Application of grounded theory for concept analysis in new product development processes

Thesis (Master)--Izmir Institute of Technology, Industrial Design, Izmir, 2006Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 63-65)Text in English; Abstract: Turkish and English.x, 79 leavesThere is always a gap between analyzing the data and drawing the charts in relati with these data. During the development of new products, there comments on data are having vital importance. The more data collected to be specified, the more success gained to lead to a breakthrough. By stating the correct data, the project of developing new products under appropriate concepts are accomplished. In order to apply the data correctly, these data are driven by some techniques. In this study, one of these techniques, Grounded Theory is chosen to be examined according to basic examples. By the assistance of these examples, the theory is clarified. In order to be more precise, a case study is established and detailed with the data of developing a new product with a novel concept

Factors shaping the evolution of electronic documentation systems

The main goal is to prepare the space station technical and managerial structure for likely changes in the creation, capture, transfer, and utilization of knowledge. By anticipating advances, the design of Space Station Project (SSP) information systems can be tailored to facilitate a progression of increasingly sophisticated strategies as the space station evolves. Future generations of advanced information systems will use increases in power to deliver environmentally meaningful, contextually targeted, interconnected data (knowledge). The concept of a Knowledge Base Management System is emerging when the problem is focused on how information systems can perform such a conversion of raw data. Such a system would include traditional management functions for large space databases. Added artificial intelligence features might encompass co-existing knowledge representation schemes; effective control structures for deductive, plausible, and inductive reasoning; means for knowledge acquisition, refinement, and validation; explanation facilities; and dynamic human intervention. The major areas covered include: alternative knowledge representation approaches; advanced user interface capabilities; computer-supported cooperative work; the evolution of information system hardware; standardization, compatibility, and connectivity; and organizational impacts of information intensive environments

ICS Materials. Towards a re-Interpretation of material qualities through interactive, connected, and smart materials.

The domain of materials for design is changing under the influence of an increased technological advancement, miniaturization and democratization. Materials are becoming connected, augmented, computational, interactive, active, responsive, and dynamic. These are ICS Materials, an acronym that stands for Interactive, Connected and Smart. While labs around the world are experimenting with these new materials, there is the need to reflect on their potentials and impact on design. This paper is a first step in this direction: to interpret and describe the qualities of ICS materials, considering their experiential pattern, their expressive sensorial dimension, and their aesthetic of interaction. Through case studies, we analyse and classify these emerging ICS Materials and identified common characteristics, and challenges, e.g. the ability to change over time or their programmability by the designers and users. On that basis, we argue there is the need to reframe and redesign existing models to describe ICS materials, making their qualities emerge

Memory and information processing in neuromorphic systems

A striking difference between brain-inspired neuromorphic processors and current von Neumann processors architectures is the way in which memory and processing is organized. As Information and Communication Technologies continue to address the need for increased computational power through the increase of cores within a digital processor, neuromorphic engineers and scientists can complement this need by building processor architectures where memory is distributed with the processing. In this paper we present a survey of brain-inspired processor architectures that support models of cortical networks and deep neural networks. These architectures range from serial clocked implementations of multi-neuron systems to massively parallel asynchronous ones and from purely digital systems to mixed analog/digital systems which implement more biological-like models of neurons and synapses together with a suite of adaptation and learning mechanisms analogous to the ones found in biological nervous systems. We describe the advantages of the different approaches being pursued and present the challenges that need to be addressed for building artificial neural processing systems that can display the richness of behaviors seen in biological systems.Comment: Submitted to Proceedings of IEEE, review of recently proposed neuromorphic computing platforms and system

An empirical survey: Can green marketing really entice customers to pay more?

This research integrated the Social Cognition Theory and the Engel Kollat Blackwell customers’ purchasing model (EKB model) to synthetically discuss the three kinds of possible relations comprising “does negatively entice”, “does possibly entice” and “does positively entice” between green-marketing and customers’ purchasing and payment, with consideration given to environmental-protection issues. Based on the measured results, the most contributed contention of this research not only utilized three cross-analytical theories consisting of the social cognition theory (SCT) , the Fuzzy theory (FT) and the EKB model, and the novel F-ANP of the MCDM methodology to evaluate the collected data but it also manifested that Green-marketing does possibly entice customers to pay more (GMPECPM). These measured results have distinctly stunned the fundamental assumption in the traditional green-marketing research field that customers were supposed to be willing to pay more for green products and services because they were supporting green initiatives and helping environmental-protection. Further, major future research directions were also briefly demonstrated in this research as (1) the collection data have to be strengthened to gather more empirical customer feedback, corporate management comments, and professional scholars’ reports; (2) enterprises have to resoundingly establish a green-branding initiative after successfully executing green-marketing strategies.Green Marketing (G-marketing); Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM); Analytical Network Process (F-ANP).

Design and semantics of form and movement (DeSForM 2006)

Design and Semantics of Form and Movement (DeSForM) grew from applied research exploring emerging design methods and practices to support new generation product and interface design. The products and interfaces are concerned with: the context of ubiquitous computing and ambient technologies and the need for greater empathy in the pre-programmed behaviour of the ‘machines’ that populate our lives. Such explorative research in the CfDR has been led by Young, supported by Kyffin, Visiting Professor from Philips Design and sponsored by Philips Design over a period of four years (research funding £87k). DeSForM1 was the first of a series of three conferences that enable the presentation and debate of international work within this field: • 1st European conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement (DeSForM1), Baltic, Gateshead, 2005, Feijs L., Kyffin S. & Young R.A. eds. • 2nd European conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement (DeSForM2), Evoluon, Eindhoven, 2006, Feijs L., Kyffin S. & Young R.A. eds. • 3rd European conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement (DeSForM3), New Design School Building, Newcastle, 2007, Feijs L., Kyffin S. & Young R.A. eds. Philips sponsorship of practice-based enquiry led to research by three teams of research students over three years and on-going sponsorship of research through the Northumbria University Design and Innovation Laboratory (nuDIL). Young has been invited on the steering panel of the UK Thinking Digital Conference concerning the latest developments in digital and media technologies. Informed by this research is the work of PhD student Yukie Nakano who examines new technologies in relation to eco-design textiles

Right here, right now: situated interventions to change consumer habits

Consumer behavior-change interventions have traditionally encouraged consumers to form conscious intentions, but in the past decade it has been shown that while these interventions have a medium-to-large effect in changing intentions, they have a much smaller effect in changing behavior. Consumers often do not act in accordance with their conscious intentions because situational cues in the immediate environment automatically elicit learned, habitual behaviors. It has therefore been suggested that researchers refocus their efforts on developing interventions that target unconscious, unintentional influences on behavior, such as cue-behavior (“habit”) associations. To develop effective consumer behavior-change interventions, however, we argue that it is first important to understand how consumer experiences are represented in memory, in order to successfully target the situational cues that most strongly predict engagement in habitual behavior. In this article, we present a situated cognition perspective of habits and discuss how the situated cognition perspective extends our understanding of how consumer experiences are represented in memory, and the processes through which these situational representations can be retrieved in order to elicit habitual consumer behaviors. Based on the principles of situated cognition, we then discuss five ways that interventions could change consumer habits by targeting situational cues in the consumer environment and suggest how existing interventions utilizing these behavior-change strategies could be improved by integrating the principles of the situated cognition approach

Engineering for a changing world: 60th Ilmenau Scientific Colloquium, Technische Universität Ilmenau, September 04-08, 2023 : programme

In 2023, the Ilmenau Scientific Colloquium is once more organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The title of this year’s conference “Engineering for a Changing World” refers to limited natural resources of our planet, to massive changes in cooperation between continents, countries, institutions and people – enabled by the increased implementation of information technology as the probably most dominant driver in many fields. The Colloquium, supplemented by workshops, is characterised but not limited to the following topics: – Precision engineering and measurement technology Nanofabrication – Industry 4.0 and digitalisation in mechanical engineering – Mechatronics, biomechatronics and mechanism technology – Systems engineering – Productive teaming - Human-machine collaboration in the production environment The topics are oriented on key strategic aspects of research and teaching in Mechanical Engineering at our university

Relationships among patient market cognition, hospital dynamic and service capabilities, patient satisfaction, and hospital competitive advantages

The market environment in which aesthetic hospitals operate is intensely competitive, with patients frequently switching service providers. Understanding factors that affect patient satisfaction and perceived hospital competitive advantage is crucial. Based on the resource based view of the firm, this study proposes and tests a research model about how market cognition of patients affects patient satisfaction and perceived hospital competitive advantage through patient perceived dynamic and service capabilities of the hospitals. Market cognition is composed of patient knowledge, information, and choice intentions. Dynamic capabilities as perceived by the patients are composed of integration, agility, and innovation capabilities. Service capabilities as perceived by the patients are composed of facility excellence, convenience, clinical ability, responsiveness, and doctor patient communication. Patient satisfaction is defined based on patient satisfaction regarding time, price, and clinical outcome. Competitive advantage as perceived by the patients is composed of value congruence, rareness, and inimitability. A survey instrument was developed based on literature review, interviews, and pilot tests. A sample of 891 patients was collected from two aesthetic hospitals in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Structural equation modelling softwar e, SmartPLS, was used to test the research model and hypotheses. The empirical results support the research model and hypotheses. More specifically, patient market cognition affects the dynamic capabilities and service capabilities of hospitals which, in t urn, affect patient satisfaction and perceived hospital competitive advantage. This study contributes to the practical and theoretical knowledge base regarding how aesthetic hospitals can enhance patient satisfaction and competitive advantage through improving patient market cognition, patient perceived dynamic and service capabilities.O ambiente de mercado em que os hospitais estéticos operam é intensamente competitivo, com pacientes frequentemente trocando fornecedores de serviços. Compreender fatores que afetam a satisfação do paciente e a vantagem competitiva percebida no hospital é crucial. Com base na visão baseada nos recursos da empresa, este estudo propõe e testa um modelo de pesquisa sobre como a cognição de mercado dos pacientes afeta a satisfação dos pacientes e a percepção da vantagem competitiva do hospital através da dinâmica de percepção dos pacientes e capacidades de serviço dos hospitais. A cognição de mercado é composta de conhecimento do paciente, informação e intenções de escolha. As capacidades dinâmicas percebidas pelos pacientes são compostas de capacidades de integração, agilidade e inovação. As capacidades de serviço, tal como percebidas pelos doentes, são compostas por excelência de facilidade, conveniência, capacidade clínica, capacidade de resposta e comunicação médico paciente. A satisfação do paciente é definida com base na satisfação do paciente em relação ao tempo, preço e resultados clínicos. A vantagem competitiva, tal como percepcionada pelos doentes, é composta por congruência de valor, raridade e inimizade. Um instrumento de pesquisa foi desenvolvido com base na revisão da literatura, entrevistas e testes piloto. Uma amostra de pacientes 891 foi coletada de dois hospitais estéticos em Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Software de modelagem de equações estruturais, SmartPLS, foi usado para testar o modelo de pesquisa e hipóteses. Os resultados empíricos apoiam o modelo e hipóteses de investigação. Mais especificamente, a cognição do mercado dos doentes afecta as capacidades dinâmicas e as capacidades de serviço dos hospitais que, por sua vez, afectam a satisfação dos doentes e a percepção da vantagem competitiva do hospital. Este estudo contribui para a base de conhecimento prático e teórico sobre como os hospitais estéticos podem aumentar a satisfação dos pacientes e a vantagem competitiva através da melhoria da cognição do mercado dos pacientes, das capacidades dinâmicas e de serviço percebidas pelo paciente

Embodied Cognition, Organization and Innovation

This chapter explains and employs a constructivist, interactionist theory of knowledge that has come to be known as the perspective of 'embodied cognition'. That view has roots in earlier developmental psychology, and in sociology, and more recently has received further substance from neural science.It yields a basis for a cognitive theory of the firm, with the notion of cognitive distance between people, the resulting view of organization as a cognitive focusing device, the need for external relations with other organizations to compensate for organizational myopia, and the notion of optimal cognitive distance between firms for innovation by interaction.theory of the firm;organizational cognition;learning;innovation