|
on Project, Program and Portfolio Management |
| By: | Thomas Gillier (ERPI - Equipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs - Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine - INPL - Ecole Nationale Supérieure en Génie des Systèmes Industriels, EDF R&D - EDF, MINATEC IDEAs Laboratory - CEA); Gérald Piat (EDF R&D - EDF); Benoît Roussel (ERPI - Equipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs - Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine - INPL - Ecole Nationale Supérieure en Génie des Systèmes Industriels); Patrick Truchot (ERPI - Equipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs - Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine - INPL - Ecole Nationale Supérieure en Génie des Systèmes Industriels) |
| Abstract: | Our paper refers to an industrial practice based on an integrated theoretical framework of design, CK design theory (Hatchuel and Weil, 2002, Hatchuel and Weil, 2003, Hatchuel and Weil, 2008), to support people in management of innovation fields. This study is based on an empirical case in a new form of R&D partnerships, the Cross Industry Exploratory Partnerships. MINATEC IDEAs Laboratory® is composed of a broad scope of partners 2 which aims to co-explore opportunities of micronanotechnologies. The paper deals with a strategic design tool, OPERA, which has been experimented since 2007 and involved participation of design team work and powerholders. During two years, creative insights and projects of the two laboratory's major innovation fields have been collected and structured within CK theory. This tool permits power-holders to drive innovation projects by giving an overview of explored concepts (and still not explored), activation and production of competencies and knowledge. |
| Keywords: | CK theory; innovative design; innovation partnership; OPERA; design theory; management of innovation |
| Date: | 2009–06–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00416790_v1&r=ppm |
| By: | Fabrice Forest (PACTE - Politiques publiques, ACtion politique, TErritoires - CNRS : UMR5194 - Université Pierre Mendès-France - Grenoble II - Institut d'Études Politiques de Grenoble - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I); Olivier Lavoisy (PACTE - Politiques publiques, ACtion politique, TErritoires - CNRS : UMR5194 - Université Pierre Mendès-France - Grenoble II - Institut d'Études Politiques de Grenoble - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I); Valérie Chanal (PACTE - Politiques publiques, ACtion politique, TErritoires - CNRS : UMR5194 - Université Pierre Mendès-France - Grenoble II - Institut d'Études Politiques de Grenoble - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I) |
| Abstract: | The paper presents a scenario-based methodology developed and tested throughout cooperative research and development projects. It is aimed at supporting information technology innovation with an end-to-end Human and Social Sciences assistance. This methodology provides an integrated approach combining a vision of the potential users, business aspects and technological challenges throughout the design process. An original combination of different methods is proposed and experimented: user-centred design, scenario-based design, user and functional requirements analysis, business value analysis, user acceptance studies, and visualization methods. This methodology has been implemented in three European R&D projects, in the domain of the telecommunications and Internet infrastructure. The key contributions of this approach are that it unifies brings together visions of the users, potential business value and technology challenges thanks to scenario construction. |
| Keywords: | Scenario-based design ; user requirements ; business economics ; functional requirements ; visualization |
| Date: | 2009–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00417935_v1&r=ppm |
| By: | Subrata Chakrabarty |
| Abstract: | This paper advances theory on the process of collaboration between entities and its implications on the quality of services, information, and/or products (SIPs) that the collaborating entities provide to each other. It investigates the scenario of outsourced IS projects (such as custom software development) where the extent of collaboration between a client and vendor is high. Using the social exchange theory, the proposed conceptual model tries to establish the "bidirectional" nature of SIP quality in a collaborative environment, where the SIPs exchanged are possibly "dependent" on each other, and if any entity wishes to receive high SIP quality then it should make efforts to provide high SIP quality in return too. Furthermore, it advocates increasing efforts to link financial stakes (tangible or intangible monetary benefits or risks) to the quality of SIP being continuously exchanged throughout the project lifecycle. |
| Date: | 2009–02 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:0902.0188&r=ppm |
| By: | Mireille Matt; Stéphane Robin; Sandrine Wolff |
| Abstract: | We analyze the micro rationale of EU-sponsored collaborations compared to non-sponsored, spontaneous collaborations. We compare the incentives and coordination mechanisms of each type of collaboration, and derive propositions that we test empirically. Our econometric analysis uses recent data on (sponsored and non-sponsored) projects conducted by participants in the 5th and 6th European R&D Framework Programmes. Our empirical findings support our main propositions. Compared to spontaneous collaborations, EU-sponsored collaborations clearly have different characteristics and follow a different rationale. However, there is no major difference between the different types of EU-sponsored collaborations. |
| Keywords: | Strategic R&D Collaborations; European Framework Programmes; Research Joint Ventures. |
| JEL: | L21 L24 O31 O32 |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ulp:sbbeta:2009-29&r=ppm |
| By: | Michi NISHIHARA (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University) |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates the decision of an automaker concerning the alternative promotion of a hybrid vehicle (HV) and a full electric vehicle (EV). We evaluate the HV project by considering the option to change promotion from the HV to the EV in the future. The results not only extend previous findings concerning American options on multiple assets, but also include several new implications. One notable observation is that the increased market demand for EVs can accelerate the promotion of the HV because of the embedded option. |
| Keywords: | real options, American options on multiple assets, exercise region, alternative projects, hybrid and electric vehicles. |
| JEL: | C61 G13 G31 O32 |
| Date: | 2009–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osk:wpaper:0931&r=ppm |
| By: | Arora, Saurabh (School of Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology); Romijn, Henny (School of Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology) |
| Abstract: | This article criticises current BoP approaches for under-appreciating two issues that play vital roles in projects targeting the poor at the BoP: heterogeneity among the poor, and the intricacies of participatory partnerships between TNCs, the non-profit sector (NGOs) and local poor communities in the global south. Our main contention is that the extant BoP literature has a naive view of what working with the poor really involves, which grossly underestimates adverse power relationships and disregards the hierarchies between the poor and outsiders who administer development interventions. To unpack the hidden complexities associated with heterogeneity and partnership dynamics, we draw on extensive knowledge from the field of development studies, which has accumulated key insights about working in and with poorer communities over several decades. |
| Keywords: | innovation and development, participation, poverty alleviation, TNCs |
| JEL: | I30 M14 O19 O31 O32 Z10 |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dgr:unumer:2009036&r=ppm |
| By: | Jun Nakabayashi |
| Abstract: | As part of public procurement, many governments adopt small business programs to provide contract opportunities for businesses often with preferences for firms operated by members of groups designated as disadvantaged. The redistribution arising from such programs, however, can introduce significant added costs to government procurement budgets. In this paper, I examine to what extent small business set-asides increase government procurement costs. The estimates employ data on Japanese public construction projects, where approximately half of the procurement budget is set-aside for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Applying a positive relationship between profitability and firm size obtained by non-parametric estimation of asymmetric first-price auctions with affiliated private values, I conduct a counterfactual simulation to indicate that approximately 40 percent of SMEs would exit from the procurement market were set-asides to be removed. Surprisingly, the resulting lack of competition would actually increase government procurement costs, more than offsetting the production cost inefficiency. |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:tsu:tewpjp:2009-005&r=ppm |