Hence it has moved fairly far from its core expertise, in semiconductor technology into a specific consumer electronics product segment.
the enthusiasm of its founder and the core team and the fact that it has had to survive hand-to-mouth for so long has meant that Shadow Robot has a resilience
Despite this activity, some analysts believe that as the company has got bigger so quickly it is finding it difficult to maintain its success. 39 Google has insisted famously that its employees be allowed to spend 20%of their time working on projects other than their core work (Innovation Time out ITO.
‘It was more that they did not see organic light-emitting diodes as a core business and I was concerned that they would simply sit on our idea
and the need to build a family of patents around the core IP. By 2002 the number of patents held had risen to 140, the product of the company's steadily growing workforce,
However, the company was driven to continue by the core concept-that plastics can replace silicon in transistors
Since incorporation, E Ink has advanced gradually both the core technology of the electrophoretic materials and the applications for electronic ink displays selling micro-encapsulated ink imaging films and prototyping kits.
KUKA has benefited from the DLR work on a robot component library, the core of all design phases.
47 5 1 Introduction ICT-related innovation is considered at the core of economic recovery, growth and productivity.
Agglomeration characteristics Spatial proximity of similar and related firms and industries and the general tendency of people and economic activity to locate in large cities and economic core regions lead to agglomeration.
Core issues are 1 . What are the ambitions of Smart Specialisation when it comes to transformation of RIS in a way
and communication, consisting of definitions of core concepts for analysis and planning. In this way, S3 provides a framework for dialog on regional development opportunities and challenges between regional development policymakers inside regions and between regional planners in different countries...
If your core industries are moving away, you have to consider the regional framework conditions
Core issues is to identify regions which well-developed triple helix connectivity, and use they to identify what king of changes you need to make,
At his point, it is a good idea to involve core decision making institutions in making the hard choices,
and to what extent must they be reflected in the core network? We would propose that the DAE objectives should be interpreted such that networks are designed to provide performance that consumers perceive as acceptable for the applications that they want to run.
and to what extent must they be reflected in the core network? We would propose that the DAE objectives should be interpreted such that networks are designed to provide performance that consumers perceive as acceptable for the applications that they want to run.
and the core networks that connect those access networks to one another and to the world.
The policy implications for broadband access networks and for the core networks that support them at national and European level include:
Core network Concentration network MPOPFIBRE Hub Amplifiers Coaxial cabling Active analog equipment optical cabling Coaxial cabling (inhouse) CMTS CMTS Cable Modem Termination System
moreover at its core in the belief, or at least the hope, that increasing competition would in time obviate the need for regulation that primarily responds to the presence or absence of Significant Market Power (SMP).
but also mobile broadband technologies such as LTE. 85 They go on to provide concrete examples of their intent to threaten the core business of cable operators,
which lie at the core of ICT-ELI, require content and curricula that are customised open,
in order to facilitate the innovative teaching and learning practices that lie at the core of ICT-ELI.
"Innovative pedagogical practices made possible by the use of ICT lie at the core of learning innovations
Recent research reveals that increased and wide-ranging connectedness lies at the core of ICT-ELI with significant scale and/or impact (Kampylis, Law, et al.
Several core aspects of ehealth implementation are crucial. The first is need the to ensure that data are exchangeable.
Electronic transmission Data formats Data format Analysis of survey results 33 Aggregate patient data Aggregate patient data provide the core data on which regions
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative7 is engaged an organization in the development of interoperable metadata standards, architecture, and modelling.
& Innovation Strategy for the Midwest Region of Ireland 2014-2018 Cluster Development Cluster development involves identifying the Region's core competence
which has been designated as a European TEN-T Core port. The ports of the Estuary are the third largest in Ireland by tonnage.
identifying the Region's core competences and putting formal structures in place to maximise the potential of those competences.
A cluster must be based around the core competencies of the region. This is a critical element of their successful development.
Industry/businesses are at the core of every cluster; Public bodies/government agencies make policy decisions
and analysis in the Midwest Region to identify the core regional competence; To secure public funding to engage a Cluster Facilitator to identify regional opportunities for collaboration
Its core feature is the ICT Development Index (IDI which ranks countries'performance with regard to ICT infrastructure, use and skills.
Its core list of 57 ICT indicators, covering many aspects of the information society and economy, is used widely by countries in the course of their national ICT data collection.
The definitions of the following core indicators of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development included in the IDI were revised at a meeting of EGH held in Brazil in June 2013.3 Percentage of individuals using the Internet:
One of the core projects of the Qatar National Broadband Network is the deployment of a fibre-optic network infrastructure. 33 Chart 2. 1:
An internationally-accepted and widely-adopted list of indicators is the core list of ICT indicators developed by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development,
Some of these indicators are amenable for augmentation using big data analytics. 25 The core indicators on ICT infrastructure
one of the core indicators reflects the types of online activity pursued by Internet users, and includes response categories such as seeking health information,
of core ICT indicators refer to 2014 edition of the Manual for Measuring ICT Access
/tit/en/bigdatachallenge/contest. html. 32 More information about the Yale university Open Data (YODA) project can be found at http://medicine. yale. edu/core/projects/yodap/index
and a core strategic consideration, 81%believe their companies will be somewhat or much more competitive in two years.
and services forming Ministry for Information Society (responsible) Page 17 of 170 the core infrastructure Migration of the already existent services (both those directed towards citizens and those used as internal use) of different public
in the long-term Better Public Administration Poor administrative capacity is a core concern for Romania
2 http://www. cert-ro. eu/files/doc/Strategiadesecuritateciberneticaaromaniei. pdf Page 46 of 170 Freedom and openness The laws, norms and EU's core values
and services forming the core infrastructure (Enabler) Migration of the already existent services (both those directed towards citizens
the public administration will ensure that all the efforts are channeled to a cohesive strategy Government Enterprise Architecture the core initiative for egovernment Creating the legislation
The core to Arduino is a simple, ultra low-cost circuit board, based on an open-source design, armed with a microprocessor
The Smart Citizen Kit is based on two core components; the‘kit'itself and the platform used to share data between people operating a kit.
Open standards should be at the core of the technical infrastructure. Open standards should have an adequate legal and governance backing,
European funding has invested heavily in core European institutions in terms of digital innovation, in particular the formerly nationalised telecommunications companies,
they should become public policy guidelines at the core of the technical infrastructure. Technical solutions do not work by themselves,
and to redefine their core competence and positions in the value chains. So, e-business tools cannot be introduced successfully
Lichtenthaler (2011) argues that external knowledge sharing has the potential to expose organization's core competencies to its rival organizations.
and disclosure of core competencies to cooperation partners may alter the aim and ethic of the open innovation process.
Collaboration among partners, the core process of open innovation, entails a variety of risks that alter the purpose.
three core process archetypes, Proceedings of the R&d Management Conference (RADMA), Lisbon. 13. Hess, A m.,Rothaermel, F. T. 2011.
and interlinked to the core processes of OI2. In the article by Markkula and Kune the focus is on orchestration,
'4 It is a process at the core of renewing Europe's capacity for renewal.
when their core processes are understood, respected and orchestrated. Actualising the Dublin Declaration The Dublin Declaration was an output of the first Open Innovation 2. 0 Conference
the company needs to know what to do with the ideas how to embed them into the core of its business development and innovation practices.
Establishing a core infrastructure of federated testbeds as a resource for users (academia, research institutes, industry, SMES.
The ecosystem is more homogenous in terms of core actors, but it also involves a significant amount of third parties on ad hoc bases.
which led to the formation of numerous ecosystems consisting of the core partners to the programme and other stakeholders.
There is an observable trend within universities to review their research strategies focusing on developing core expertise
There is a growing trend to develop T-shaped people with a core expertise and the ability to collaborate across disciplines.
(I shall later refer to this definition as‘the core mission').'In carrying out their mission, the universities must promote lifelong learning,
which support the performance of their core mission (as in Section 2 of the Act).
IP-based technology transfer is part of the universities'core missions, along with research, education and enhancing well-being 9. The universities should create a clear mission for their technology transfer,
whether it is used best as a core asset of a start-up or if the asset would be used in better in some large company's product assortment.
amended 119/2013) defines education and research as the core missions of universities, but in addition are the interaction with and giving information about research to society,
The core team currently comprises members from eight different disciplines ranging from anthropology and sociology to performance design.
A relatively small core team assures continuity while new input is gained through a research manager keeping contacts to academics and external collaborators.
Next to the aspect of putting the citizens at the core of the innovation process,
Exploitation of knowledge should be a core business, and should become a third objective in addition to education and scientific research. 92 O P E N I N N O V A t
I O N y E A r B o O k 2 0 1 5 The core of the paradigm shift lies in co-creation within the urban lighting ecosystem in identifying societal needs
At the core of transition management is the challenge of orientating longterm changes in large socio-technical systems.
A second core characteristic of the OI2 paradigm is the use of the quadruple helix model where government, industry,
2008 and then morphed into a social, political and economic challenge to the world and in particular to the European union and its core institutions and principles, exposed essential problems and unsustainable developments in many European countries.
and implementation of research and innovation strategies and has been placed at the core of the new European cohesion policy as the main driver for the achievement of the Europe 2020 strategy objectives from a regional perspective.
Policy initiatives such as S3 allow regional and national policymakers to focus on a number of core processes in the knowledge economy and society,
which can lead to the creation of core and marginal communities with various rules and levels of commitment within the ecosystems.
job protection and job-training stimulus. Fiscal policy was at the core of the Chilean government response to the crisis,
products and services makes the following essential observation about the core idea that is the basis for the Openeyif concept:
Yet, despite our awareness of the core assertion of open innovation thinking that‘the assets necessary for creating innovation will not necessarily be collocated with those for commercialising them'our openness to harness the power of the crowd has embedded not itself as widely
That just isn't our core business'(10. While consumer applications may not be GE's core business,
the Quirky team understands the brand value GE brings to the table. Through this collaboration, customers are able to purchase innovative products from a household brand
with what resources we take as the core. Data is one of them, design another.
in order to uncover a core need and an unexpected insight that will drive innovation. User+need+insight define a point of view (POV),
In the core of the social and economic impact of Open Innovation 2. 0 are shared the values,
when we bring everyone together (2). In the core of the policy makers is to make the citizens happy in their ways of living,
and core customer segments and are confronted suddenly with new market conditions. With regard to the innovation process, the search for suitable markets, adequate determination of the appropriated pricing strategies and selection of marketing tools for effective communication have been identified as obstacles.
because the open innovation network is at the core of the business model. The existing business model (innovation) frameworks do not pay attention to strategic partners
It is remarkable that the firms we interviewed did not diversify over time into new businesses that were not or only weakly related to their core business.
innovative company should stick to its core products. First, new product markets have their own specific challenges.
The core ideas of this book are summarised in the following HBR article: Other definitions of open innovation have been provided by Johnson.
three core process archetypes, R&d Management Conference RADMA, Lisbon, Portugal. 30 Larsen P. and Lewis, A. 2007), How award-winning SMES manage the barriers to innovation, Creativity
Table 7. Classification of open innovation motives Category Description Control Increased control over activities, better organization of complex processes Focus Fit with core competencies,
because the open innovation network is at the core of the business model. The existing business model (innovation) frameworks do not pay attention to strategic partners
It is remarkable that the firms we interviewed did not diversify over time into new businesses that were not or only weakly related to their core business.
innovative company should stick to its core products. First, new product markets have their own specific challenges.
The core ideas of this book are summarised in the following HBR article: Other definitions of open innovation have been provided by Johnson.
three core process archetypes, R&d Management Conference RADMA, Lisbon, Portugal. 30 Larsen P. and Lewis, A. 2007), How award-winning SMES manage the barriers to innovation, Creativity
1999) calculated the long-run market shares in international trade for core ICT hardware, including computers and peripherals, semiconductors,
IT and long-term scientific performance 526 Science and Public Policy August 2011 of Illinois, Harvard and Massachusetts institute of technology (MIT) worked on magnetic core memories (Pugh, 1984;
one of the first to use ferrite-core memories. According to Mounier-Kuhn, 1994: 214: in 1960 Compagnie des Machines Bull was one of the world's leading manufacturers of data processing machinery.
The core of the team is made up of the account manager from the regional office in charge and an advisor from the organisation abroad.
when its core technology becomes obsolete within a few years. Management often does not understand how to make the transition from customised products for pilot customers to scalable products for larger markets.
SPRING will co-fund these SMES to train the graduates to run core and expanding operations of the company.
2006) note about the rise of Asian countries in high technology production, the availability of a knowledge-intensive professional service firms that assist start-ups in outsourcing their non-core work plays a significant role in the growth of high
The core of the team is made up of the account manager from the regional office in charge and an advisor from the organisation abroad.
when its core technology becomes obsolete within a few years. Management often does not understand how to make the transition from customised products for pilot customers to scalable products for larger markets.
SPRING will co-fund these SMES to train the graduates to run core and expanding operations of the company.
2006) note about the rise of Asian countries in high technology production, the availability of a knowledge-intensive professional service firms that assist start-ups in outsourcing their non-core work plays a significant role in the growth of high
As it was impossible to display the full array of relevant RDI data in the core text of this document many of the tables,
and engaged in research or technology development as a core activity. Public organisation: any legal entity thus defined by national laws, or international organisation.
what it really is a collective social endeavour The core of this collaborative effort is deemed to be the entrepreneurial process of discovery Entrepreneurial actors are defined broadly to include universities as well as firms
The population targets for each of the main settlements in the region are set out in Table 3. 2 The Settlement Strategy is to be implemented through the Development Plans of each local authority with the adoption of an evidence-based Core Strategy
Measures to upgrade treatment facilities and to improve drinking water standards must be considered in the context of the Core Strategy
and that each Development Plan contains an evidence-based Core Strategy that will provide relevant information to demonstrate how the plan
The Core Strategy is required to take account of government policy in relation to national and regional population targets and it must provide the policy framework for Local Area Plans and for zoning at LAP level.
The core objective of the Plan is to protect the national heritage as well as promoting it as a resource to be enjoyed by all.
These are the defining issues for a better quality of life for all the core objective of the NDP and of good planning.
The Core Strategy is consistent with the NSS and provides a key planning framework which County/City Development Plans and Local Area Plans must be consistent with.
and to develop a Core Strategy in Development Plans. The Core Strategy should include a section which details the mechanisms by
which Doehlg population targets will be achieved within each local authority. Each Core Strategy should develop rational population growth models,
outline resulting housing demand and determine how this demand will be accommodated through an appropriate housing land zoning requirement
capacity for growth and potential to deliver on the core objectives of critical mass and balanced regional development.
In Development Plans these objectives should be expressed in the Core Strategy. Development Plans should ensure:
-That the population targets are incorporated into the Core Strategy. That land is zoned on the basis of the land required to meet population targets.
The amount of land zoned for development within each settlement should reflect the population assigned for that settlement in the Core Strategy with an additional amount for‘excess'zoning as provided for in the guidelines on zoning contained within the Doehlg Guidelines for Planning Authorities
In the context of sectoral convergence, core skills become transferable across sectors, for example, biology, chemistry, engineering, electronics, logistics and software;
This should be a core priority of the regional enterprise forum, with support from a cross-regional Gateway Implementation Group action at both regional and national levels.
sustainable neighbourhood design and the pedestrianisation of core urban areas. Development Plan Implications (Ports) Planning authorities whose functional areas include the larger commercial ports should consider the need to develop Local Area Plans for the ports through
Development Plan Implications (Water Services) The provision of water and sewerage facilities in the settlements of the region and the provision of water supplies in its rural areas must be considered in the context of the Core Strategy
A core objective of the current Social Partnership Agreement is to build a fair and inclusive society
Innovation should be core to fi nancial institutions, with the European Investment Bank (EIB) becoming a European Innovation Bank.
In Europe, we have a longstanding culture of innovation and a commitment to creativity as a core tool for prosperity and social cohesion.
Innovation should be core to fi nancial institutions, with the European Investment Bank (EIB) becoming a European Innovation Bank failures are a necessary aspect of innovation processes.
and operated at the core laboratories of INSTRUCT. SPIRAL2 The SPIRAL2 accelerator soon to be commissioned in Caen, France,
Ireland's enterprise policy is focused on the core planks of productivity and innovation, delivering on an agenda of enterprise transformation to create a competitive and sustainable platform for growth and job creation.
12 Following agreement on the final list of priority areas/challenges, it was envisaged that the majority of the Government's core STI budget would be focused on the priority areas
Core competencies required to be energy and resource efficient, ICT enabled, and a leader in quality;
a core set of fundamental metrics is required that can be applied in each of the 14 PAS.
and others and core funding via the Department of education and Skills and the Higher education Authority (HEA);
Ireland's enterprise policy is focused on the core planks of productivity and innovation, delivering on an agenda of enterprise transformation to create a competitive and sustainable platform for growth and job creation.
12 Following agreement on the final list of priority areas/challenges, it was envisaged that the majority of the Government's core STI budget would be focused on the priority areas
Core competencies required to be energy and resource efficient, ICT enabled, and a leader in quality;
a core set of fundamental metrics is required that can be applied in each of the 14 PAS.
and others and core funding via the Department of education and Skills and the Higher education Authority (HEA);
which builds and reinforces the regional identity and puts innovation at its core; attractive and dynamic web pages, including parts in English for wider dissemination;
SMES are thus at the core of Cohesion Policy. For the period 2007-2013 the Community Strategic Guidelines on Cohesion emphasise the key role of SMES,
Spin-offs and SMES can find wider support services that allow them to better focus on their core business and on research for the development of innovations in science parks.
broadband and NGA networks and Digital Service Infrastructures including core service platforms and generic services.
for international core, close to-market and supporting R&d. 110 Gaia Group, http://proact. ktm. fi/index. phtm?
funding in core European transport projects can be challenging due to the relatively high levels of revenue volatility in the projects'early operating stages.
Among the core measures that should be encouraged are: 106 Commissioning a strategic analysis and approach on the region's own characteristics, assets, challenges and opportunities as regards its environment, natural assets, renewable energy potential and climate impacts in the studies
Managing authorities are encouraged to put ecoinnovations at the core of their innovation strategies as a crosscutting requirement in all sectors,
and its relative distance from the core of Romania. Second the ability to compete in export markets is an important proxy for competitiveness of firms and regions.
The center could be staffed by a core team of experts who would oversee the implementation of the action plan
the discussion about smart grids is at the core of the energy debate. It concerns technical, organisational,
the Core of the Concept The concept of smart specialization comes from reflection generated around the structural gap between Europe and the USA (Pontikakis et al. 2009),
on the contrary, appears as the core element to achieve specialized diversification processes. Third and finally, the link among the RIS3 and the ex-ante condition of the Structural Funds put high pressure on the deadlines to have defined them
1593-0319 41 Even though entrepreneurial discoveries are in the core of the strategies (they are the way to achieve the mentioned specialised diversification) there was no real integration (or at least an operative one) of them.
The core of smart specialization lays in the radical innovations that arise from the creative combination of technologies and/or sectors.
DG Research and Innovation within the Ministry of Industry and Innovation, Gobierno=Regional Authority Core Working group:
Four meeting of information of stakeholders in July (economic and social partners, research, innovation, education) Aragon on the S3 platform Sevilla Meeting S3 platform Core working group Ministry
PROGRAMME 2. EXCELLENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP Programme 2 constitutes the core of science policy in the region,
and synergies to be exploited by better integrating social challenges at the core of innovation activities.
this concluding section is structured to reflect the four core themes of WP2. 6. 1 Conceptual linkages between S3
The concept of the mundane economy embraces sectors that loom large in meeting core human needs-such as health education, food, water, housing, energy, social care and the like
This socio-ecological critique challenges the conceptual core of the S3 concept-which is need that regions to differentiate themselves,
Our core argument here basically consisted of two warnings to policy-makers and practitioners alike:(i) that the social enterprise sector was too heterogeneous to justify generalisations about its contribution to either S3
because the core argument of this reflections paper is that social innovation is too amorphous and heterogenous a concept,
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