INFORMING EARLY-PHASE TECHNOLOGY DECISIONS IN PARADIGMATIC INNOVATION
DS 60: Proceedings of DESIGN 2010, the 11th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2010
Editor: Marjanovic D., Storga M., Pavkovic N., Bojcetic N.
Author: Kjeldal-Jensen, O.; Ahmed-Kristensen, S.
Section: DESIGN INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
Page(s): 1553-1564
Abstract
The innovation activities of a company facing paradigmatic change with regard to both technology and business model includes many decisions, where information is limited along several dimensions. How are decisions regarding technologies informed in the early phases of innovation, when dealing with paradigmatic knowledge fields? To explore the question, a case study; investigating the decisions made for radical new innovations, and the knowledge needed for supporting these decisions, was carried out in an energy utilities company.
Keywords: decision making, paradigmatic innovation, engineering knowledge management