A ten-step framework for finding applications for a breakthrough technology: Partially applied to the case of quantum dots

New Product Development (NPD) of applications incorporating breakthrough technologies can be beneficial for companies, but can also come with serious drawbacks. Therefore, the NPD process must be approached with great care. Rather than adopting the chaotic trajectory of the NPD process, where applications are introduced, withdrawn, and...

Innovation Framework for the Research & Technology department of Zodiac Air Catering Equipment

During this graduation project, an innovation framework was created for the R&T department of Zodiac Air Catering Equipment

Acceptance of Operational Business Intelligence in Organisations - Developing a framework describing the context and powers at play involved in achieving OpBI acceptance in organisations

Operational Business Intelligence systems have a great potential for organisations make use of to differentiate themselves. This research aims to find factors that influence the acceptance of such a system in an organisational context. Special attention is given to the several perspectives of the involved stakeholders. Through a literature...

Developing a business opportunity assessment framework: The case of the Prodrive Automated Electrical Tester

A framework to assess business opportunities is being developed in this document. The framework is designed to solve the problem that the decision of managers to exploit a certain technology by means of a certain strategy is often based upon a feeling rather than a set of rational criteria. Therefore these decisions are hard to codify, discuss...