An Empirical Study of Open Source Software Usability – The Industrial Perspective

Recent years have seen a sharp increase in the use of open source projects by common novice users; Open Source Software (OSS) is thus no longer a reserved arena for software developers and computer gurus. Although user-centered designs are gaining popularity in OSS, usability is still not considered one of the prime objectives in many design scenarios. This paper analyzes industry users’ perception of usability factors, including understandability, learnability, operability, and attractiveness on OSS usability. The research model of this empirical study establishes the relationship between the key usability factors and OSS usability from industrial perspective. In order to conduct the study, a data set of 105 industry users is included. The results of the empirical investigation indicate the significance of the key factors for OSS usability

Pharmaceuticals and life sciences: Role of competitive intelligence in innovation

This chapter goal is to analyze the concepts of innovation, knowledge and competitive intelligence (CI). Besides these concepts, the focus will be on the role of innovation profiles defined by Sousa (2009, 2013). The innovation profiles include the creation, capture, organization, and integration of knowledge into the innovation process. The CI variable will be analyzed demonstrating the potential for creating a context of competition for companies. A case study is presented about the pharmaceutical (pharma) industry with the application of the concepts of competitive intelligence, knowledge, and innovation to a real context. Keywords: Competitive Intelligence, Innovation, Organization, Knowledge, Knowledge Profiles, Pharma industry.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio