Conveners
Small and medium sized enterprises and innovation: Session 1
- Elma Van der Lingen (University of Pretoria)
Small and medium sized enterprises and innovation: Session 2
- Alexandre Del Rey (University of Sรฃo Paulo)
Small and medium sized enterprises and innovation: Session 3
- Sara Grobbelaar (Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University)
Small and medium sized enterprises and innovation: Session 4
- vincent boly (Laboratoire Equipe de recherche sur les processus innovatifs / universitรฉ de Lorraine)
Small and medium sized enterprises and innovation: Session 5
- Mauricio CAMARGO (Lorraine university, ERPI)
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Mr TATSUYA KURODA (The University of Tokyo)15/05/2017, 10:30Small and medium enterprises and innovationPresentation only (Category B)Design Thinking (DT) is becoming a more important concept in both innovative major companies and growing startups. They are daily struggling on whiteboards putting on and off sticky notes, while they are also analyzing big data by the cutting-edge computing algorism. DT and Data Analysis (DA) are coming to essential skill to their innovation. On the other hand, in research fields, we...Go to contribution page
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Dr Sara Grobbelaar (Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University)15/05/2017, 10:52Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)The South African BOP is gaining increasing popularity as a lucrative market for entrepreneurs who are willing to align their businesses with the particular requirements necessary for operating in the BOP. Though SME owners are coming to appreciate the potential for alleviating poverty profitably, they lack a framework by which they can guide their efforts to achieve higher levels of growth....Go to contribution page
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Mr Matheus Luiz PONTELO DE SOUZA (Federal University of Minas Gerais)15/05/2017, 11:14R&D ManagementResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Innovating in a systematic and regular way is a fundamental concern for organizations in order to achieve competitiveness. In this context, Innovation Management Systems (IMS) constitute an important organizational approach to foster the capabilities to innovate continuously. One of the central elements of an IMS is the set of metrics that support the monitoring and control of the innovation...Go to contribution page
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Prof. Elma Van der Lingen (University of Pretoria)15/05/2017, 11:36Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)The impact of the information technology (IT) sector in the creation of entrepreneurial ventures has been demonstrated for various countries. Entrepreneurship is a key ingredient to underpin economic growth for developing countries. There is limited research on technology entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the challenges IT entrepreneurs encounter in South Africa. This study...Go to contribution page
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Mr Christian Duelme (Heinz Nixdorf Instutite (University of Paderborn))15/05/2017, 13:30Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Nowadays, companies face rapidly increasing numbers of product variants. Among new developments or facelifts the current product portfolio is rarely revised. In addition, there is often no continuous reduction of the part master. Over time this leads to an excessive product portfolio and a disproportionate increase in complexity costs, because old products often require intensive support....Go to contribution page
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Mr Julian Marius Mรผller (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)15/05/2017, 13:52Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Many industrial countries worldwide are confronted with multiple challenges such as globalization, increased volatility of markets, abbreviated innovation cycles, intensified competition and augmented complexity. As a result, the German government has initiated Industry 4.0, the German program for the introduction of the Industrial Internet of Things to respond to these challenges and maintain...Go to contribution page
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Mr Julio Rodriguez Rey (Universidad Nacional de Tucumรกn - Centro de Investigaciรณn, Desarrollo e Innovaciรณn Industrial)15/05/2017, 14:14Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)This study analyzes the dynamics of Product Design and Innovation in industrial SMEs in the province of Tucumรกn, Argentina. This group of companies, according to the literature is not particularly innovative, and is made up of companies mostly with low technological development. For the analysis, 10 best performing companies were selected from a group of 50 SMEs selected at randomly. These...Go to contribution page
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Mr Alexandre Del Rey (University of Sรฃo Paulo)15/05/2017, 14:36New business and investement models in the digital worldResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Innovation Front End is an important topic in Innovation Management, especially when considering Start-up companies where most of the company success is derived from a well developed idea and business plan. Digitalization and digital transformation are fields where Start-ups are very present and have a key role in the innovation processes of many industries. Although a topic with...Go to contribution page
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Ms Maricela del Carmen Castillo Granda (Pontificia Universidad Catรณlica del Perรบ), Dr Marta Lucia Tostes Vieira (Management Science Academic Department, PUCP)15/05/2017, 15:30Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Peru is renowned as one of the seventeen megadiverse countries in the world (Conservation International,1998). It is estimated to hold 25,000 flora species, 30% of which are endemic. This extraordinary biological diversity offers endless possibilities for its sustainable use which can be enhanced even more through the generation of added value coming from the investigation to generate...Go to contribution page
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Dr Dalcio Roberto dos Reis (Positivo University), Dr Fabrรญzio Meller (Universidade Estadual de Maringรก - Brazil)15/05/2017, 15:52Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Introduction: In this paper, we have tried to contribute to the theoretical perspective of organizational institutionalism in relation to the result of innovation organizations. We have investigated, under the conditioning of business models, the influence of environmental pressures on innovative result of industries and companies in the metal-mechanic industry that has operated in the two...Go to contribution page
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Ms Manon Enjolras (Universitรฉ de Lorraine - ERPI Laboratory)15/05/2017, 16:14Small and medium enterprises and innovationPresentation only (Category B)Innovation and Export are generally considered as two different activities, but being in relation to each other. Indeed, a link between innovation and export was identified both within the scientific literature as with the bodies specialized in the support for companies. The research works studying this link are plentyful and the advantages of a coupling of the support services concerning...Go to contribution page
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Dr Sara Grobbelaar (Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University)15/05/2017, 16:36Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Various social issues, which include unemployment, homelessness and skill shortages, exist in especially developing country contexts. In the same environment as the social issues, there are often resources (physical and non-physical) available that are not utilised to their full capacity. Theoretically certain idle resources could potentially be applied in different ways in order to address a...Go to contribution page
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Dr Monica Cariola (IRCRES-CNR National Research Council of Italy)16/05/2017, 10:30Green technologies and sustainabilityResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)**Introduction/purpose** - The study presented in this paper origins from the European Project โBenthisโ (WP7, Task 7.4. - Subtask 7.4.4. - Innovative management scenarioโs), and it is aimed to analyze costs and benefits of the substitution of otter boards built with traditional technology with innovative and more sustainable ones in bottom trawl fishery, in the Mediterranean Adriatic Sea,...Go to contribution page
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Mr Jebalbarezi Sarbijan Asghar (Qeshm Voltage Company(Chairman of the Board), Tehran, Iran)16/05/2017, 10:52Small and medium enterprises and innovationPresentation only (Category B)Small and medium agencies are considered as one of the most effective reason in developing of society and economic in any country. This research is studying about the patterns of cooperation between small or medium companies with big companies. The object in this research is practical and the method is descriptive. All data are collected from the library and authoritative printed and digital...Go to contribution page
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Dr Thel Augusto Monteiro (Unimep (Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba))16/05/2017, 11:14Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)This paper presents an analysis of concepts covering the use of technology, the relationship between technological change in e-commerce and buying behavior of digital consumers. In this study, the relationship between theory and practice is derived from knowledge acquired in four research projects conducted over the past six years, with the first two in Brazil and the last two in Mexico. The...Go to contribution page
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Mr Vincent BOLY (Equipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs / Universitรฉ de Lorraine)16/05/2017, 11:36Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Technology management is a major concern for IAMOT community, it deals among other with observing company strategies and developing management approaches to help top managers in the definition and valorization of technologies allowing the development of the company. In this research technology is considered as a complex system of knowledge and know-how supported by equipment (Yanez and Kahlil,...Go to contribution page
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Dr Kai-Ying Chan (University of Pretoria)16/05/2017, 13:30Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are widely accepted as the drivers of economic growth. SMEs depend on innovation for survival. The literature indicates that innovation performance can be improved through collaboration with other organisations. For SMEs, however, spending valuable resources collaborating with organisations that do not add value, could lead to a decrease in innovation...Go to contribution page
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Prof. Wei-Hsin Hsiang (Tatung University)16/05/2017, 13:52Small and medium enterprises and innovationPresentation only (Category B)For nationsโ economic development and fortune creation, entrepreneurship has an important role. Under this situation, the government introduces regulatory reform and open more entrepreneurial courses to boost entrepreneurship. Recently, an event called โstartup weekendโ is popular in the global entrepreneurial area. The government divisions, private organizations and universities recently...Go to contribution page
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Dr Adriana Roseli Wunsch Takahashi (UFPR), Dr Marcia May (UFPR)16/05/2017, 14:14Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Although the themes of dynamic capabilities and performance are abundant in literature of large firms, there is still a research gap regarding the understanding of dynamic capabilities in the context of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises - SMEs, representing a potential subject to be explored. Several researches had already explored dynamic capabilities by the combination with different...Go to contribution page
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Dr Mauricio Camargo (Lorraine university, ERPI)16/05/2017, 14:36Small and medium enterprises and innovationResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)In literature, several works develop methodologies in order to evaluate the innovation capability (IC) of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) according to a set of actions performed by the firm, called innovations actions (Adams et al., 2006; Chiesa et al., 1996; Guan et al., 2016). A good example is the methodology proposed by the ERPI research team of the University of Lorraine in France,...Go to contribution page