KNowledge Based Innovation Detection And Control Framework To Foster Scientific Research Projects In Material Science
This paper introduces a comprehensive concept idea for building up a knowledge based innovation framework for scientific research projects in general and especially in the field of material science (IConMas). Regarding the aspect of material science the aim is to develop and establish a knowledge based material innovation method. Both aspects, innovation framework and innovation method, are integrated in a common concept which is accurately described within this paper. The outlook focuses on possibilities for realizing the concept and further work in the project.
Material Innovations in Alternative Energy - Collaboration, Systems and Opportunities
In today’s global market system innovation is the driver for economic development and wealth creation. Developing a competitive advantage now requires a business culture of rapid innovation, collaborative strategies, a systematic methodology, and a culture of concurrent change. This is the reality in today’s innovation economy and particularly relative to developing alternative energy systems and materials. With the ever-increasing requirements for energy in a growing economy and the political, environmental, and resource constraints prevalent in today’s world, new, more efficient energy systems are mandatory. The U.S. has experienced inadequate energy generation capacity in key geographic regions further emphasizing the need to enhance our energy generation capacity through a multitude of energy sources. A viable capacity additive to this supply and demand dilemma is the development of alternative energy sources such as fuel cells, photovoltaics, and wind. To achieve this capacity additive will require significant advancement in key engineering materials combined with innovation stimulants to leap-frog the current performance and cost barriers for competitive energy producing alternatives. The energy demand curve experienced globally over the past few years illustrates unmet market needs where opportunity exists to develop innovative key materials to enable the projected growth for renewable and biomass markets. To accelerate advanced materials to market in the energy arena requires a system of enabling innovation combined with the development of a collaborative approach to optimize available resources. Collaborative partnerships between multiple companies incorporating technology, market/distribution, and financial investors are essential to optimize innovation and successful commercialization of technology. Higher value disruptive innovations meet new market needs while pushing a company to new technology and/or capability requirements. Competitive success for innovative technology increasingly depends on speed to market and speed to profits.
Role of Collaborations, Systems, and the Soul in IP and Innovation
In today’s global market system, innovation is the driver for economic development and wealth creation. The new competitive reality no longer has cost and quality as its core decision factors or drivers. Developing a competitive advantage now requires a business culture of rapid innovation, collaborative strategies, a systematic methodology, and a culture of concurrent change. This is the reality in today’s innovation economy. Commercialization of disruptive innovations is based on integrating unique intellectual property, technical capability, and market needs. Collaborative partnerships between multiple companies incorporating technology, market/distribution, and financial investors are essential to optimize innovation and successful commercialization of technology. Higher value disruptive innovations meet new market needs while pushing a company to new technology and/or capability requirements. Competitive success for innovative technology increasingly depends on speed to market and speed to profits. Innovative companies must empower technology managers to adopt a business-building approach that connects technology creation to the target market. This in itself is an innovative business model and will require transition in management skills. For an entity to do this, the elements that form the soul of innovation are essential. The soul of innovation, is comprised of:(i) an emotion or passion – as a part of the company culture to innovate, (ii) the mind to innovate – for any innovation to have an opportunity to be commercializable and profitable requires sources of intellectual property and a defined system to capture the innovation, and (iii) the will to innovate, i.e. drive it to the market. The paper further discusses the role of collaboration in innovation and IP creation.