Innovation and Ontologies Structuring the Early Stages of Innovation Management /

• Main Author: Bullinger, Angelika C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2009.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Industrial management.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.

Innovation requires a balanced amount of openness and structure, especially in its early phases. Ontologies as logical representations of knowledge bear the potential of bridging this obvious dilemma and provide a promising approach to significantly improve management during the early stages of the...

Table of Contents:

• Roadmap for the Fuzzy Front End
• Innovation
• Roadmap for the Fuzzy Front End
• Summary of FFE Roadmap
• Ontology
• Concept Formation
• Deployment in Business
• Potential of Ontologies
• Elements of Ontologies
• Classification — The OntoCube
• Design Science Ontology Lifecycle
• Multimethodological Background
• Empirical Approach
• Results: The OntoGate
• Results of Prepare
• Results of Develop/ Build
• Results of Justify/ Evaluate.