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Software modernization has been extensively researched, primarily focusing on observing the associated phenomena, and providing technical solutions to facilitate the modernization process. Software modernization is claimed to be successful when the modernization is completed using those technical solutions. Very limited research, if any, is reported with an aim at documenting the post-modernization...
In order to achieve efficiency and effectiveness gains, concepts such as standardization and automation originating in the manufacturing industry are adopted by IT service providers. ERP systems are tools to implement such concepts in manufacturing companies. This research examines if and how ERP systems are used by IT service providers. To answer this question, an interview-based exploratory multiple-case...
AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture (AUTOSAR) is a central standardization in the automotive industry which was developed to address the increasing complexity in the automotive embedded development. In this paper, we share results from an interview-based case study in which we explore the requirements engineering process of an AUTOSARTier-2 supplier. Our results confirm well-known challenges regarding...
Customer involvement in software development is essential for building successful software products. Incremental improvements and enhancements of software require an in-depth and continuous understanding of customer needs. Also, mechanisms for managing customer feedback data need to be in place. However, previous research shows that the feedback loops from customers are slow and the process for obtaining...
In today's business environment, value creation is a collaborative effort in which companies depend on a number of external stakeholders. This implies a shift towards inter-organizational relationships and dependencies between companies. In this shift, companies seek strategies for how to effectively coordinate standardization efforts, share maintenance costs, and engage in open innovation initiatives,...
Many companies adopt project management organization to develop products. In the current business environment, it is getting more difficult for project managers to bring projects to success. The expectations are increasing for methodology that helps to train project managers.
The development of Multi Cross Industry Innovation as a specific form of cross-industry innovation is more and more important in various industries. Many companies have to face the challenges of recent market trends like the continuous blurring of industry boundaries or the increasing complexity of innovations. One option to deal with these challenges is the co-operation across industry boundaries...
The gap between how the academic world develops usability and user experience (UX) methods, and how the industry employs these methods is perceived as both broad and deep. But is that the real picture -- and has there been a change in how companies work within these fields over the past two years? By conducting interviews with eight companies, this paper tries to answer these two questions. The companies...
The automotive industry faces three major challenges - shortage of fossil fuels, politics of global warming and rising competition from new markets. In order to remain competitive companies have to develop more efficient and alternative fuel vehicles that meet the individual requirements of the customers. Functional integration combined with new technologies and materials are the key to stable success...
This paper proposes the key challenges that can be used to improve a partner collaboration between R&D institution and industrial alliances. The focus group and in-dept interviews were adopted as exploratory means to extract insights and perspective of technology collaboration with alliances in the Light Emitting Diode industry in Thailand, an emerging economy context. The findings show that catching...
Environmental sustainability plays an important role for future mobility and thereby for car manufacturers and their suppliers. Regarding the increasing focus on renewable energy and on an efficient use of energy electromobility is seen as a solution for energy and environmental challenges. Many countries want to increase the share of electric cars and have set themselves ambitious targets. Car manufacturers...
The issues of sustainability have been acknowledged to be in the heart of the 21st century innovations and competitive business. In a rising extent companies need to report their activities and levels of sustainability. The motivation rises from external sources (e.g. regulators, stakeholders, media) but also from companies' internal goals and management actions. The importance of sustainability measurement...
In recent years, outsourcing strategies, to manufacturers, have become an ordinary approach for manufacturers to making their production more efficient. However, as soon as a long-term outsourcing agreement signs, the parties' interests begin to conflict.
The Engineer-To-Order business encompasses companies producing a broad range of industrial products. Projects in this business are becoming increasingly complex, both from a technical and a management perspective. In this context, standardization programs have become a common approach to improve competitiveness and profitability of ETO companies. Standardization programs have their origin in the product...
This research focuses on the innovation system of a large service corporation and its evolution over the last ten years. This corporation has business companies such as property insurance, health insurance, a clinic, and business capitalization. It is the largest insurance corporation in Colombia. Different from other service firms with comparable size, this corporation has centralized its innovation...
Since the 1980s, the telephone survey has become a primary form for gathering public opinion or market information. Polling can help understand the general population's opinions, consumers' behaviors or predict election results. Based on AAPOR, it became clear that most telephone surveys of the general population would require the combination of a sample reached via landline and one reached via cell...
Continuous integration is an important support mechanism for fast delivery of new features. However, its adoption in industry has often been problematic, partly due to social challenges. However, there is little knowledge of the exact nature of the challenges, and how different stakeholders perceive the need for and adoption of continuous integration. In this paper, we describe how the introduction...
E-learning is now viewed as an effective, efficient, and persuasive medium for working adult learners. Nevertheless, even though e-learning has been widely accepted among working adults, engaging their users has become a challenge to the e-learning provider. Adult learner had their own characteristic and principal in learning. Focusing on the development of interactive multimedia content only is not...
The aim of this study is to raise indicators related to the relationship between clusters and institutions. To this end, this article presents a bibliometric study of scientific literature on regional clusters and institutions in articles published in Portal of Journal of CAPES from 2000 to 2013. In this 14-year longitudinal cutting were found 11 international articles. The research method was a documentary...
Knowledge management (KM) is essential for success in any software project, but especially in global software development where team members are separated by time and space. Software organizations are managing knowledge in various ways to increase transparency and improve software team performance. One way to classify these strategies is proposed by Earl who defined seven knowledge management schools...
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