Volvo CE Specialist & iCoach days 2015
The yearly gathering of global innovation coaches (iCoaches) and specialists took place for some days in Eskilstuna
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The implementation of Innovation Metrics: A case study
The paper explores the implementation process of an innovation measuring system prototype to support a heavy machinery multinational company to secure their innovative capability. In general,companies recognize the importance of becoming innovative to become, or remain, competitive on a global market. The case company decided to pilot a metric system that corresponds to the crucial factors to secure innovative capability...
Book contribution
PhD candidate Babak Kianian, Professor Tobias Larsson, together with Sam Tavassoli (of Industrial Economics) will appear in the new book “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy – Knowledge, Technology and Internationalization” from Edward Elgar Publishing.
Andre Benaim presented his licentiate thesis
June 12, Andre Benaim, PhD candidate in Innovation Engineering, presented his Licentiate thesis. The title of the thesis is: “Innovation Capabilities – Measurement and Assessment”.
BTH och Telenor i samarbete om innovativ produktutveckling
Telenor har under 6 månader tillsammans med BTH genomfört en uppdragsutbildning med fokus på innovativ produktutveckling. Med fokus på tre moment; global konkurrenskraft, värdeinnovation, och lean, har man genomfört lektionspass, workshops och egna uppgifter.
Urban Mining global innovation project with Stanford
Turning waste into value has been the topic of a global product development challenge for 11 students for the past year within the Stanford ME310 Global Design Innovation course. The innovation challenge was performed in collaboration with industrial partner Volvo Construction Equipment. The project culminated with a presentation at the prestigious Stanford EXPE.
LittleBits school workshop
During a day, 9th grade kids were invited for an innovation workshop. Exploring efficiency (through assembling a torch faster and faster), planning, and innovation was the task at hand. Using littleBits, Lego Mindstorms, 3D printing and lowtech workshop material we explored the process of needfinding, ideation, and prototyping of solutions. Professor Tobias Larsson and PhD candidate Massimo Panarotto led the...
STOSIP – Strategic, Tactical and Operational implementation of Sustainability into the Innovation Process | 2015-2018
The objective of STOSIP is to support manufacturing companies to integrate and implement sustainability on strategic, tactical and operational levels in the company in order to be able to bring forward sustainable innovations, creating competitive advantages and increased value to its customers. Integration and implementation is enhanced with the ability to measure: maturity level of sustainability integration and management; sustainability...