Dissertations / Theses: 'Innovative'

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Pasternak, Jørgensen Kasper. "Aspects of innovation and innovative industries /." Copenhagen, 2003. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/372059228.pdf.

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Chaniadi, Frengky. "Innovative management of management innovation (IMMI)." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/innovative-management-of-management-innovation-immi(378a8b7d-597e-496f-bd49-99a6d09e3542).html.

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The rapid convergence of collaborative technologies, democratisation of digital communication and consumerisation of Smart Grid infrastructure (i.e.: smart metering and distribution substation automation) have faltered the efficacy of centralised command-and-control and its insular sub-culture. For complex firms in today's creative economy, this infers that management innovation (MI)—“an induced managerial capacity to search for novel ways to create value”, is rapidly becoming liabilities unless it is innovatively managed for overcoming the inertia of discontinuity opportunities. The raison d'être of this thesis is to investigate the generative managerial processes through which MI can be fostered for experimentation and innovatively managed for acceleration. It comprises four qualitative case studies that involved in-depth interviews, surveys, public records and archival documentaries of four Canadian energy and utilities organisations. The conclusions are fascinating both expected and unanticipated. I found that many, if not most, of the contemporaneous routines of pyramidal target-setting and benchmark-driven cultures are ubiquitously evident. Business planning and risk management still function, albeit the objects of those tenets are different. These quasi-objects include, but are not limited to, organic structures, web-enabled paradigm, pragmatic mindset of middle-down-up crowdsourcing and fragmented evaluation of efforts to evoke the innovative management of management innovation (IMMI). Further adjacent to the quest for driving renewed growth, a new governing dynamic is hinging upon the IMMI that forges a pattern for resiliency and sustainability. Managers capitalise on the epistemic IMMI to regain competitive advantage while enduring endogenous fiefdoms and exogenous disruptions. They catalyse information semantically, harness collective capability effectively, stage prolifically faster MI experimentations and accelerate the cycle of MI more pervasively. I henceforth propose a unified managerial process, dubbed the "Cloverleaf 4S Model" (Strategise—Synchronise—Steward—Sustain). Implicit in this approach, managers believe that their finely-tailored practices epitomise an evolutionary process of deliberate selection in the pursuit for distinctive MI capabilities and expanding authority dynamics in the managership. This allows for self-adaptive mechanisms shifting from silos to swarming as well as the indigenous aspects of IMMI practices—exaptation, cognitive flexibility, speed to adaptation and executional excellence. The implication of this study presents heuristical insights to managers in galvanising perennial innovation and unlocking their IMMI to build an agile, intelligent enterprise.

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Mouzakitis, Alexandros. "Innovative solutions for automotive embedded software development : innovation report." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2016. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/93362/.

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Embedded software is shaping and influencing our world and it is unimaginable to realise day to day life without it. Since the introduction of the first Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in the 1970s, the automotive industry has seen a substantial increase of embedded software in vehicles. The use of embedded software in the automotive industry has led to a significant increase in the number and complexity of different vehicle systems, features and functions. This level of complexity drives premium vehicles with no fewer than 70 ECUs interconnected by more than five on-board network systems such as Controller Area Network (CAN), Local Interconnect Network (LIN), Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST), FlexRay and Ethernet. In a typical automotive development process, the main challenge for the engineers is to uncover as many failure modes and/or software defects as possible during the early stages of the vehicle programme. During the early phases of the development, failure modes and/or software defects are difficult to uncover but easy and inexpensive to fix. During the latter phases of the development, failure modes and/or software defects are easy to uncover since the final product has been built. At this stage, failure modes and/or software defects are hard and expensive to fix as changes required in the embedded software. The aim of this research was to develop and deploy innovative solutions in order to shift failure modes and/or software defects detection early in automotive product development. The initial research work was conducted through an analysis of failure modes and/or software defects found during a typical Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) vehicle programme development. This preliminary work also then focused on supplier base capability for automotive embedded software development. The research findings from the internal and external analysis, together with the literature review on best practice have driven the development of four solutions. A process called Model-based Product Engineering (MBPE) was created and deployed within JLR. The MBPE process brings together model-based development and other development processes in a standardised form. A new generic Design Verification Interface (DVI) for test exchange and traceability across all MBPE process levels was developed. The generic DVI eliminates or reduces redundant efforts of re-writing test cases and test scripts for automated testing. A semi-formal Standardised Design Verification Method (SDVM) was developed for defining test cases for all vehicle systems in a common template. The SDVM presents test cases as machine readable data and allows auto-generation of test scripts suitable for automated testing. An end-to-end solution called Platform Independent Test System was developed in order to integrate the MBPE, DVI and SDVM solutions. The proposed PITS supports all levels of system abstraction from the test case definition phase to the execution of automated scripts in both offline and real-time test environments. Evaluation results have demonstrated a significant shift in the detection of failure modes and/or software defects towards the early phases of the product development. An early detection of more than 50% of failure modes and/or software defects was achieved. This is a substantial change from the previous state where embedded software validation was conducted only after supplier software release. Furthermore, results have shown a 40% reduction in engineering effort for test scripts creation and a five to tenfold reduction in engineering time for automated testing.

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Koroleva, Polina, and Dmitry Moiseev. "Power of innovative culture." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-20296.

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Abstract Authors: Dmitry Moiseev and Polina KorolevaProgram: Leadership and Management in International Context Title: Power of innovative culture within organisations From 18 century almost everything that occurred during economic growth was done due to innovations. Companies started to understand that innovations could give a competitive advantage and increase organisational effectiveness. Innovative culture, in turn, is one of the most important conditions that make innovations happen. However innovative culture is not so popular and common within a lot of companies, maybe because of lack of knowledge according to this notion, maybe because of unwillingness and fear to change something. Innovative culture consists of aspects that have some particular shade and lead to innovations’ creation. In this research we defined innovative culture, determined and analysed different aspects that differentiate it among any other kind of culture. We showed advantages of innovativeness and described the leadership style which serves to innovations. Our findings are proven by the examples and words of leaders from global companies, which helped to build us empirical part.

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Jonason, Andreas. "Innovative pricing." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Tekniska högsk, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3221.

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Zanutto, Sara <1991&gt. "INNOVATING WITH COMPETENCIES Behavioral competencies for developing innovative successful products." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/7684.

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The capability to innovate is fundamental for companies that want to stay competitive in the market maintaining their profit. Many factors influence the innovative potential of NPD teams. Can Emotional and Social Competencies increase the capability of innovating and developing new successful products? This paper aims at answering this crucial question. In the first part different definitions of innovation are provided and categories in which innovation is classified are further expounded. After having pointed out that the focus is on product innovation, the concept of Open Innovation is analyzed together with Stage-Gate NPD process and the different kind of NPD teams. In the second part the focus of the discussion is on the Emotional and Social Competency expounding the results of different studies on this subject. The codebook developed by Boyatzis in 1982 integrated by the competencies of the Emotional and Social Competency Inventory is in particular examined being the starting point for the empirical study. In the third part the methodology adopted in this empirical study is described in all its phases. In particular, Behaviour Events Interviews were conducted in order to find competencies that team members demonstrated during the NPD process whereas a Repertory Grid has been created in order to classify them in best performers and average/poor performers. The gathered data are studied in the fourth part in which the link between team members’ competencies and their performance during the NPD process is analysed, showing how Social and Emotional competencies actually influenced the capability to innovate and to developed successful new products.

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Gustafsson, Astrid. "Being innovative and remaining innovative in the pharmaceutical industry." Thesis, KTH, Entreprenörskap och Innovation, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-123818.

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The pharmaceutical industry has long been regarded as one of the most innovative industries, with ingenious products that have saved millions of lives. However, after the 1980s boom, innovation has stagnated, resulting in a high level of pressure being placed on companies. The people who work with the actual innovative aspect of discovery in these companies are the researchers. The purpose of this study is to examine how these scientists individually perceive innovation as well as setbacks in their work and what is required of them to perform innovatively. In order to find the answer to this, literature studies have been compiled together with interviews with scientists at pharmaceutical companies in the Stockholm and Uppsala region. In the course of the interviews, the main objective was to receive a broad view on how their working conditions from an innovation standpoint. During the interviews, the discussions were based on the researchers’ perspective of innovation, motivation, how they view setbacks as well as their ultimate research dream. From the interviews, I have extrapolated factors which are fundamental considerations for innovative work, both generally and in setback situations. Moreover, how setback situations are perceived, and what is considered to be success. The result from the interviews regarding innovation parameters is consistent with the theory of innovation success. All interviewees reported a significant absence of several of these factors. Above all, the importance of time, the possibility of lateral thinking through spontaneous meetings with colleagues and obstacles created by huge bureaucracy and control. The research staff did not perceive setback situations as actual setbacks but instead they deemed it as an associated factor in their profession. Half of those interviewed expressed no faith in the fact that pursuit of their work would result in a commercialized product that would help people in need.

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Kobler, Daniel. "Innovative Geschäftsmodelle : Entwicklung und Gestaltung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle für Schweizer Versicherungsunternehmen im Privatkundensegment." München ; Mering Hampp, 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2669752&prov=M&dokv̲ar=1&doke̲xt=htm.

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Elfsberg, Jenny. "Insert innovation : Strengthening the innovative capability of a large, mature firm." Licentiate thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för maskinteknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16147.

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Pedroso, Romão Luís Martins Carvalho. "Emove innovative-technologies, Lda: field lab: entrepreneurial and innovative ventures." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9911.

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Avant, Jeanine. "Innovative government contracting." Thesis, Springfield, Va. : Available from National Technical Information Service, 1999. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA367291.

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Tillmann, Martin. "Innovative Prozesskettenoptimierung (IPO)." Aachen Apprimus-Verl, 2009. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&docl̲ibrary=BVB01&docn̲umber=017109421&linen̲umber=0001&funcc̲ode=DBR̲ECORDS&servicet̲ype=MEDIA.

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Gilbert, Paul Jonathan. "Innovative biomass technologies." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489083.

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An small-scale CHP system has been proposed coupling a single-staged gasification unit with a suitably matched energy recovery device, utilising biomass pellets. Biomass pelletisation is an established industry in Northern Europe however there is no standardisation governing the quality of the pellets produced. The first objective investigated the pressure pelletisation of switchgrass for five types of material preparation. The effects of pelletisation pressure and temperature on the quality of pellets were evaluated in terms of density, strength and durability.

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Tillmann, Martin. "Innovative Prozesskettenoptimierung (IPO)." Aachen Apprimus-Verl, 2008. http://d-nb.info/992672562/04.

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Malekhosseini, Melika <1995&gt. "innovative cell technology." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/20100.

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In general, cancer refers to the development of abnormal cells that divide overpoweringly and are capable of destroying normal body tissue, proliferate continuously, migrate to different parts of the body, and promote the growth of new blood vessels. Since cancer is one of the most common obstacles to achieve desirable life expectancy in the world, speeding up the drug screening and find the best treatment is highly demanded. Survival rates are improving for many types of cancers, thanks to improvements in cancer screening and personalized therapies. Ovarian cancer is one of the major cancer with a high rate of female mortality globally every year and can be affected women of all ages but mostly after menopause. In the last recent years, not many broadly recognized pathogenesis and detection method were available, which able to explain the entire disease due to its heterogeneous nature. For instance, two-dimensional systems, animal models, and spheroids provided too much crucial information about the cancer environment and therapies, but they are not sufficient since they are lacking many factors to be close to in vivo situations. Hence, they are not fully capable to mimic the real body condition and tissue response against the drugs. Drawing on this need, several methods were applied to improve and decrease the limitations of cancer treatments. To overcome such problems here in the frame of this thesis, the novel microfluidic organ-on-a-chip-model called Mimetas is used, which is capable of tumor homology maintenance for a long time and mimics the microenvironment in vivo in the greatest degree compare with the other traditional models. Hence, drug sympathy is much better than the static old-fashioned condition. Mimetas is an OrganoPlate made by three different connected channels with the perfusion of fluid flow. ECM is inserted in the middle channel, cells and medium seeded against it. Then is placed on the rocker shaker to produce a flow. The absence of artificial membranes, enables free migration, invasion, and exchanges of various factors. In this thesis, the advantages of setting up the Ascites organoids on Mimetas plate and screening the capability of five different anticancer drugs including ATRA, VS10, Calyx, Doxorubicin, and Carboplatin was taken. Parallel to this work, the same ascites with the unchanged dosage of the mentioned drug that was used in Mimetas plate, tested in 96-multiwell plate in static condition. Comparison between the responses in static and microfluidic conditions helps us to understand better the tumor tissue response against the therapeutic compounds in the optimum dosage condition and recognizing their pros and cons. Cell Viability assay was done by cell titer Glo (Promega) in both conditions. Ascites organoid derived directly from the ovarian cancer patient from the Oncology Referral Center hospital in Aviano and then they set up on OraganoPlate to monitor their response. Comparison between the responding of different therapeutic compounds of static condition and this high throughput novel model microfluidic technology can develop the future personalized therapy experiments.

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Ongkittikul, Sumet. "Innovation and regulatory reform in public transport : innovative capabilities and learning of the public transport organisations = Innovatie en regulering in het openbaar vervoer : innovatieve capaciteit en leerprocessen van openhaar vervoersorganisaties /." Delft : Trail, 2006. http://aleph.unisg.ch/hsgscan/hm00156724.pdf.

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Steiner, Roland. "Innovative Cluster Konzept zur Lancierung eines innovativen Clusters, mit starkem Fokus auf KMU /." St. Gallen, 2005. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02602191001/$FILE/02602191001.pdf.

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Grundström, Jonas. "From innovation to clinical value : An evaluation of innovative neurological medical devices." Thesis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-16945.

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A global mapping of early stage medical technology companies has been implemented. The companies have emerging products within neurology and have undergone an evaluation by clinicians concerning the ability to provide clinical value for Swedish health care. The evaluation process has been executed by discussion with neurologists and neurosurgeons in combination with a literature survey. To limit the evaluation process, areas of stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy were chosen.Some companies turn up to develop more requested products than others. Medfield Diagnostics AB, with their microwave screening product could in the future address the need for fast, accurate and accessible diagnosis of stroke and head trauma. The NBS system from Nexstim Ltd. has potential to provide clinical value by the ability of the products TMS technology to navigate in the brain. Elminda Ltd. product built of an evidence based rehabilitation platform could enhance recovery of patients with neurological disorders on an individual basis. BrainsGate Ltd. product to deliver drugs over the blood brain barrier provides totally new treatment options and NeuroSonix Ltd. ultrasound based product could assist the surgeon and decrease damageable embolic debris. Neurolife non-invasive solutions innovative device, which non-invasively measured the intracranial pressure, would be a totally new way to monitor patients.A symposium was organized and three top ranked companies with stroke care products were invited to present their technology for Swedish clinicians in Stockholm. Participating companies were Nexstim Ltd., Elminda Ltd. and Medfield Diagnostics AB, who were all well received and considered to have interesting technologies with ability to provide clinical value.

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Lindblom, Sofie. "A framework for disruptive innovation in an industry where everything is innovative." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-121681.

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This master thesis is written as a part of The Media Technology program at Linköping University in collaboration with the streaming music company Spotify. The thesis investigates how a software company in the modern age effectively and organically can stay innovative through times. The thesis maps out strategies, models and methods currently known, analyses Spotifys innovative efforts over the past year and suggests a framework tailored to the needs of the company.

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Menary, Jonathan. "Innovation in the UK fresh produce industry : sources, barriers and innovative capacity." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2018. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/104208/.

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The UK fresh produce industry faces a number of challenges, including new pests and diseases, foreign competition and the cost of and access to seasonal labour. ‘Innovation’ has been promoted to meet these challenges, but the sources of innovation, and what holds it back, have not been explored. This thesis aims to: 1) identify the sources of innovation in the fresh produce industry, 2) determine the barriers to innovation in the industry and 3) seek ways to improve the overall innovative capacity of the sector. It does so by using the Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) approach as an underpinning framework within a case study design. 32 industry practitioners, including growers, technologists, researchers and retailers took part in semi-structured interviews, which were analysed using Framework Analysis. The study finds an increasingly consolidated and competitive industry, influenced heavily by retail groups and the need for constant innovation. It describes ‘types’ of innovation and their interlinked nature, as well as the inherent uncertainty around innovation and the difficulties in ‘measuring’ change. It finds that innovation often originates overseas and through experimentation or interaction with a given product or process. It describes both positive and negative communication in the industry and explores other blocking mechanisms to innovation including horizontal and vertical fragmentation, diverging innovation agendas and a “defensive” innovation culture. It also identifies a number of enabling factors for change. Interactivity and network formation are recognised as vital components of the innovation system. However, considerable emphasis is placed on non-systemic factors, such as entrepreneurialism. These findings are combined with existing literature in a functional-structural analysis to offer recommendations to bolster innovative capacity in the industry. The study makes several original contributions to knowledge, particularly with respect to the AIS approach: that innovation systems routinely extend beyond national borders, facilitated in part by another understudied issue – producer organisations – is an area for further research.

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Drobnis, David S. "Implementing innovation in real estate development : co-living as an innovative product." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120656.

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Thesis: S.M. in Real Estate Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2018. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-61). The real estate industry is very conservative and risk averse, yet innovation is critical to its long term viability. While innovation does occur in real estate development, it is often discouraged and not the standard approach. This thesis focuses on understanding the motivations and obstacles facing real estate developers who decide to pursue innovative products, processes and systems. The study explores the challenges of developing co-living, a recent innovative real estate product in order to understand why this product is taking off across the country, and how it has been implemented in Boston and New York City. Insight into the innovation processes are derived from site visits and multiple interviews with professionals from different sectors of real estate: developers, consultants and regulatory authorities. The thesis concludes by describing five principles of innovative real estate development, relating to: Market Demand, Vision, Adoption, External Forces and X-Factors. While these principles are derived from experience in creating co-living projects, they are illustrative and important for the innovation process in all types of real estate products. by David S. Drobnis. S.M. in Real Estate Development

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Greppi, Andrea <1991&gt. "Essay in Empirical Economics: Intangible Economy, Innovative Firms and Institution of Innovation." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2022. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/10116/1/Thesis_Greppi_final.pdf.

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The present thesis is made up by three separate chapters covering topics related to international trade, intellectual property right, business groups and knowledge flows and finally, an attempt to identify promising and innovative young firms. The first paper focuses on the role of institutions, and it shows howdifferent types of institutions are important to determine comparative advantage for countries at different stage of development. The papers finds that intellectual property rights (IPR) protection changes export composition of OECD countries toward IP-intensive sectors, whereas contract enforcement is a driver of export of relation-specific inputs in non-OECD countries. However, better IPR quality encourages technology transfer by redirecting non-OECD imports toward IP-intensive industries. The second chapter studies how subsidiaries of Business Groups interact between each other. In particular, the paper highlights productivity gains that affiliates enjoy from intangible assets developed by other firms within the same group. The analysis shows that a key element to consider in order to understand these flows, is to take into account the hierarchical links between subsidiaries. This crucial step allows to show that within Business Groups knowledge flows upwards, i.e. subsidiaries in lower layers share their knowledge to subsidiaries in upper layers. The third chapter presents a novel dataset assembled during my experience at the OECD on innovative start-up. Combining information from two different data provider, Crunchbase and Dealroom, and implementing several cleaning and matching procedure, we managed to gather this dataset which covers almost the universe of innovative start-ups all over the world. This data are a key element that will be exploited in several work at the OECD, for example to study the determinants of start-ups success (innovation, scale-up) and how relevant are Killer Acquisitions in start-ups.

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Atta-Owusu, K. (Kwadwo). "Exploring the relationship between humor types, innovative work behavior and innovative performance." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201604151495.

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Humor is important human behavior that plays a vital role in communication and social interactions. Being a social phenomenon, humor is pervasive in organizations and workplaces. Because of its playful nature and the amusement it engenders, its presence in organizations is usually seen a distraction. Traditionally, work has been conceived as a serious undertaking hence any seemingly frivolous behavior like humor should not form part of it. However, it has been suggested that humor has numerous benefits and facilitates organizational processes such as innovation. Unfortunately, there are few studies that have examined the role of humor in innovation. This study seeks to deepen understanding of humor’s utility in innovation management by exploring how individuals use of humor in different contexts affect their innovativeness. The study draws on humor, creativity, innovation and social psychology literatures to develop a conceptual model. It examines how four types of humor used by employees in their interactions with their immediate co-workers (in-group) and with external actors (external group) affect their innovative work behavior and innovative performance. In testing this model, data is collected by a cross-sectional survey conducted in the fall of 2015. Employees from nine Finnish organizations involved in the HURMOS Project were invited to participate. At the end of the survey period, eighty-eight participants (n=88) completed the questionnaire. The data is analyzed by conducting correlational test and hierarchical multiple regression using SPSS Statistics 22 software. The data analyses revealed some interesting findings. The results suggest that employees use of affiliative humor with the in-group and external group relate positively and significantly to innovative work behavior. Aggressive humor use has no significant relationship with innovative work behavior in the in-group context; but in the external group context, it has a negative significant association with innovative work behavior. The use of coping humor and reframing humor show no significant effect on innovative work behavior in both contexts. Also, affiliative humor, aggressive humor and coping humor show no significant direct relationship with innovative performance. On the contrary, reframing humor, surprisingly, relates positively to innovative performance in both contexts. Lastly, employees innovative work behavior relates positively to innovative performance. This study’s findings contribute to the existing knowledge by stressing the important role humor plays in individual innovativeness.

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Eklund, Ellen, and Marija Knezevic. "Stressfaktorers inverkan på innovativt beteende." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-23660.

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Syfte: Studien syftar till att få fördjupad förståelse för hur stressfaktorer kan påverka individens innovativa beteende positivt. Metod: Studien tillämpar en kvalitativ ansats med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Totalt genomfördes elva intervjuer på Volvo Group Trucks Technology samt en intervju och ett kompletterande samtal med två tidigare anställda. Intervjusvaren har analyserats med tematisk analys Resultat & slutsats: Nio stressfaktorer identifierades vilka skapar stress; krav, tidspress, kontroll, support, roll, kultur, riskvilja, sociala medier och mål. Studien identifierade också fem påverkansfaktorer som kan påverka utvecklingen av positiv stress; personlighet, problemlösande, självledarskap, erfarenhet och motivation. Stressfaktorer i kombination med påverkansfaktorer kan bidra till positiv stress hos individen och leda till ökat innovativt beteende. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Studien efterfrågar mer kvalitativ forskning på stressfaktorer och innovativt beteende. Stress- och påverkansfaktorer som identifierades i studien bör undersökas vidare. Framtida studier bör även undersöka stressfaktorer i relation till innovationsbeteendets alla tre faser. Framtida studier bör också inkludera fler kvinnor och vidare forskning på hur organisationer kan organisera för innovation. Uppsatsens bidrag: Studiens främsta bidrag är Modell 2: Stressors Innovative Development, som visar hur stressfaktorer inverkar på innovativt beteende. Modellen ger stöd till ledare som önskar öka anställdas innovativa beteende, för att öka företagets konkurrenskraft. Modellen ger kunskap om vikten av de personliga förmågorna för att positiv stress ska utvecklas, och påverka det innovativa beteendet positivt. Aim: This study aims to provide a deeper understanding of how stressors affect the individual innovative behavior positively. Method: The study applies a qualitative approach with semi structured interviews. In total, eleven interviews were conducted within Volvo Group Trucks Technology and one interview and a complementary conversation with two former employees were carried out. Interview responses have been analyzed with thematic analysis. Result & Conclusions: Nine stress creating stressors were identified; demands, time pressure, control, support, roll, culture, risk appetite, distraction and goals. The study also identified five individual capabilities, which are termed as influencing factors; personality, problem solving, personal responsibility, experience, motivation. The study finds that stress can lead to increased innovative behavior when stressors are combined with influence factors contributing to positive stress in the individual. Suggestions for future research: To further increase the understanding of stressors and innovative behavior, more qualitative research within this field is necessary. Stressors and influencing factors, being identified in this study, should be studied in more detail. Future research should aim to study innovative behavior and stress for all three phases of Innovative Behavior. Further studies within this field should also include more women and research on how organizations can organize for innovation. Contribution of the thesis: The study's main contribution is the Model 2: Stressors ID, which shows how stressors affect innovative behavior. The model provides support for leaders who wish to enhance employees' innovative behavior to increase the company's competitiveness. The model provides knowledge about the importance of personal capabilities in order for positive stress to evolve and influence the innovative behavior positively.

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Marelli, Alina. "Innovative Distribution für Uhren." St. Gallen, 2005. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/01652320002/$FILE/01652320002.pdf.

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Lazzarotto, Alberto. "An innovative ground storage." Thesis, KTH, Byggnadsteknik, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-34845.

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Geißler, Veronika, Albert Gauer, and Sascha Görne. "Innovative digitale Geomodelle 2020." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-152997.

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Der Bericht dokumentiert die Ergebnisse des Vorhabens »Innovative digitale Geomodelle 2020«, Teil 1. Damit liegen für wichtige regionalgeologische Einheiten Sachsens dreidimensionale Daten vor. Mittels vieler heterogener Eingangsdaten wurden 3D-Modelle von 13 stratigrafischen Einheiten erstellt. Zur Modellierung diente die Software GOCAD. Die gewonnenen Daten konnten mithilfe der Datenbanksoftware GST erstmals in einer ORACLE-Datenbank gespeichert werden, um einen projektunabhängigen Zugriff zu gewährleisten. Die 3D-Modellierung der Geologie hat das Ziel, den geologischen Untergrund in seiner Gesamtheit darzustellen und komplexe Zusammenhänge sichtbar zu machen.

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Hii, Hnn-Hui. "Innovative capacity of firms." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621190.

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Gromyko, Nikita, and Galyna Peresadko. "Marketing of innovative companies." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2018. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10125.

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Kugai, K. "Innovative trends in education." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2021. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/18507.

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Skotarenko, Zakhar, and Захар Андрійович Скотаренко. "Innovative technologies in airports." Thesis, National Aviation University, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/50543.

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1. Airport tap into virtual reality for passengers entertainment [Electronic resource]. Available at: https://airport.nridigital.com/air_jul18/airportstap_into_virtual_reality_for_ passenger_entertainment 2. How airports are using VR to be less wasteful [Electronic resource]. Available at: https://www.aviationpros.com/airports/airport-technology/article/21112224/how-airports-are-using-vr-to-be-less-wasteful 3. Airport robot market- growth, trends, COVID-19, impact and forecast [Electronic resource]. Available at: https://www.mordorintelligence.com/ industry- reports/ airport-robots-market 4. IATA passenger forecast, January 2018 [Electronic resource]. Available at: http://airlines.iata.org/sites/default/files/Data%20 spread%20dec-jan%20v5.pdf 5. USD1 trillion for airport construction globally – but it’s not enough [Electronic resource]. Available at: https://centreforaviation.com/ analysis/reports/usd1-trillion-for-airport-constructionglobally---but-itsnot-enough-capa-database-356495. 6. SITA Passengers in Focus [Electronic resource]. Available at: https://www.sita.aero/globalassets/docs/infographics/passengers-infocus-infographic.pdf 7. NEC’s Video Face Recognition Technology Ranks First in NIST Testing [Electronic resource]. Available at: https://www.nec.com/ en/press/201703/global_20170316_01.html. Recently, new technologies have radically transformed all spheres of our life, and in terms of the development of innovations, one can already draw conclusions about the future of these spheres. As for the airports, they have also received some new innovative technologies, which we would like to tell in our report. Останнім часом нові технології кардинально перетворили всі сфери нашого життя, і з точки зору розвитку інновацій вже можна робити висновки про майбутнє цих сфер. Що стосується аеропортів, вони також отримали деякі нові інноваційні технології, про які ми хотіли б розповісти у своєму звіті.

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Wolfe, Daniel R. "Innovative computer aided diagramming." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50095.

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Computer aided diagramming (CAD) tools today are based on the approach of a fixed symbol into which text is fitted. This approach leads to shortfalls in human interfacing and tool development. The inverse view of entering the text and then drawing the symbol around it provides the basis for an innovative approach that is more natural and user friendly. This report documents benefits realized from the new approach in the development of a CAD tool referred to as DiagramEdit. Master of Science incomplete_metadata

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Halawani, Nour. "Innovative materials for packaging." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSEI010/document.

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Ce travail porte sur l'étude du mélange thermodurcissable - thermoplastique (époxyamine / polyetherimide avec séparation de phase) pour évaluer les performances électriques et thermiques. Ces matériaux seraient des nouveaux candidats pour remplacer la couche d'encapsulation dans les semi-conducteurs, par exemple ceux utilisés comme interrupteur dans les applications électroniques de puissance. Les mélanges de polymères seraient un nouveau candidat en tant qu'isolant pour le système. La matrice epoxy-amine seul et les melanges epoxy / Polyetherimide on été caractérisés par microscopie électronique à transmission, microscopie électronique à balayage, Calorimétrie différentielle à balayage, analyse thermogravimétrique, analyse mécanique dynamique, analyse diélectrique avec simulation analytique et des mesures de conductivité électrique et de tension de claquage ont également été entreprises. Ces techniques complémentaires ont d'abord été utilisées pour étudier la séparation de phases et ensuite pour quantifier la taille des nodules de thermoplastiques dans la matrice thermodurcissable. Cette séparation de phase a été examiné et a montré une diminution des valeurs diélectriques de 15% et une augmentation de la tension de claquage par rapport au système époxy-amine pur This work deals with the study of thermoset-thermoplastic blend (epoxy-amine/poly-etherimide phase separated) to assess the electrical and thermal performances. These materials would be new candidates to replace the encapsulation layer in semiconductors, for example ones used as switches in power electronic applications. Polymers blends would be a novel candidate as an insulator for the system. Pure epoxy system as well as Epoxy/Polyetherimide blends where characterized by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic mechanical analysis, dielectric analysis with analytical simulation, electrical conductivity and breakdown voltage measurements. These complementary techniques were used first to investigate the presence of the phase separation phenomenon and secondly to quantify the separated nodules size. The effect of this phase separation was examined and showed a decrease in the dielectric values of 15 % and an increase in the breakdown voltage compared to the pure epoxy system. It was finally simulated to show a close assumption of what is found experimentally

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MANCUSO, LUISA. "Applicazioni innovative dell’ingegneria biomedica." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11584/266485.

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The recent important advances in engineering and medicine at the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels together with the significant modifications in people life style, the rapid aging, and the improved life quality expectations for the world population make urgent for the scientific committee to learn more about human body functions at a macro-, micro-, and nano-scale. In this context, Biomedical Engineering has emerged: it uses methods and techniques proper of the engineer field to describe, understand, and solve medical and biological issues and it allows the cooperation among engineers, bio-physicists, physicians, and biologists. Tissue engineering is one of the main branches of Biomedical Engineering and it has sprout to satisfy the need of designing and building living biological tissues in vitro. This is for sure a promising alternative to transplantation, especially to autologous transplantation. This strategy of growing and using autologous tissues as grafts possibly makes available tissues/organs immunologically compatible with the recipient, thus avoiding immunosuppressive therapies and partially solving the constant shortage of donor tissues and organs. Among recent strategies to obtain tissues in vitro, decellularization has developed. This method aims at producing acellular biological matrices to be used as scaffolds for new organs suitable for transplantation. The first part of PhD has dealt with the optimization of a decellularization protocol for ovine carotids, designed to obtain an adequate biological matrix for small vascular graft. Besides, progresses and growth of Biomedical Engineering imply the rapid spreading of innovative materials. As a consequence, in order to guarantee the appropriate protection of human health and of the environment, it is essential to foresee eventual adverse effects of the exposure to such new materials, and evaluate their potential risk, both with toxicological analyses and preclinical and clinical studies. In particular, this is a crucial issue within one of the most recent fields of Biomedical Engineering, i.e. nanotechnologies, which are still lacking a specific regulation. This is the reason why the second part of PhD thesis is focused on the development of a new acute oral toxicological test in vitro, based on the use of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and designed according to ICCVAM guidelines. These were drafted during the validation process of the two in vitro tests which are now approved and used, despite their limits, to evaluate acute oral toxicology and to predict the starting dose for acute toxicity tests in vivo (ICCVAM, 2006). Considering the promising results obtained, the hMSC test was adopted to estimate nanoparticle cytotoxicity.

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Na, Jea Hoo. "A study of design innovation framework for innovative manufacturing companies in the UK." Thesis, Brunel University, 2016. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12776.

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The importance of design to enhance innovation in businesses has gradually diversified with the expansion of the meaning and influences of design, and is now regarded as a critical strategic tool to increase commercial competitiveness and sustainable growth in a complex global market. Concurrently, the importance of embracing the extensive scope of innovation - including technological, product/service, process and organisational innovation - in businesses, especially in manufacturing companies, has been identified by scholars, industry bodies and the government as a way to avoid the ‘locked-in’ effect of existing technology and a business model which could hinder competitiveness. In this context, innovative manufacturing is regarded as an enabler for developing advanced and high-value manufacturing, which are considered as being of strategic importance in achieving the UK’s global competitiveness and economic balance. The research, however, identified a relatively narrow view and use of design in innovative manufacturing, limiting the potential benefits of ‘designing’, ‘design strategy’ and ‘corporate-level design thinking’ to systematically enhance the extensive scope of innovation. The research therefore aims to create a design innovation framework to provide a comprehensive overview of design innovation actions and influences for UK innovative manufacturing companies to further improve innovativeness. The research consists of three phases: (i) the exploration phase, which explores the expanding role of design and innovation, and the context of UK innovative manufacturing, (ii) the development phase, which establishes the relationship between design and innovation in the business context, and discovering the design innovation characteristics which form the design innovation framework and its implementation process, and (iii) the evaluation phase which identifies the adaptability and usefulness of the framework in the innovative manufacturing context. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used, including a questionnaire survey (n=48), in-depth interviews with academics and industrial experts in manufacturing and design innovation (n=36), and case-studies of UK innovative manufacturing companies (n=46). The research identified twenty design innovation characteristics with six main benefits including: (i) problem/opportunity identification, (ii) extensive collaboration, (iii) clear communication, (iv) innovative product and service development, (v) effective process development, and (vi) work culture and environment improvement. The design innovation framework and implementation process recommended by the research therefore provide a comprehensive overview of the influence of design innovation to achieve creative idea generation, optimise the business environment, and successful commercialisation which enables the improved product/service, process and organisational innovativeness of UK innovative manufacturing companies.

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Habtay, Solomon Russom. "Enabling industry inflection and corporate innovation : utilising complexity thinking for innovative strategic management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53407.

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Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the new economy, many industries - more specifically those that can be replaced electronically - are generally believed to be in peril of strategic inflection points. Scrutiny of available researches on the drivers of discontinuity indicates that some strategic inflection points can be foreseen, but many cannot be anticipated, because initially inflection points emerge very small, and can often be missed, but then they suddenly strike hard without warning. A strategic point of inflection occurs when existing ways of doing business and industry structure subtly but profoundly change. This study proposed to review the application of the complexity theory to strategic management for enabling industry inflection and corporate innovation. The study describes a couple-phased complexity approach for enabling industry inflection. The first phase starts by building organisational fitness through designing complex adaptive systems, internal to the organisation, and nurturing healthy co-evolution with external key players. The application of "communities of practice" into complex adaptive systems of organisational design is demonstrated as an essential means to drive the organization to the edge of chaos through which new businesses may evolve that can potentially trigger an inflection point. The co-evolutionary approach is explained as a process to develop patterns of co-adaptation with key players, whereby co-adapters collaborate to adapt effectively, although they still remain free to compete for a prime-movers hip position. This is hypothetically postulated to be space transition at the edge of chaos at the socio-cultural business system level, where active members, driven by the moving self-organization, engage in exploratory dialogue to explore space possibilities for systemic innovations. The second phase is described in four strategic stages for enabling industry inflection and corporate innovation. The strategic inflection point begins with a definition of a customer value proposition. This leads to the co-experimentation stage where co-creators jointly experiment with diverse new business models comprising a variety of customer value propositions that appeal to different segments. The success of new business model may cause industry inflection, subsequently leading to the third stage where the inflection point creates uncertainty to both the co-creators and their competitors, because the final success of a proactive strategic inflection point depends on the market dynamics. The salient conclusion of this study is that the complexity theory does not guarantee the complete success of a proactive strategy for enabling industry inflection. An inflection point can barely result from a deliberate strategic process only. Neither is a strategic inflection point a function of perfectly unexplainable market factors. Recommendations have been provided for further research to address, among others, the conceptual gap between the scientific analysis and the non-linear assumption of the complexity theory. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar word in die hedendaagse ekonomie algemeen aanvaar dat baie nywerhede - in die besonder dié wat elektronies vervang kan word - gevaar loop van strategiese invalspunte. Noukeurige ondersoek van beskikbare navorsing oor die aanvoorders van diskontinuïteit dui daarop dat sommige strategiese invalspunte verwag kan word, maar baie kan nie geantisipeer word nie, aangesien invalspunte aanvanklik baie klein voorkom, en dan dikwels misgekyk kan word, maar dan slaan hulle vinnig toe, sonder waarskuwing. 'n Strategiese invalspunt kom voor wanneer bestaande maniere van sake doen en die struktuur van die industrie subtiel, maar wesenlik verander. Met hierdie navorsing is beoog om 'n oorsig te kry van die toepassing van die kompleksiteitsteorie op strategiese bestuur ten einde geleentheid te verskaf vir industrieinfleksie en korporatiewe innovering. Die navorsing beskryf 'n aantal gefaseerde kompleksiteitsbenaderings om industrie-infleksie aan te help. Die eerste fase begin met die opbou van organisatoriese geskiktheid deur die ontwerp van komplekse aanpasbaarheidstelsels wat intern aan die organisasie is en deur die kweek van gesonde koevolusie met eksterne sleutelrolspelers. Die toepassing van "algemeen aanvaarde praktyk" in komplekse aanpasbaarheidstelsels van organisatoriese ontwerp word gedemonstreer as 'n essensiële middelom die organisasie tot op die rand van chaos te dryf waardeur nuwe ondernemings kan ontwikkel wat moontlik 'n invalspunt kan veroorsaak. Die ko-evolusionêre benadering word verduidelik as 'n proses om patrone vir ko-adaptasie met sleutelrolspelers te ontwikkel, waardeur medebewerkers saamwerk om doeltreffend aan te pas, alhoewel hulle steeds vry is om vir 'n posisie as hoofkragbron mee te ding. Daar word hipoteties gepostuleer dat dit paradigmatiese oorgang op die rand van chaos op die sosiokulturele sakevlak is, waar aktiewe lede, gedryf deur die vinnig bewegende self-organisasie, betrokke raak by verkennende dialoog om die paradigmatiese moontlikhede vir sistemiese innovering te verken. Die tweede fase word in vier strategiese stadia beskryf om industrie-infleksie en korporatiewe innovering moontlik te maak. Die strategiese invalspunt begin met 'n definisie van 'n aanbieding van kliëntwaarde. Dit lei tot die ko-eksperimentele stadium waar medeskeppers gesamentlik eksperimenteer met diverse nuwe sakemodelle wat bestaan uit variasies op aanbiedings van kliëntwaarde wat vir verskillende segmente aanloklik is. Die sukses van 'n nuwe sakemodel kan moontlik industrie-infleksie veroorsaak, wat dan lei tot die derde stadium waar die invalspunt onsekerheid skep vir die medeskeppers en hulle mededingers, aangesien die finale sukses van 'n proaktiewe strategiese invalspunt van die markdinamiek afhanklik is. Die belangrikste gevolgtrekking na aanleiding van hierdie navorsmg IS dat die kompleksiteitsteorie nie die algehele sukses van 'n proaktiewe strategie verseker om industrie-infleksie te bemagtig nie. 'n Invalspunt kan beswaarlik slegs uit 'n doelbewuste industrie-infleksie voortspruit. Die strategiese invalspunt is ook nie 'n funksie van volkome onverklaarbare markfaktore nie. Aanbevelings word gemaak vir verdere navorsing wat aandag kan gee aan, onder andere, die konseptueie gaping tussen die wetenskaplike analise en die nie-lineêre aanname van die kompleksiteitsteorie.

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Gonçalves, Fábio Miguel Monteiro. "Firm’s innovative capabilities influence on innovation performance : differences between firm’s age and size." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19201.

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Mestrado em Economia e Gestão de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação Esta tese estuda a associação entre as ?innovative capabilities? das empresas e a performance em inovação das mesmas, e se estas variam consoante a idade e dimensão da empresa. O problema é saber quais as variáveis que devem ser incluídas de modo a que se quantifique todas as dimensões discutidas na literatura, e como se deve organizar estas variáveis para que se avalie de forma completa as "firm's innovative capabilities". Este trabalho segue o modelo desenvolvido por Zawislak et al. 2012 focando-se apenas naquelas "capabilities"? que são dinâmicas (Alves et al. 2017). É o principal contributo, pois permitiu a inclusão de muitas variáveis e permitiu perceber como estas variam em relação à idade e dimensão das empresas. O modelo teórico consiste em 17 variáveis distribuídas por 4 factores: "capability" de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Estratégico, Transacional e de Gestão. Para ir de encontro aos objectivos de investigação, um questionário foi enviado para empresas da Indústria Transformadora Portuguesa e foram obtidas 381 respostas. A Análise Fatorial Exploratória originou resultados estatisticamente significativos para três factores, enquanto que a "Capability" de gestão não é significativo sobre as "innovative capabilities" (IC) e sobre a performance da inovação (IP) para as empresas da amostra. A associação entre IC e IP é fraca, mas positiva e, através dos testes não paramétricos, descobriu-se que existem diferenças na distribuição dos factores para as empresas tendo em conta as suas características. The aim of this thesis is to study the association between firm's innovative capabilities and innovation performance and whether they vary according to certain firm's characteristics. However, one of the major setbacks relies on the choice of variables required to measure all the dimensions discussed in the literature and on how to ensure that these variables represent reliable and interpretable factors in order to obtain a complete assessment of firm's innovative capabilities. Thus, this thesis follows the complementary model developed by Zawislak et al. 2012 but is only focused on dynamic capabilities (Alves et al 2017). The contribution of this thesis is the inclusion of many variables that enable the assessment of how firm's innovative capabilities differ according to their age and size. The theoretical model consisted of 17 variables distributed into 4 factors: Development of Technology, Strategy, Transactional and Management capability. To meet research objectives, a questionnaire was sent to firms in the Portuguese Manufacture Industry and 381 responses were collected. An Exploratory Factor Analysis led to three statically significant factors but the Management Capability is not significant on firms' Innovative Capabilities (IC) and Innovation Performance (IP). The association between IC and IP was weak but positive and nonparametric tests revealed significant differences in distribution of the factors according to firm's age and size. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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Weintraub, P. "Leadership of health innovation : building an innovative health organisation (a mixed-methods study)." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2018. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/4648170/.

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This thesis explores leadership styles associated with innovation in the National Health Service in England, drawing on a review of leadership theories and concepts, and comparing what is found with an organisation in the United States recognised as a high performer in this area. Although leadership has been studied extensively, most research has focused on the political and military spheres. More recent work has also examined the role of leadership in sectors such as manufacturing and technology, both areas where it is essential to encourage and nurture innovation. Yet, in the health sector, where innovation is now high on the health policy agenda in many countries, there is a paucity of research on how leadership can foster a culture of innovation. It cannot be assumed that leadership theories and concepts developed in other sectors will automatically apply to the health sector, given its many complexities and specificities, including multiple and sometimes competing objectives, such as the need to match technological advances with cost containment. Moreover, these objectives may vary in different settings, reflecting the contextual embeddedness of health systems. This research asks what leadership styles have been adopted by those working at senior leadership and management levels in organisations created to support innovation within the NHS in England. To place these findings in a broader context, these findings will be compared with those obtained from a leading health sector organisation identified as a global leader in innovation that served as the US Pilot Study for this research. It will relate these findings to theory and previous empirical research on leadership for innovation while exploring the application of these findings to the health sector. The research uses a mixed method approach, commencing with a review of the literature to identify leadership styles and critical appraisal of evidence associating different styles with the extent and nature of innovation, which in turn has informed development of an instrument to be used in a survey (quantitative element) of those in leadership roles. The instrument draws extensively on that used by Handy (1996) to assess organisational culture. The survey questions are linked to leadership theories and concepts identified in the literature review and seek to identify the leadership styles adopted in the organisations studied. The findings inform the qualitative phase of the study, in which interviews with key informants are used to interpret and understand the quantitative results. The study findings have been used to generate a ‘Leadership Framework’ for assessing leadership styles in organisations seeking to foster innovation in the NHS. This is based upon the leadership styles described in the literature and leadership theories and concepts driving health innovation and to a minor extent to those adopted in a successful innovator in the United States health sector. The research concludes by offering contextually appropriate recommendations based on theory and empirical evidence.

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Tran, Thi Thanh Huong. "Be innovative to be green : how consumers respond to eco-innovative product designs." Thesis, Lille 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LIL1A018/document.

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L'éco-innovation est un moyen efficace pour les entreprises de répondre aux préoccupations environnementales croissantes des clients. Cette thèse propose que la conception des produits, ainsi que les variables liées à la consommation et à la situation, peuvent avoir une influence positive ou négative sur le consommateur. Les résultats de cinq expériences montrent comment les consommateurs réagissent aux conceptions de produits éco-innovants dans diverses catégories de produits Internet-of-Things (IoT). Nous découvrons l'effet des compromis entre les caractéristiques innovantes et les avantages écologiques sur les réponses des consommateurs (étude 1). Nos résultats montrent également que les éléments écologiques dans les conceptions de produits éco-innovants peuvent déclencher différentes réactions des consommateurs (étude 2). De plus, cette thèse mets en lumière les intentions d'achat des consommateurs par rapport à la conception des produits et de leur innovation écologique (étude 3). Nous documentons également les associations de consommateurs entre la détectabilité d’un attribut respectueux de l’environnement et l’éco-respect des produits et la qualité globale du produit, ce qui affecte leurs préférences et leur intention d’adopter une éco-innovation (étude 4). Enfin, nous soulignons que les consommateurs évaluent positivement ou non les éco-innovations selon le pays de fabrication et de sa compatibilité avec l’éco-respect des produits (étude 5). La thèse se termine par des conseils théoriques et managériaux pour les entreprises sur les meilleures pratiques en la réalisation d'avantages concurrentiels dans un contexte d'éco-innovation The introduction of eco-innovation is considered an effective way for companies to strategically align themselves with consumers’ increasing environmental concerns. Drawing on the sustainability and innovation literature, this dissertation proposes that product design factors, individual differences, and situational variables, significantly influence consumer responses to eco-innovation. The findings of five online experiments explore the underlying mechanisms of how consumers respond to eco-innovative product designs across various Internet-of-Things product categories. Specifically, we uncover the effect of trade-offs between innovative features and eco-friendly benefits on consumer responses and shine new light on the moderating role of consumer beliefs about eco-friendly product effectiveness (Study 1). Our results also show that different types of eco-friendly attributes in new product designs trigger different consumer responses (Study 2). Moreover, this dissertation sheds light on the nature of eco-friendly consumer innovativeness and its interaction effects with perceived trade-offs in eco-innovative product designs on consumers’ product evaluation and purchase intentions (Study 3). We also document consumers’ associations between detachability of an eco-friendly attribute on consumer responses (Study 4). Finally, we highlight that consumers’ evaluations of eco-innovation hinge on ecological country of manufacture and its congruence with product eco-friendliness (Study 5). The dissertation concludes with theoretical and managerial implications, such as advice for firms on the best practices for competitive advantage achievement in an eco-innovation context

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Tran, Thi Thanh Huong. "Be innovative to be green : how consumers respond to eco-innovative product designs." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lille (2018-2021), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LILUA018.

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L'éco-innovation est un moyen efficace pour les entreprises de répondre aux préoccupations environnementales croissantes des clients. Cette thèse propose que la conception des produits, ainsi que les variables liées à la consommation et à la situation, peuvent avoir une influence positive ou négative sur le consommateur. Les résultats de cinq expériences montrent comment les consommateurs réagissent aux conceptions de produits éco-innovants dans diverses catégories de produits Internet-of-Things (IoT). Nous découvrons l'effet des compromis entre les caractéristiques innovantes et les avantages écologiques sur les réponses des consommateurs (étude 1). Nos résultats montrent également que les éléments écologiques dans les conceptions de produits éco-innovants peuvent déclencher différentes réactions des consommateurs (étude 2). De plus, cette thèse mets en lumière les intentions d'achat des consommateurs par rapport à la conception des produits et de leur innovation écologique (étude 3). Nous documentons également les associations de consommateurs entre la détectabilité d’un attribut respectueux de l’environnement et l’éco-respect des produits et la qualité globale du produit, ce qui affecte leurs préférences et leur intention d’adopter une éco-innovation (étude 4). Enfin, nous soulignons que les consommateurs évaluent positivement ou non les éco-innovations selon le pays de fabrication et de sa compatibilité avec l’éco-respect des produits (étude 5). La thèse se termine par des conseils théoriques et managériaux pour les entreprises sur les meilleures pratiques en la réalisation d'avantages concurrentiels dans un contexte d'éco-innovation The introduction of eco-innovation is considered an effective way for companies to strategically align themselves with consumers’ increasing environmental concerns. Drawing on the sustainability and innovation literature, this dissertation proposes that product design factors, individual differences, and situational variables, significantly influence consumer responses to eco-innovation. The findings of five online experiments explore the underlying mechanisms of how consumers respond to eco-innovative product designs across various Internet-of-Things product categories. Specifically, we uncover the effect of trade-offs between innovative features and eco-friendly benefits on consumer responses and shine new light on the moderating role of consumer beliefs about eco-friendly product effectiveness (Study 1). Our results also show that different types of eco-friendly attributes in new product designs trigger different consumer responses (Study 2). Moreover, this dissertation sheds light on the nature of eco-friendly consumer innovativeness and its interaction effects with perceived trade-offs in eco-innovative product designs on consumers’ product evaluation and purchase intentions (Study 3). We also document consumers’ associations between detachability of an eco-friendly attribute on consumer responses (Study 4). Finally, we highlight that consumers’ evaluations of eco-innovation hinge on ecological country of manufacture and its congruence with product eco-friendliness (Study 5). The dissertation concludes with theoretical and managerial implications, such as advice for firms on the best practices for competitive advantage achievement in an eco-innovation context

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Lundström, Sara, and Emilia Karlsson. "Gör vi saker rätt eller gör vi rätt saker? : En studie om användandet av innovationsmodeller inom den offentliga vårdsektorn." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-30981.

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Användandet av innovationsmodeller inom vårdsektorn studerades, med anledning av den innovationsmodell Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting nyligen tagit fram. Offentlig sektor har i litteraturgenomgångar inte tagits upp som positiva exempel på innovativ verksamhet, men det finns mycket litteratur som visar på hur systematiserade och byråkratiska de organisationerna är. Därför är det av intresse att undersöka hur en systematiserad organisation angriper innovationsarbete med hjälp av verktyg och modeller. Genom semistrukturerade intervjuer samlades data in från fem representanter inom den offentliga vårdsektorn (från två olika kommuner och landsting), och resultaten visade på att valet och användningssättet av innovationsmodeller skiljde sig mellan respondenterna. Vissa respondenter använde redan existerande modeller, medan andra skapade egna. Vidare visade resultatet att den modell Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting tagit fram ej användes av någon respondent, och endast två kände till att modellen fanns. Studien avslutas med en diskussion gällande innovationsmodellers nivå av generalisering respektive specialisering, samt förslag på en möjlig revidering av modellen Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting tagit fram, för att på så vis sprida vetskapen om den. The use of models for innovation within the public healthcare sector were studied, due to the fact that the public agency The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, SALAR, recently developed and launched a model for innovation. The public sector has not been the focal point in any of the literature about innovative organizations, but there is no shortage of literature regarding that of bureaucracy and the systematization of work processes in the public sector. That is why the authors find it interesting to study how a systemized organization set about working innovatively using instruments and models. Through the use of semi-structured interviews with five representatives from the public healthcare sector, data was collected and the results showed that the choice and use of innovative models differed between the respondents. Some respondents used models that already exist, while others constructed their own. The results also showed that neither one of the respondents used the model created by SALAR, and only two of them had pre-existing knowledge of the model. The study is concluded with a discussion about the degree of generalization/specialization in innovative models, and a suggestion for a possible revision of SALAR’s model in order to create wider knowledge of it.

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Dalton, Thomas H. "Innovative opportunity and school culture : a study of curriculum innovation in two secondary schools." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/35633.

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The aim of this research is to explore the social mechanisms and processes of curriculum change in two secondary schools, an urban secondary modern and a rural high school. The implementation of the Geography for the Young School Leaver Project provided the initial impetus for the research but as the schools' response to innovation was explored, other Projects and school-based initiatives became an integral part of the study. A first assumption was that the teaching in any curriculum area is partly determined by the system characteristics or cultural norms of the school. The thesis examines the negotiations between the innovators and the various reality definers. Value conflicts which surround the idea of educational change are often treated superficially. This research examines some of the conflicts engendered by innovation at a personal and ideological level. The style of the research was in an anthropological and phenomenological mode. An open-ended illuminative stance allowed issues immediate to the life of the schools to be explored. The researcher adopted an observer role. In one school, the GYSL Project was seen as a pathfinder for curriculum development. For some staff in the other school, the Project was perceived as reactionary, resulting in a process/content debate becoming the central issue. The research indicated that while senior management within a school can encourage curricular initiatives and provide a supportive framework, micro-politics and above all the personal philosophy and values of teachers, are the major determinants of a school's response to change in the curriculum.

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Vespignani, Enrico. "Tecnologie innovative di Radioterapia Stereotassica." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/9746/.

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Dopo un'iniziale descrizione dei concetti fondamentali di dosimetria e degli effetti biologici delle radiazioni sul DNA, ho fatto una descrizione approfondita sulle diverse metodiche radioterapiche. Ho poi concentrato l'elaborato sull'approfondimento storico, tecnico-funzionale e degli aspetti positivi/negativi di due delle tecnologie di irradiazione mirata in ambito clinico più all'avanguardia e utilizzate nel loro ambito specifico: Gamma Knife modello PERFEXION e Cyberknife modello M6. Infine ho esposto gli aspetti principali dell'ultimo medello di Gamma Knife (ICON) presentato per la prima ad aprile 2015 e ad oggi presente solo in due strutture in Europa e cinque negli Stati Uniti.

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Di, Vincenzo Federica. "Sovrastrutture ferroviarie innovative senza ballast." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016.

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Lo scopo di questa tesi è quello di analizzare a fondo il concetto sovrastruttura ferroviaria senza ballast e sottolinearne pregi e difetti rispetto a quella tradizionale con pietrisco, al fine di identificare chiaramente quando e dove i sistemi senza massicciata forniscono prestazioni migliori. L'aumento dei costi di manutenzione delle sovrastrutture ferroviarie al giorno d'oggi stanno aprendo la strada a nuovi sistemi, la maggior parte sviluppati in paesi che hanno linee di velocità elevate e tanti altri paesi si stanno preparando per aggiornare le proprie linee esistenti, nonché per creare nuove linee ferroviarie ad alta velocità. In molti casi i sistemi senza ballast sembrano avere le potenzialità per offrire un servizio per linee ad alta velocità più efficiente rispetto alle tracce tradizionali con ballast, soprattutto a causa della loro maggiore stabilità strutturale, del basso bisogno di manutenzione e del lungo ciclo di vita. Il primo capitolo è dedicato alla descrizione della struttura del binario tradizionale con ballast analizzando gli strati che formano la sovrastruttura. Il secondo capitolo è dedicato alla descrizione di varie tipologie, utilizzate nel mondo, di sovrastrutture ferroviarie senza ballast, di ognuna di esse sono state elencate le caratteristiche costruttive e prestazionali. Il terzo capitolo è dedicato al confronto tra le due tipologie di sovrastruttura, sono state descritte le capacità elastiche e deformative delle due soluzioni, il degrado cui incorrono le due soluzioni, gli stati sollecitanti a cui sono sottoposte e la risposta delle stesse. Di particolare importanza è il confronto di costo dei due sistemi e il rumore e le vibrazioni generate da questi; infatti negli ultimi anni questi sono gli aspetti fondamentali su cui si basa la scelta di un sistema costruttivo; a seguito di questo confronto è stato possibile trarre le conclusioni.

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Robertson, Wallace J. Swenson Robert A. "Innovative change in the Army /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1993. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA276374.

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Bäckbro, Johan, and Hampus Nyström. "Entrepreneurial Marketing : Innovative value creation." Thesis, Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-333.

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BackgroundHistorically speaking, marketing and entrepreneurship has been looked upon as something distinct without any clear relationship. However, in recent years studies on the relationship between marketing and entrepreneurship has increased significantly. Marketers are neither innovative nor entrepreneurial enough in their way of thinking and making decisions. All successful entrepreneurial businesses are based on well thought through marketing. Successful businesses are those who manage to engage in entrepreneurial activities and consider marketing as an important part of that success. The key is marketing and not the product or service.PurposeThe purpose of this thesis is to investigate and evaluate the entrepreneurial process of marketing a newly started venture, towards the end customer, and how the entrepreneur views the role and importance of marketing in future success.MethodIn order to fulfil the purpose an analysis has been conducted through a holistic multicase study. The cases included inkClub and Cinnober Financial Technology, Two entrepreneurs and their companies which received the awards Entrepreneur of the year and Super Gazell from Ernst & Young and Dagens Industri. These awards are given to entrepreneurs and companies who are characterized by entrepreneurship and growth.ConclusionAfter analysing the empirical data with regards to the theory conclusions could be drawn. The study showed that through exploiting market opportunities entrepreneurs could market themselves in a way that suits the company as well as the potential customers.There is also a strong correlation between entrepreneurship and marketing and being able to intertwine these two is the key to finding novel ways of marketing. The study also showed that there are some characteristics that fit all entrepreneurs but it is impossible to find a set of characteristics that fits all.

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Axelsson, Stefan. "Innovative Milk Foamer : Product Development." Thesis, Linköping University, Machine Design, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-58870.

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This report presents the primary development process of an innovative milk foamer. The project is structured as the primary development process that is used at Electrolux Floor Care and Small Appliances AB, Global Primary Development and Innovation department in Stockholm, Sweden. The aim was to develop a milk foamer with innovative solutions to provide Electrolux with a unique product. The objective was to create a product that highly meets customer requirements and in the same time is feasible to develop into a selling product. All the aspects regarding a consumer product had to be considered. To create innovative solutions thorough investigations of the physics behind foaming and foam are studied and documented. The difference in foam quality when using different ways of foaming is documented and possible explanations is discussed. The primary development process range from pre-study and customer research to designing prototypes and verifications. Most of the report deals with standalone solutions but there is also a part of the report that deals with integrated solutions and cooperating solutions that would be used together with espresso machines. The result is a variety of concepts and four fully working standalone prototypes. Two prototypes are further developed and are highly interesting to Electrolux.

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Müller, Thomas. "Innovative Technologien im Data Center." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-200900947.

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Vorgestellt wird die Architektur des Data Centers der TU Chemnitz, die auf den neuen Technologie Data Center Bridging (DCB) und Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) basiert. Es werden die entsprechenden Standards dargestellt und ein Überblick zur gegenwärtig verfügbaren Technik gegeben. Das Rechenzentrum der TU Chemnitz setzt diese Technologien bereits erfolgreich im Kontext von VMware-Virtualisierung und bei Betrieb I/O-intensiver Systeme ein.

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Wielage, Christian. "Innovative Methoden der biomedizinischen Bilddatenanalyse." Diss., lmu, 2006. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-60637.

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Grira, Mongi Ben M. "Innovative approaches to column confinement." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4407.

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Reinforced concrete columns subjected to strong earthquakes may experience inelastic deformations. Inelastic deformability of these columns is of utmost importance for overall strength and stability of structures. Column deformability may be increased through confinement of core concrete. Conventional confinement reinforcement for square mid rectangular columns consist of closely spaced perimeter hoops, overlapping hoops, and crossties. The confinement steel requirements of current building codes often result in high volumetric ratios of transverse reinforcement which may lead to the congestion of column cages, which may result in concrete placement problems. An alternative to conventional transverse reinforcement is to use welded reinforcement steel grids (WRG) prefabricated to the required size and amount of steel, double headed studs (DHS) made of high-strength steel with conventional perimeter hoops, or Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) grids. An experimental investigation was conducted to evaluate physical and mechanical properties of the new confinement reinforcement. Column tests were conducted to investigate structural performance of concrete columns reinforced with WRG, DHS, or FRP grids. Thirty-one large-scale columns with different volumetric ratios, spacings, and arrangements of confinement reinforcement were tested under simulated seismic loading. Test results indicate that the welded reinforcement grids can be used effectively as confinement reinforcement provided that the steel used has sufficient ductility and the welding process employed does not alter the strength and elongation characteristics of steel. The experimental program met these requirements and showed 7% to 10% strains prior to failure. Concrete columns confined with double head snub and conventional perimeter hoops also showed ductile behavior, developing lateral drifts of 4% to 6% prior to a significant loss in moment capacity, depending on the degree of confinement provided. The failure of these columns was characterized by the sudden opening of the 135-degree hooks of perimeter hoops followed by the crushing of core concrete and buckling of longitudinal bars. In addition, test results indicated also that concrete columns properly confined with fiber reinforced plastic grids showed ductile response and behaved as well as the companion columns confined with welded steel grids. The research program also included analysis of columns tested in the experimental phase. A rational analytical model was developed for buckling of longitudinal reinforcement in columns. The model was incorporated in the analytical procedure to compute the ultimate deformation capacity of concrete columns, many of which failed due to bar buckling. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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