: Heinrich Arnold, Michael Erner
: Heinrich Arnold, Michael Erner, Peter Möckel, Christopher Schläffer
: Applied Technology and Innovation Management Insights and Experiences from an Industry-Leading Innovation Centre
: Springer-Verlag
: 9783540888277
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Rapid application of new technologies and highly leveraged innovation processes are key for the success of companies and organizations in dynamic markets. Based on the experiences of one of the industry's most modern innovation centers this book provides an insight into the tools and methods used to align customer requirements, competitive challenges and technological development. Both, scientists and practitioners, will benefit from the lessons learned and presented in this volume.

Table of Contents5
List of abbreviations6
The Importance of Innovation Management at Deutsche Telekom Technological Uncertainty and Open Innovation8
Deutsche Telekom Laboratories as a Testbed for Modern Technology and Innovation Management12
References17
Endnotes18
Strategic Foresight19
Introduction20
Continuous foresight21
Customer foresight22
Technology and competitor foresight24
Project-based foresight with strategic roadmapping27
Environmental analysis27
Scenario development28
Roadmap development28
Navigation board development29
Conclusion29
References30
Endnotes31
Integration of Academic Research into Innovation Projects: The Case of Collaboration with a University Research Institute32
Introduction33
Linking academic research to the firm s R33
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The case of a network security innovation project36
The research challenge36
Related work and evidence for the use case36
Theory of the challenge37
Solution and implementation37
Discussion of the use case and the innovation process39
Conclusion40
References42
Implementing Open Innovation to Benefit from External Dynamics of Innovation43
Introduction44
Actors of the open innovation ecosystem45
Development partners and competitors46
Research institutions47
Customers and markets47
Organizational design and implementation of the open innovation paradigm48
Structural organization48
Process organization50
Cultural aspects of the organization51
Conclusion52
References53
Partnering for Research and Development within an Open Innovation Framework55
Introduction56
Cooperation models57
Industrial collaboration57
Subcontracting59
Pre-competitive collaboration61
Innovation clusters61
Regional cluster of Berlin62
The European Center for Information and Communication Technologies62
Conclusion64
References64
Business (Lead) Customer Involvement in the Innovation Process66
Introduction67
Involving corporate partners as an element of open innovation67
General requirements for innovation involvement71
Business-customer process involvement74
Conclusion76
References77
Tools for User-Driven Innovation at Deutsche Telekom Laboratories79
Introduction80
Theoretical foundations80
Innovation and innovation phases80
Customer research and the limits of traditional tools82
User-driven innovation at Deutsche Telekom Laboratories84
Use case: interactive mobile TV84
User-driven innovation for interactive mobile TV85
First Phase: Exploration86
Second Phase: ideation88
Third phase: selection/execution89
Fourth Phase: Commercialization91
Conclusion92
References93
Options for Customer Integration in the Open Innovation Paradigm at Deutsche Telekom96
Introduction97
Need and prerequisites for open innovation in the telecommunications industry97
Open innovation through customer integration at Deutsche Telekom98
Lead user method98
Ideas competition100
Virtual communities102
Toolkits for innovation103
Conclusion105
References105
Segmentation and Evaluation Tools to Project Customer Potential107
Introduction108
Heterogeneous consumer needs in a rapidly changing market108
Indications for future product success in the early phases of innovation109
Social milieus as a basis for customer segmentation110
The origin of social milieus and their implications for market segmentation110
Quantifying the qualitative: inherent challenges when using milieu theory and market studies in the process of new product development111
Projecting customer potential by using the Customer Evaluation Tool (CET)114
Translating insights from market segments into the language of product managers and decision makers114
Online recording devices a customer evaluation tool use case from the field of IPTV115
Conclusion119
References121
Endnotes122
Cross-over Application of Enterprise Architecture and Modularization in Telco R122
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Introduction124
Enterprise architecture in telco R124
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Enterprise architecture as an approach125
Present enterprise architecture thinking in a nutshell127
The reasons for enterprise architecture in telco R127
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(a) Complexity management with alternative technology choices129
(b) Implementation uncertainty due to distance between strategic and operational level130
(c) Innovation processes synchronization130
Modularization as an approach131
Present modularization thinking overview131
Modularization from the telecommunication industry perspective