Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198558
Robyn Goff, W. Bam
Over the past two decades, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) have grown at an exponential rate yet many of these NGOs find themselves fluctuating between states of being financially stable, to barely surviving the following year as funding and resources have been diminished. With most of these NGOs relying on product surplus or in-kind donations, a mismatch in the supply of resources and the actual need of the NGO arises. This not only has an impact on the NGOs but also the recipients of the services provided by the NGOs. Managing the donated resources and reducing product waste can aid in meeting sustainability development goals as well as empowering the community through social inclusion. The aim of this research paper is to identify frameworks that can aid in the management of donated products and resources in NGOs.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198462
A. Pehlken, Sabine Baumann
Due to the ever-increasing consumption of resources, various materials and raw materials have become increasingly scarce and consequently expensive. At the same time, energy demand has dramatically increased in global mining operations also intensifying economic pressure. Surprisingly, the recapturing of important raw materials at the end of the product life cycle through recycling is still insufficiently implemented in the supply chain. Recycling is not only a sink for unwanted materials it can become an urban mine. This is especially relevant in Europe, where in comparison to other continents primary raw material mining of bulk materials is rather low. In a situation of scarcity, the exact planning of raw material and material flows for the following months (and sometimes years) has become ever more vital to ensure their timely and sufficient availability for production. A missing piece is the necessary transfer of production information (like bill of materials, BOM) to the recycler because information is typically kept inside the production supply chain. Digital technologies such as Digital Twins can help provide this information to the End-of-Life (EoL) stakeholders (recycling industry) as a means to increase the potential of circular economy. This paper establishes urban mining as an important concept of life cycle management in the circular economy. It uses a case study approach to explore the potential of urban mining for resource savings. The authors demonstrate that urban mining represents a high-impact application of sustainable engineering within life cycle management where Digital Twins help increase impact on sustainability.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198363
Negin Samaeemofrad, H. J. Herik
This paper investigates the impact of different supports by business incubators on the performances of the New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs). In addition, we attempt to understand to what extent the capabilities of the NTBFs moderate the impacts. Using the sample of NTBFs located in the university-based incubators in the Netherlands and Germany, we analyze the impact of knowledge development and dissemination supportive activities by business incubators on the performance of the NTBFs. Meanwhile, we investigate the moderating impact of NTBFs' capability (i.e., the absorptive capacity) on the relations between the supports by incubators and the NTBF's performance. Our empirical results show that (1) knowledge development and dissemination support by incubators have a positive impact on the performances of the NTBFs, (2) absorptive capacity as an NTBFs' learning capability, moderates the relationship between knowledge development and dissemination and the performance of the NTBFs. Analyzing the interactions between the supports by business incubators, NTBFs' capabilities and the performance of the NTBFs provide a rather deep insight into the effectiveness of business incubators. We also recommend new insights as a means to improve the performances of their NTBFs.
{"title":"A Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacity within Incubation Support","authors":"Negin Samaeemofrad, H. J. Herik","doi":"10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198363","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the impact of different supports by business incubators on the performances of the New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs). In addition, we attempt to understand to what extent the capabilities of the NTBFs moderate the impacts. Using the sample of NTBFs located in the university-based incubators in the Netherlands and Germany, we analyze the impact of knowledge development and dissemination supportive activities by business incubators on the performance of the NTBFs. Meanwhile, we investigate the moderating impact of NTBFs' capability (i.e., the absorptive capacity) on the relations between the supports by incubators and the NTBF's performance. Our empirical results show that (1) knowledge development and dissemination support by incubators have a positive impact on the performances of the NTBFs, (2) absorptive capacity as an NTBFs' learning capability, moderates the relationship between knowledge development and dissemination and the performance of the NTBFs. Analyzing the interactions between the supports by business incubators, NTBFs' capabilities and the performance of the NTBFs provide a rather deep insight into the effectiveness of business incubators. We also recommend new insights as a means to improve the performances of their NTBFs.","PeriodicalId":269465,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130074966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198443
A. Simões, José Coelho Rodrigues, P. Neto
Industry 4.0 is a result of technological evolution and is intended to promote technological transformations in industry at different levels. The impact in human employment has been perceived as a major threat and is a matter of concern. Some authors argue that automation will bring unimaginable changes as soon as computers get more intelligence and as machines become able to perform complex tasks more efficiently than humans. However, technological progress is also pointed out as a stimulus for human-beings to develop the competencies that differentiate them from the machines. In this context, this study aims to explore the impacts of adopting Industry 4.0 technologies on work. The results of a comprehensive literature review provide an integrated perspective to identify and understand such impacts, analysing them in four categories: evolution of employment and creation of new jobs, human-machine interaction, new competencies creation / development, and, organizational and professional changes
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Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198638
Jhonattan Miranda, J. Rosas-Fernández, A. Molina
In this paper, Education 4.0 and Open Innovation are used as underlying core concepts to design a new educational program that encourages the development of technology-based solutions by fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. A methodology for the design of projects in educational innovation was implemented to evaluate and validate the proposed teaching-learning program. This paper presents a case study in which Tecnologico de Monterrey University in collaboration with the Government of Mexico City designed, developed and implemented a new program in the modality of bootcamp to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in society.
{"title":"Achieving Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Applying Education 4.0 and Open Innovation","authors":"Jhonattan Miranda, J. Rosas-Fernández, A. Molina","doi":"10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198638","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, Education 4.0 and Open Innovation are used as underlying core concepts to design a new educational program that encourages the development of technology-based solutions by fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. A methodology for the design of projects in educational innovation was implemented to evaluate and validate the proposed teaching-learning program. This paper presents a case study in which Tecnologico de Monterrey University in collaboration with the Government of Mexico City designed, developed and implemented a new program in the modality of bootcamp to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in society.","PeriodicalId":269465,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129841655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198593
M. Kadar, A. Tulbure
Education buildings are one of the most important and relevant public buildings. Educational system itself and the conditions of these buildings are very important issues to the community. The sustainability of such buildings can only be achieved to the extent that, at local level, measures regarding the physical renovation will be combined with measures that promote environmental protection. The energy retrofitting of existing school buildings in recent years is part of the policies of the European Union and, consequently, of Romania. In this paper we put together data that establish the current status of a stock of 12 educational buildings and assess the level of applying building standards in each case, the available retrofit solutions, and what would be the impact of the applied solutions. One big challenge regarding existing school buildings is the collection of high-quality data. This paper presents complex data analytics with the aim of providing a framework and a methodology able to identify the best energy retrofit interventions from the perspective of cost-benefit, and to correlate them with the specific characteristics of the educational buildings. Based on the collected and aggregated data, for each building a validating procedure has been put in place by dynamic simulations and a comparison with actual energy use was performed.
{"title":"Data Analytics to Support Energy Efficiency Assessment in Buildings for Education","authors":"M. Kadar, A. Tulbure","doi":"10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198593","url":null,"abstract":"Education buildings are one of the most important and relevant public buildings. Educational system itself and the conditions of these buildings are very important issues to the community. The sustainability of such buildings can only be achieved to the extent that, at local level, measures regarding the physical renovation will be combined with measures that promote environmental protection. The energy retrofitting of existing school buildings in recent years is part of the policies of the European Union and, consequently, of Romania. In this paper we put together data that establish the current status of a stock of 12 educational buildings and assess the level of applying building standards in each case, the available retrofit solutions, and what would be the impact of the applied solutions. One big challenge regarding existing school buildings is the collection of high-quality data. This paper presents complex data analytics with the aim of providing a framework and a methodology able to identify the best energy retrofit interventions from the perspective of cost-benefit, and to correlate them with the specific characteristics of the educational buildings. Based on the collected and aggregated data, for each building a validating procedure has been put in place by dynamic simulations and a comparison with actual energy use was performed.","PeriodicalId":269465,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124374046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198402
Lucia Ramundo, Gulsen Bedia Otcu, S. Terzi
Commercial 3D Food Printing applications are a reality in specific niche markets and small batch food production, such as restaurants, patisseries and so on. The latest trends of 3DFP also include novel food segments, such as plant-based meat, that not only target vegetarian, vegan and animal ethic concerned consumers, but takes also foundation from sustainable production considerations. At the same time also 3D printers production has its impact and the spread of 3DFP in the market will make it bigger and bigger. Nowadays there aren't specific tools designed to understand the sustainability impact of 3DFP and to assess it from several aspects and categories along the market development. This study presents a model focused on small batch food production market to assess the adoption of 3DFP in a sustainable way, according to the three dimensions of economic, environmental and social pillars. The 3DFP sustainability model also incorporate the concept of sustainable development and Sustainable Development Goals, in order to allow companies to develop strategies about the technology adoption and new business creations in line with the main global trends. Due to the niche and spotted 3DFP market status, the model has been developed at qualitative level and validated through a sustainability self-assessment and an expert on line survey. Both methods have reported a positive feedback about the 3DFP sustainability model consistency and reliability.
{"title":"Sustainability Model for 3D Food Printing Adoption","authors":"Lucia Ramundo, Gulsen Bedia Otcu, S. Terzi","doi":"10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198402","url":null,"abstract":"Commercial 3D Food Printing applications are a reality in specific niche markets and small batch food production, such as restaurants, patisseries and so on. The latest trends of 3DFP also include novel food segments, such as plant-based meat, that not only target vegetarian, vegan and animal ethic concerned consumers, but takes also foundation from sustainable production considerations. At the same time also 3D printers production has its impact and the spread of 3DFP in the market will make it bigger and bigger. Nowadays there aren't specific tools designed to understand the sustainability impact of 3DFP and to assess it from several aspects and categories along the market development. This study presents a model focused on small batch food production market to assess the adoption of 3DFP in a sustainable way, according to the three dimensions of economic, environmental and social pillars. The 3DFP sustainability model also incorporate the concept of sustainable development and Sustainable Development Goals, in order to allow companies to develop strategies about the technology adoption and new business creations in line with the main global trends. Due to the niche and spotted 3DFP market status, the model has been developed at qualitative level and validated through a sustainability self-assessment and an expert on line survey. Both methods have reported a positive feedback about the 3DFP sustainability model consistency and reliability.","PeriodicalId":269465,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC)","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121374521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198426
Christoph J. Selig, Guido H. Baltes
In today's volatile world, established companies must be capable of optimizing their core business with incremental innovations while simultaneously developing discontinuous innovations to maintain their long-term competitiveness. Balancing both is a major challenge for companies, since different types of innovation require different organizational structures, operational modes and management styles. Established companies tend to excel in improving their current business through incremental innovations which are closely related to their current knowledge base and competencies. However, this often goes hand in hand with challenges in the exploration of knowledge that is new to the company and that is essential for the development of discontinuous innovations. In this respect, the concept of corporate entrepreneurship is recognized as a way to strengthen the exploration of new knowledge and to support the development of discontinuous innovation. For managing corporate entrepreneurship more effectively, it is crucial to understand which types of knowledge can be created through corporate entrepreneurship and which organizational designs are more suited to gain certain types of knowledge. To answer these questions, this study analyzed 23 semi-structured interviews conducted with established companies that are running such entrepreneurial activities. The results show (1) that three general types of knowledge can be explored through corporate entrepreneurship and (2) that some organizational designs are more suited to explore certain knowledge types than others are.
{"title":"Strengthening Organizational Ambidexterity through Corporate Entrepreneurship Activities","authors":"Christoph J. Selig, Guido H. Baltes","doi":"10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198426","url":null,"abstract":"In today's volatile world, established companies must be capable of optimizing their core business with incremental innovations while simultaneously developing discontinuous innovations to maintain their long-term competitiveness. Balancing both is a major challenge for companies, since different types of innovation require different organizational structures, operational modes and management styles. Established companies tend to excel in improving their current business through incremental innovations which are closely related to their current knowledge base and competencies. However, this often goes hand in hand with challenges in the exploration of knowledge that is new to the company and that is essential for the development of discontinuous innovations. In this respect, the concept of corporate entrepreneurship is recognized as a way to strengthen the exploration of new knowledge and to support the development of discontinuous innovation. For managing corporate entrepreneurship more effectively, it is crucial to understand which types of knowledge can be created through corporate entrepreneurship and which organizational designs are more suited to gain certain types of knowledge. To answer these questions, this study analyzed 23 semi-structured interviews conducted with established companies that are running such entrepreneurial activities. The results show (1) that three general types of knowledge can be explored through corporate entrepreneurship and (2) that some organizational designs are more suited to explore certain knowledge types than others are.","PeriodicalId":269465,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC)","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126935698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198424
Susan A. King, S. Grobbelaar
The term Industry 4.0 is associated with terms such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Services (IoS), Robotics, Big Data, Cloud Manufacturing and Augmented Reality and will narrow the gap between the physical and the digital world. Industry 4.0 sets the scene for business model innovation (BMI). The aim of this article was to explore current literature regarding Industry 4.0 when considered from a business model perspective. A scoping review was conducted to explore current research at the intersect of the Business model and Industry 4.0 research domains. The research question we pose thus is a general one: What is the nature of the evidence for Business model innovation in the context of Industry 4.0? The main impacts of Industry 4.0 on 1) industry, 2) products and services, 3) economy, 4) work environment and 5) skills development were mapped. We then conclude by reflecting on these drivers that Industry 4.0 holds a huge potential for business models to become renewed, improved, changed and novel. New value creation will not only originate from new products or services, but also the availability of data to the benefit of the business for example new value propositions like personalization, prediction of customer demand.
{"title":"Industry 4.0 and Business Model Innovation: A Scoping Review","authors":"Susan A. King, S. Grobbelaar","doi":"10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198424","url":null,"abstract":"The term Industry 4.0 is associated with terms such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Services (IoS), Robotics, Big Data, Cloud Manufacturing and Augmented Reality and will narrow the gap between the physical and the digital world. Industry 4.0 sets the scene for business model innovation (BMI). The aim of this article was to explore current literature regarding Industry 4.0 when considered from a business model perspective. A scoping review was conducted to explore current research at the intersect of the Business model and Industry 4.0 research domains. The research question we pose thus is a general one: What is the nature of the evidence for Business model innovation in the context of Industry 4.0? The main impacts of Industry 4.0 on 1) industry, 2) products and services, 3) economy, 4) work environment and 5) skills development were mapped. We then conclude by reflecting on these drivers that Industry 4.0 holds a huge potential for business models to become renewed, improved, changed and novel. New value creation will not only originate from new products or services, but also the availability of data to the benefit of the business for example new value propositions like personalization, prediction of customer demand.","PeriodicalId":269465,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126650850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-01DOI: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198333
I. Maslov, Shahrokh Nikou
Learning Management Systems (LMSs) are widely used in higher education. Eye-tracking technology is one technology that could help objectively evaluate the influence of familiarity with an LMS on the usability and user experience (UX) of the LMS. This study utilized such technology to measure user efficiency, user effectiveness, eye-movement patterns, and the quantitative area of interest (AOI) metrics of eye-movement patterns that show how fast the correct area for the task is located. Six students participated in an experiment, whereby they were asked to accomplish ten tasks in the usability testing of a popular open-source LMS called Moodle. The results showed that those who were familiar with the course performed about half of the tasks more efficiently and had better AOI metrics. Additionally, it was found that the participants' eye movement patterns tended to be correlated with their AOI metrics, efficiency and effectiveness of accomplishing the tasks in the usability tests. However, the correlations were not absolute. We found different eye-movement patterns among participants regarding some user interface elements, such as text hyperlinks or images.
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