
Management Behaviors

Antifragile philosophy can be the key to improving the management of organizations that base their activity on research and development (R&D) projects. These are types of projects with the greatest uncertainty in all aspects, and the application of antifragile philosophy can result in streamlining their management and development. In this article, the Q methodology is used to investigate whether organizations in R&D environments have antifragile characteristics. To this end, 15 innovation experts from research institutes located in Northern Spain were interviewed about their position regarding project management behaviors that are related to antifragile philosophy. As a result, it was verified that the characteristics of an ideal system of a research institute with antifragile philosophy are multidisciplinary and autonomous teams with a capacity for rapid response and adaptation to the environment.

Open Innovation for Development in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 524-536
Author(s):  
Jin Chen ◽  
Yufen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Chinese Enterprises ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Innovation Model

Open innovation shows a new direction for Chinese enterprises to innovate indigenously. Chinese enterprises actively adopt an open innovation model, make full use of external innovation resources, and integrate internal and external resources to promote innovation. This chapter describes the conditions of openness in the process of innovation in Chinese enterprises. Based on the conditions of openness, this chapter elaborates modes for the organization of open innovation in Chinese enterprises, including users being involved in innovation, suppliers participating in innovation, collaborations with firms in other industries and competitors, cooperation with universities and research institutes, intellectual property licensing, mergers and acquisitions, and setup of overseas research and development (R&D) branches. For each mode, this chapter introduces a corresponding case of open innovation practice in enterprise in China. Open innovation provides access to more ideas than could be developed in-house. With an open vision to integrate global innovation resources, Chinese firms’ innovation capability has been greatly enhanced.

scholarly journals On the State of Innovative Activities of Small Enterprises in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-83
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Skazochkin
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
American Model ◽  
Capital Financing ◽  
Business Entities

The purpose of the article is to analyze some aspects of the state of innovation in Russia, including the state of small innovative business, venture capital financing startups, the dynamics of the creation of business entities by universities and research institutes. The facts of an extremely small number of small innovative enterprises created by universities and research institutes were recorded, as well as a low level of innovative activity of small enterprises over the entire period of statistical observations, a long-term dynamics of a decrease in the share of innovative goods, works and services in 2019 by almost two times (1.7 times) compared to 2013. The presented data indicate the low effectiveness of the idea of direct copying of the American model of technology commercialization, according to which the main player here should be higher educational institutions, as it has historically developed in the United States. It was concluded that in order to create an effective model of an innovation system consisting of proactive owners of research and development results, venture funds financing startups, universities that undertake the organization of research and development for the subsequent release of results to the market, large firms financing a significant percentage of turnover in R&D, in Russia there were no conditions and, unfortunately, until now there are none. The system needs to be corrected taking into account the real state of the Russian economy.The article analyzes several current competitions for the development of innovative activities held by large companies and administrations of Russian regions and makes proposals for correcting the organization of competitions.

Integrating Sustainable Development Into Project Portfolio Management Through Application of Open Innovation

2020 ◽  
pp. 1336-1352
Author(s):  
Hosein Daneshpour
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Project Portfolio ◽  
Project Portfolio Management ◽  
Project Organization ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
Project Management Organizations

In recent years, the idea of integration of sustainability into project management has been put forth, which requires a more comprehensive and holistic approach to project management. Integration of sustainability increases the complexity of project management. Therefore, project management organizations require a framework capable of opening up the traditional organization of the project business and providing competitive advantages. This study argues that the open innovation model presents the requisite capability to approach this issue. This research, through a structured review of the literature and an overview of the open innovation and project management knowledge areas, explains how open innovation can provide a fruitful contribution to the integration of sustainable development into project portfolio management and why it should be favoured. The findings show that open innovation can facilitate the environmental, social and economic sustainability of projects, while rendering the project organization more agile.

A Study on Relationships Among Software Engineering Capabilities in Japan Using Panel Analysis

2013 ◽  
pp. 180-192
Author(s):  
Yasuo Kadono
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Assurance Process

To understand how software engineering capabilities relate to IT vendors’ business performance and business environment, the author designed social research on software engineering excellence (SEE) and administered it in 2005, 2006 and 2007 with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The author measured the SEE survey results with regard to seven factors including service science characteristics: deliverables, project management, quality assurance, process improvement, research and development, human development, and contact with customers. This paper integrates 233 responses to the SEE surveys into a new database and identified 151 unique IT firms. Based on the results of the panel analysis, most SEE factors for a year had significant positive influences on the same factors the next year. Three paths existed to improving the level of deliverables through project management, quality assurance and research and development. Some SEE factors had significant positive influence on different factors in the following year diagonally. Some negative paths existed, implying that effort put toward a particular factor did not pay off during the research. These efforts may have longer-term effects on other SEE factors. In comparison to the overall structure, stratified analysis on the relationships among the seven factors suggested that year-to-year relationships of the independent vendors tend to be strengthened due to enhancement of series correlation.

Role of open innovation in project management CSF

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 466
Author(s):  
Mohammad Alawamleh ◽  
Loiy Bani Ismail ◽  
Marwan Al Nahleh ◽  
Kamal A.M. Al Qudah
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Open Innovation
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