Front end of innovation of high technology industries: The moderating effect of front-end fuzziness

Ho, Yu-An; Tsai, Ching-Tzu

doi:10.1016/j.hitech.2011.03.005

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“…Consequently, front‐end success is conceptualized along the two dimensions effectiveness and efficiency. Front‐end effectiveness considers the quality of implementable ideas and concepts that have the potential for value generation—such as the potential to strengthen the company's competitive position or to increase future revenues (Bertels et al, ; Ho and Tsai, ; Kock et al, ; Kock, Heising, and Gemünden, ). Front‐end efficiency concerns the productivity and speed of the front‐end phase and considers how quickly ideas are translated into concepts and eventually project proposals (Kock et al, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The overall objective of front‐end activities is to create sustainable, competitive advantage by identifying ideas worth pursuing (Bertels et al, ; Ho and Tsai, ; Kock et al, ). Great care and attention must be taken to choose the right ideas because decisions made in this phase will guide the entire NPD process (van den Ende, Frederiksen, and Prencipe, ).…”

Section: Research Framework and Development Of The Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Takin' Care of Business Models: The Impact of Business Model Evaluation on Front‐End Success

Schrauder

Kock²,

Baccarella³

et al. 2017

J of Product Innov Manag

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In recent years, the discussion about business models has garnered increasing attention in practice and research. It is argued that thinking about business model alternatives supports managers, entrepreneurs, or R&D groups in, for instance, developing technological ideas into successful new businesses. Due to a business model's holistic perspective on ideas, it aims to understand not only what kind of value can be created for customers with a certain project but also how this value can be captured and what the corresponding value architecture looks like. Although existing research argues that technological development and business model development should go hand in hand, a quantitative examination of the actual benefits of business model evaluation in the technology‐driven front end of innovation has yet to be performed. This study relates business model evaluation to dimensions of front‐end success and examines environmental turbulence as a moderating variable. Hypotheses are tested by applying structural equation modeling on a set of 151 R&D groups. Results indicate that the extent of business model evaluation in R&D groups' early innovation phases positively relates to front‐end effectiveness and efficiency. Further findings reveal that environmental turbulence increases the strength of these relationships, indicating the stronger relevance of business model evaluation in more turbulent environments.

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Research Framework and Development Of The Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Takin' Care of Business Models: The Impact of Business Model Evaluation on Front‐End Success

Schrauder

Kock²,

Baccarella³

et al. 2017

J of Product Innov Manag

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“…In order to identify those application fields that will generate the greatest benefit for the company, its shareholders, and its employees, existing authors have tended to focus on methods used in market assessment and in technical assessment at the preliminary assessment stage (e.g., [12,23,[29][30][31][32]). Market assessment allows for a comprehensive evaluation of the potential fields of application for products and services to be made.…”

Section: The Front-end Of the By-product Innovation Processmentioning

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Early Front-End Innovation Decisions for Self-Organized Industrial Symbiosis Dynamics—A Case Study on Lignin Utilization

2017

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Abstract:The emergence of self-organized industrial symbiosis (IS) is based on the expectations of industrial actors regarding financial and/or environmental benefits through symbiotic inter-company linkages. One such linkage is the exchange of by-products as substitutes for primary raw materials. However, the company generating the by-product may even not be aware of potential application fields in other industries. In cases where the by-product triggers an innovation, the very early phase of the innovation process ("early front-end"-EFE) is extremely important, as it is here that a first rough picture of future application fields must be defined. In contrast to traditional market innovations of industries, the EFE of IS innovations is triggered by the existence of a certain by-product. As conventional innovation models are not very helpful in supporting the EFE decisions in IS innovations, our paper aims to establish a link between self-organized IS and innovation by creating a specific theoretical framework for the support of EFE decisions. We thus introduce the "stage-gate model of self-organized IS innovations" and place a particular emphasis on the early phases within this model. Subsequently, we illustrate the application of the early phases of the model in a case study on lignin utilization in the Austrian paper and pulp industry (P&P industry). In this way, the study contributes to a better understanding of the peculiarities and conditions of EFE decisions in IS innovations and their significance in the emergence of self-organized IS networks.

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“…It challenges the capability of the organization to understand thoroughly or accurately predict key aspects of the environment, more easily deviating from fulfilling their strategic goal. (Swink, 2000;Aronson et al, 2006;Ho and Tsai, 2011).…”

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“…The ambiguity and uncertainty of customers, technology, and competition challenge the organization's ability to function solely on a rational basis. (Ho and Tsai, 2011).…”

Section: Market Uncertaintymentioning

confidence: 99%

Design-Manufacturing Integration Impact on Manufacturing Operational Performance

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Front end of innovation of high technology industries: The moderating effect of front-end fuzziness

Cited by 16 publications

References 58 publications

Takin' Care of Business Models: The Impact of Business Model Evaluation on Front‐End Success

Takin' Care of Business Models: The Impact of Business Model Evaluation on Front‐End Success

Early Front-End Innovation Decisions for Self-Organized Industrial Symbiosis Dynamics—A Case Study on Lignin Utilization

Design-Manufacturing Integration Impact on Manufacturing Operational Performance

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