The curse of the first-mover: when incremental innovation leads to radical change
DOI: 10.1504/IJCENT.2009.026453 | Thierry Rayna, Ludmila Striukova | The literature establishes a strong link between radical innovation, first-mover advantage and market dominance. However, there are numerous examples where, despite being the first-mover and radically innovating, companies have failed to ac... | 4 - 21 |
No instant prairie: planting lean to grow innovation
DOI: 10.1504/IJCENT.2009.026453 | Fazleena Badurdeen, Phillip Marksberry, Arlie Hall, Bob Gregory | Incremental innovation tends to be slighted in studies of innovation. We present the Toyota Production System (TPS) as an exemplary and valuable form of incremental innovation, point to the notorious difficulty other companies have in imple... | 22 - 38 |
A framework for developing a CSCW environment to improve concept-based decision making
DOI: 10.1504/IJCENT.2009.026453 | James D. McNicol, Leslie F. Monplaisir, Ratna Babu Chinnam | Despite advances in computer technology, bringing products to market remains a complex activity. In particular, it is within the concept phase of product development where information used for decision making is at its most nebulous. This p... | 39 - 52 |
Examining the effect of learning orientation on innovativeness
DOI: 10.1504/IJCENT.2009.026453 | Kayhan Tajeddini | Although the significance of learning organisation is recognised in innovation management, there seems to be a lack of studies on how learning orientation affects on innovativeness in small firms. This paper aims at filling this gap. Using ... | 53 - 65 |
Innovations in collaboration in the design of a low mass vehicle
DOI: 10.1504/IJCENT.2009.026453 | Roger Shulze, Subrata Sengupta | The Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems at the University of Michigan-Dearborn conducts research on advanced vehicle systems. Its driving project was the design a low mass vehicle (LMV) 30% lighter than the Toyota Echo. Over 35 indiv... | 66 - 82 |
Coupling product and manufacturing system design
DOI: 10.1504/IJCENT.2009.026453 | George-Christopher Vosniakos, Xenofon V. Gogouvitis, Emmanuel E. Stathatos | This work examines the pathways leading from preliminary product and process development first (Stage 1) to detailed product design, with emphasis on analysis-based configuration issues (Stage 2) and then, to manufacturing system design foc... | 83 - 102 |
An intellectual development production hyper-cycle model – new JIT fundamentals and applications in Toyota
DOI: 10.1504/IJCENT.2009.026453 | Kakuro Amasaka | Study on an intellectual hyper-cycle model for development production strategy in automobile industry by utilising the author|s new JIT fundamentals with TMS, TDS, TPS and Science TQM, is the traditional just in time (JIT) system for not on... | 103 - 127 |
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