How to turn an innovative concept into a success? An application to seaport-related innovation

Arduino, Giulia; Aronietis, Raimonds; Crozet, Yves; Frouws, Koos; Ferrari, Claudio; Guihéry, Laurent; Kapros, Seraphim; Kourounioti, Ioanna; Laroche, Florent; Lambrou, Maria A.; Lloyd, M. G.; Polydoropoulou, Amalia; Roumboutsos, Athena; Voorde, Eddy Van de; Vanelslander, Thierry

doi:10.1016/j.retrec.2012.11.002

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“…These issues, however, notwithstanding recent contributions (e.g. Arduino et al 2013;Aronietis et al 2012;Wiegmans and Geerlings 2010;Wiegmans, Hekkert, and Langstraat 2007;Wiegmans 2005) remain still little understood.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Several reasons can be advanced to explain limited interest among scholars and practitioners in how innovation is accounted for in transport firm strategic processes, ranging from the specific industry structure of some transport segments, characterised by small firms lacking resources to engage in innovation processes, the relatively riskier nature of some transport businesses, the governance models adopted by some transport firms, the relatively greater role played by the public sectors, and the lack of technical and managerial know-how, to mention but a few (e.g. Naor, Druehl, and Bernardes 2018;Arduino et al 2013;Mathauer and Hofmann 2019;Carlan, Sys, and Vanelslander 2019). Innovation that does not generate value will not improve firm performance (Weston and Robinson 2008;Woodruff 1997), and it is the main task of strategic processes to define how customer value is generated (Ireland and Webb 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Innovation in the maritime sector: aligning strategy with outcomes

Acciaro

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2020

Maritime Policy & Management

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Innovation is identified as one of the main avenues to maintain competitiveness and its importance is well established in business studies. Along maritime logistics chains, innovation is being increasingly recognized as a determinant of success. However, beyond the naval architecture literature, little attention has been given to the role that innovation plays in maritime business. Notwithstanding the increasing number of innovation efforts that can be traced in the industry, little is known of the processes and mechanisms that make innovation successful, with the result that initiatives are often uncoordinated, unfocused, poorly managed, and do not deliver the expected results. In order to improve innovation processes, better insight is needed into what motivates innovation along maritime supply chains, in particular for ocean carriers, (inland) terminal operators, port managers, and hinterland transport operators. To this end, the paper proposes an index-based approach using data collected for 59 innovation cases to capture the degree of alignment between innovation strategy and outcomes in various maritime logistics business sectors. Substantial misalignment exists between company strategies and innovation success, and efforts should be made to improve the strategic processes that lead to collaborative innovation in maritime supply chains.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Innovation in the maritime sector: aligning strategy with outcomes

Acciaro

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2020

Maritime Policy & Management

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“…Srour et al (2008) define the four stages of designing and implementing a PCS project (initiation, system analysis and design, implementation and adoption, and maintenance and growth) and identify five factors of success. Arduino et al (2013) prove that public policy actions/interventions could provide effective support for the initiation, development and implementation phase of technologybased innovations, in general, including PCSs. This support is translated into the introduction of new or modified rules in the form of laws, regulations, standards, taxes, grants and loans to facilitate or motivate innovations.…”

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Business process management in the port sector: a literature review

Saragiotis

2019

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Purpose This paper aims to review the application of business process management (BPM) in the port sector. Its objective is to understand whether BPM principles are applied in the port sector, the role of the procedural factor in port performance evaluation and whether electronic data interchange systems have been used for process management purposes. Design/methodology/approach The objective of this research is to conduct a critical review of existing academic literature in the domain of BPM and its application in the ports sector. This paper assessed more than a hundred recent publications, from key journals in the domains of port economics, BPM and information technology. The two principle platforms used are the online databases of the World Bank Group and the University of Antwerp. Findings Academic literature reviewed reveals a partial application of BPM in the port and maritime sector. BPM related research is conducted via the utilization of modeling algorithms or optimization and simulation tools. There exists evidence that electronic data interchange (EDI) data extracted from EDI platforms can be used to model inter-organizational business processes in several industries. Yet, to the best of the author’s knowledge, no research investigates Port Community System (PCS) or single window (SW) data utilization for BPM purposes, although PCS and SW benefits are well documented. Port performance is largely assessed based on the production theory, and limited number of studies use elements of procedural efficiency as variables for their analysis. Originality/value The holistic application of BPM has been researched in numerous industries but in the port sector. This paper constitutes the first section of an original research study to define key components, assumptions and constraints for developing a comprehensive BPM framework in the port sector.

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“…The transportation sector is the largest industrial research and development investor in Europe, but there are considerable differences in the level of innovation activities carried out by the highly heterogeneous transport subsectors and their specific innovation capacities (Arduino et al 2013). In particular, there is scattering in assessing the level of innovation success in achieving higher operational efficiency and environmental sustainability at seaports (Arduino et al 2013;Acciaro et al 2014). There is also a plethora of needs, economic and institutional factors influencing the process of innovation at seaports (Taneja et al 2012).…”

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On Deploying Vehicular Communication at the Developing Seaport and Related Innovation Success Impediments

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The paper concerns the employment of a vehicular communication concept for traffic management and safety purposes in a developing seaport environment. A general scenario considering centralized and ad-hoc networks has been analysed, since the requirements for the safety of seaports are similar in terms of reliability and latency. The main enhancement of the proposed model is a communication-based cooperative scheme for improving the safety of workers and optimizing the management of on-port vehicles. The simulation analyses have been realized over the container terminal of the developing Port of Bar (South-East Adriatic Sea, Montenegro). Considering the fact that it operates in transitional conditions, related innovation success impediments have been taken into consideration, as well.

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How to turn an innovative concept into a success? An application to seaport-related innovation

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Innovation in the maritime sector: aligning strategy with outcomes

Innovation in the maritime sector: aligning strategy with outcomes

Business process management in the port sector: a literature review

On Deploying Vehicular Communication at the Developing Seaport and Related Innovation Success Impediments

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