This research focuses on analyzing the specialization models of service industry. Particularly, a correlation between innovation types and specialization strategies will be constructed for the analysis of industrial specialization enabled by the IIS (innovation intensive service) platform model. A case study of Taiwan's Telematics service industry is also used in this research to demonstrate the validity of this specialization model. The IIS platform framework depicts the inter-linkages among six innovation types and eight specialization strategies in accordance with the requirements of value activities and externalities. This model connects firm's core competence, value activities, externalities, and specialization strategy, allowing analysis of needed integration of value activities and externalities based on pre-determined specialization strategy. Results of the empirical study reveal that the optimal specialization strategies of Taiwan's Telematics service industry is the marketing brand & channels specialization based on market innovation, and the network & platform operations specialization based on structural innovation.

Objectives: Adopting recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, this study addresses the value of children’s input on the architectural design of the built environment of intergenerational shared sites and the intergenerational interactions that took place there. Background: Intergenerational programs bring children and older adults together, inviting them to interact, exchange ideas and support each other. Most intergenerational programs are planned by staff and often take place in a multipurpose room without direct input from child or older adult participants. Methods: Data for this study were collected through interviews and drawings from 16 children at three intergenerational centers in Hawaii, Kansas, and Virginia. The interviews were transcribed, analyzed, coded, and categorized. Child development experts analyzed the drawings to better understand how children experience their surrounding environment. Results: Four themes emerged from the triangulated data: (1) outdoor spaces offer rich opportunities for shared programming, (2) children enjoy sharing meals and snacks with intergenerational partners, (3) children recognize environmental features that facilitate or limit intergenerational interaction, and (4) varied spaces support to informal, brief intergenerational interaction. Our findings provide evidence in the value of involving children in designing intergenerational centers and programming. Conclusion: The children who participated in this study provided meaningful insight reflecting the experience of intergenerational activities and the impacts of the built environment on the quality and variety of these interactions.

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