Technology Systems - a discussion agenda

The following discussion agenda is on Technology Systems in the subject of Technological Innovation:

1. Technology System
• Definition
• Configuration of a technology system
• Technology S-curves
2. Physical Technology S-Curve
3. Technology performance parameters
4. Planning technology discontinuities
5. Technological progress
6. Systems analysis for alternative technology configurations

Reference
Betz, F. (2011) "Chapter 11: Technology Systems" Managing Technological Innovation, Wiley.

Technology invention - a discussion agenda

The following discussion agenda is on Technology Invention in the subject of Technological Innovation:

1. Technology and potential of nature
2. Next-generation technologies and innovation process of next-generation-technology products
• Discontinuous innovation
3. Types of technologies
• Dimension 1: inanimate vs animate: material technologies; biological technologies
• Dimension 2: matter vs mind: power technologies; information technologies

Reference
Betz, F. (2011) "Chapter 10: Inventing Technology" Managing Technological Innovation, Wiley.

Technology and business strategy integration

The following discussion agenda is on Technology and Business Strategy Integration in the subject of Technological Innovation:

1. Industrial Value Chain
2. Technology Strategy: case studies
• Technologies in the Resource-Extraction Sector
• Technologies in the Materials Refining Sector
• Technologies in the Parts Sector
• Technologies in the Information Technology Sector
3. Technology and application systems
4. Product-line planning and product-line platforms

Reference
Betz, F. (2011) "Chapter 9: Integrating Technology and Business Strategy" Managing Technological Innovation, Wiley.

Innovation and strategy - a discussion agenda

The following discussion agenda is on Innovation and Strategy in the subject of Technological Innovation:

1. Micro-level innovation in a business
2. Top-down and bottom-up strategy in innovation
• Levels of innovation strategy in a corporation
3. Mid-level innovation strategy
4. Lower level of innovation strategy
5. Bottom level of innovation strategy

Reference
Betz, F. (2011) "Chapter 8 Innovation and Strategy" Managing Technological Innovation, Wiley.

Innovation and Product Development - a discussion agenda

The following discussion agenda is on Innovation and Product Development in the subject of Technological Innovation:

1. Market-pull vs Technology-push Innovation
2. Incremental innovation in product development
• Cyclic incremental innovation process
3. Product development cycle in the context of a national innovation system
4. Delays in a product development process
• Sources of delays in the product development process
5. Product quality
• Performance quality
• Design quality
• Production quality
• Service quality

Reference
Betz, F. (2011) "Chapter 7 Innovation and Product Development" Managing Technological Innovation, Wiley.

Innovation and Markets - a discussion agenda

The following discussion agenda is on Innovation and Markets in the subject of Technological Innovation:

1. Price and value in Business Model
2. Product design for a market
3. Completing high-tech products and market positioning
4. On proprietary technology
5. On Market niches

Reference
Betz, F. (2011) "Chapter 6 Innovation and Markets" Managing Technological Innovation, Wiley.

Innovation and Corporate R&D: a discussion agenda

The following discussion agenda is on Corporate R&D in the subject of Technological Innovation:

1. Institutionalization of scientific technology
2. Corporate Research objectives
• Projected contribution from a business's product lines
3. Incremental innovation planning
4. Research laboratory culture vs business division culture
• Perspectives: time horizon, financial, product, method
5. Corporate R&D evaluation

Reference
Betz, F. (2011) "Chapter 5 Innovation and Corporate R&D" Managing Technological Innovation, Wiley.