Title: Success factors for the development of process technology in process industry. Part 2: a ranking of success factors on an operational level and a dynamic model for company implementation

Authors: Thomas Lager, Sven-Ake Horte

Addresses: Centre for Management of Innovation and Technology in Process Industry, Lulea University of Technology, SE-97187 Lulea, Sweden. ' Department of Business Administration and Social Sciences, Division of Industrial Organization, Lulea University of Technology, SE-97187 Lulea, Sweden

Abstract: In a research project on the development of process technology in process industry, success factors have been developed and ranked by R&D managers in various sectors of European process industry. The results are presented in two parts, of which this is Part 2 of the study. A new classification system for success factors in R&D was developed as an introduction in Part 1, and the discussion in this paper presents a model for company implementation. The empirical research results give an emerging picture of a development area, a development process and a type of development behaviour that differ markedly from product development and the product development process. The results can also be seen as a shopping list and a starting point for in-company development of success factors and performance indicators for process development.

Keywords: process industry; process technology; process development; success factors; performance indicators; technology transfer.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPMB.2005.006114

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2005 Vol.1 No.1, pp.104 - 126

Published online: 05 Feb 2005 *

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