%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2022 %T Blockchain Implementation Challenges in Developing Countries: An evidence-based systematic review and bibliometric analysis %A Abu Naser Mohammad Saif %A K. M. Anwarul Islam %A Afruza Haque %A Hamida Akhter %A S.M. Masudur Rahman %A Nusrat Jafrin %A Rasheda Akter Rupa and Rehnuma Mostafa %K bibliometric analysis %K blockchain %K challenges %K developing country %K implementation %K PRISMA %K systematic review %K VOSviewer %X Contemporary research on technology and innovation management has gauged blockchain as a catalyst for the electronic-information era. As developing countries around the globe are facing challenges to adopt and implement blockchain, this evidence-based systematic review aims to identify the implementation challenges of blockchain technology for developing countries. A total of 1,298 published documents during the period 2016-2021 from the Scopus, Web of Science, IEEE Xplore, and ScienceDirect databases were explored to recognize 19 appropriate publications for research analysis using a PRISMA flow diagram. Based on the identified challenges from the thorough reviews of these 19 publications, using the association technique, the authors developed four comprehensive themes as broad challenges: technological, governance, organizational and environmental, and knowledge. Later, they performed bibliometric analyses using VOSviewer 1.6.17, and based on the bibliometric evidence constructed term co-occurrence network plots. The results show that developing countries face challenges vis-à-vis technological, governance, organizational and environmental, and knowledge issues when implementing blockchain technology. Hence, to make blockchain adoption and implementation processes successful in developing countries, these broad categories of challenges must be properly addressed. In addition, practitioners of disruptive technology, policymakers, consultants, IT experts, business people, top company managers, and above all, respective governments need to pay attention to these challenges for accelerating the blockchain adoption and implementation process in developing countries. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 12 %P 22010202 %8 05/2022 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1479 %N 1/2 %1 University of Dhaka Abu Naser Mohammad Saif serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has published high-impact research articles in the top peer-reviewed Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 journals. His recent Scopus and Web of Science indexed book chapter has appeared in a Taylor & Francis Hardcover. He acted as Resource Person as well as Session Chair in the International Conference organized by Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India. As well, he has presented research papers at various international conferences held in Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. He achieved the ‘Best Paper Award’ in the 1st International Youth Conference 2021 jointly organized by Penang Youth Development Corporation and Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research interests include innovation and technology, enterprise information systems, sustainable human resource development, green supply chain management, blockchain, and technology acceptance models for industry-specific studies. %2 The Millennium University K. M. Anwarul Islam serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at The Millennium University, Bangladesh. He completed his graduation from the University of Dhaka and currently is pursuing a PhD in Malaysia. He has over 100 scientific papers, either presented or published, in reputed journals indexed in ABDC, ERA, ABS, Scopus, and WoS. He is an internationally recognized expert in many areas of Islamic Finance and Banking. He has served as a member of various research and scientific societies and acted on a number of institutional committees. Additionally, he has written five books. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Indian Journal of Finance and Banking, USA (ABDC Rank), International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review, USA (ABDC Rank), and International Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance Research (USA). %3 Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology Afruza Haque serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh. She earned her BBA and MBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Dhaka, where she placed third and second, respectively. Ms. Haque has published research articles in several reputed peer-reviewed journals and presented research papers at different international conferences. Her research interests include FinTech, big data, blockchain technology, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and public policy. %4 University of Dhaka Hamida Akhter serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She earned an MBA with distinction from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her research interests include green technology, social informatics, IoT, and artificial intelligence. %# Swinburne University of Technology S.M. Masudur Rahman is a Master of Business (Research) student in the Faculty of Business, Design and Arts (FBDA) at the Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia. Mr. Masud has published quality research articles in the top peer-reviewed journals such as Global Business and Economics Review, International Journal of Business Innovation and Research. He also presented research papers at different international conferences held in Malaysia, and Bangladesh. He received BBA with distinction from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He got a Dean’s Merit Award and Dean’s Honor Award for his outstanding academic performance in the BBA program. His current research interests include finance and accounting, financial econometrics, CSR, innovation and entrepreneurship, and sustainable development. %$ University of Dhaka Nusrat Jafrin serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Sciences at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Since joining, she has been involved as a core member of national-level research projects related to demography in collaboration with the UNFPA, Bangladesh. She has published quality research articles in top-tier journals such as Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Population Review, Demografie, International Journal of Social Economics, Operations Research and Decisions, and Cogent Education. Her research interests include economic demography, development economics, sustainable development, poverty and inequality, population and environment. Her latest Scopus and Web of Science indexed book chapter appeared in a Taylor & Francis Hardcover. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. %] Prime University Rasheda Akter Rupa serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Business Administration at Prime University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She earned an MBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ms. Rupa achieved the Prime Minister Gold Medal 2017 for her outstanding academic performance in the BBA program at the University of Dhaka. Her research interests include big data, artificial intelligence, and green supply chain management. Her latest research article on green supply chain management appeared in an ABS, ABDC, and Scopus indexed SAGE journal. and Universiti Malaysia Perlis Rehnuma Mostafa is pursuing her PhD in Management at the Faculty of Applied and Human Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. She earned an MBA in Management from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has published quality research articles in top peer-reviewed journals such as LogForum, Cogent Education. Her research interests include human resource management, innovation management, and media management. She is a well-known Bangladeshi media personality and public relations specialist. %& - %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1479 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2021 %T Barriers to Value Specification when Carrying out Digitalization Projects %A Sten Grahn %A Anna Granlund %A Erik Lindhult %K automation %K digitalization %K effectiveness %K resource-efficiency %K Value specification %X If digitalization projects aim to effectively create value for a company, one precondition is having a shared view among company staff and project members of what the "desirable" value is. However, it has been shown that few companies fully understand the value that digitalization projects can create for them, while many companies still launch digitalization projects without having gained much understanding. This contributes to the current "alarmingly" low success rate for digitalization projects. Developing effective methods to specify the desired values of digitalization projects has hence become important. One step in developing improved specification methods is to ask what the possible barriers are to improving current value specification practices. The purpose of the current study is to address this. We analyzed several digitalization projects regarding how specifications of desired project value were carried out, finding that very limited resources are spent on specifying desired values in digitalization projects, this limits project success. Likewise, there are several barriers to increasing resources for specifying desired values. Our findings contribute to understanding the development of value specification methods that aim to overcome these barriers and thus could help improve the success rate of digitalization projects. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 11 %P 54-64 %8 05/2021 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1442 %N 5 %1 Mälardalen University Sten Grahn has several years of experience in the manufacturing and energy industries, including several leading industrial roles and responsibilities. He currently holds a position as senior lecturer at the Division of Product Realization, Mälardalen University. He also holds a position as a researcher for RISE IVF AB. His main research interests concern system optimization and automation, especially identifying how resource efficiency efforts should be balanced to generate environmentally sustainable business, as well as long-term profits. %2 Mälardalen University Anna Granlund holds a position as senior lecturer at the Division of Product Realization, Mälardalen University. Her research interests are in the area of production development, specifically technology development in the manufacturing industry. Her research mainly addresses strategy and organizational aspects of technology development, as well as coordinating production and technology development in IMNs. She has thirteen years of experience coproducing research projects in the areas of automation development and managing production development in IMNs. %3 Mälardalen University Erik Lindhult holds a position as senior lecturer at the Division of Innovation Management, Mälardalen University, Sweden. His main area of research is service innovation, systemic innovation, and value-driven innovation. He has been engaged in research, education, and with the international research community for several decades on participatory, collaborative, and democratic approaches to action research and innovation, as well as entrepreneurship for sustainable social development. %& 54 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1442 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2020 %T Blockchain-enabled Clinical Study Consent Management %A Hans H. Jung %A Franz M.J. Pfister %K AI Ethics. %K blockchain %K Clinical Study %K Health Artificial Intelligence (AI) %K Platform Business Model %K Written Informed Consent %X Written informed consent (WIC) is required in the context of voluntary participation in a clinical trial. The trial participant gives WIC in accordance with various regulatory requirements. We present a framework concept for a blockchain-based distributed ledger solution, which aims at implementing simple and secure management of WIC documentation, along the entire data value chain from acquiring consent to academic publication, and (commercially) exploiting the results of a clinical study. This may include (but is not limited to) clinical deployment, security monitoring, and conformity with data privacy and ethical standards. Thus, we present a potential “Health AI” application that goes beyond WIC documentation, to enabling the creation of a holistic data provenance trail graph. Such a framework concept aims to create sustainable value for study participants, clinicians, data scientists, and ultimately consumers. The framework’s usefulness is relevant for ensuring the ethical development of artificial intelligence applications in the healthcare domain. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 10 %P 14-24 %8 02/2020 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1325 %N 2 %1 Munich Business School Hans H. Jung is teaching on international marketing, digital business models and digital transformation courses as a professor at the Munich Business School. As principal, he heads the digital customer experience community at UNITY AG, a leading Management Consulting & Innovation Company. His more than 100 clients include companies from agriculture, automotive, energy, consumer goods, mobility, pharmaceutical and process industries, sports, among others. %2 Independent Franz MJ Pfister is an entrepreneur, medical doctor, and data scientist and is recognized as a leading expert at the intersection of artificial intelligence, data, digitization, and healthcare. His academic career includes medical studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Harvard Medical School with a medical doctorate in neuroscience. He holds an MBA from Munich Business School and earned a Master's degree in Data Science at the LMU Munich. Franz Pfister is currently leading multiple initiatives and is building up companies in the field of Health AI, developing next-generation diagnostic solutions to improve patient care and enable personalized medicine. %& 14 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1325 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Beyond the Hype: A Bibliometric Analysis Deconstructing Research on Digitalization %A Andrea Holand %A Silje Svadberg %A Karl Joachim Breunig %X The accelerating emergent field of research addressing digitalization and related topics is complex, unstructured and hyped. Consequently, both research and practice lack a rigorous foundation of prior published research to underpin and direct future exploration into the opportunities and challenges provided by these exciting new digital technologies. This study employed a bibliometric analysis to explore extant published research within the digitalization field. We identified key articles that have enabled us to distinguish between interrelated digitalization concepts. Subsequently, we propose a taxonomy with characteristics for different levels of digitalization. The taxonomy contributes dimensions that create different commercial and organizational opportunities and challenges at various levels. The taxonomy offers a vantage point for subsequent empirical and conceptual research to extend insights on related digitalization themes, and especially those related to innovation and strategy decisions on scalability, automation, channel selection and connectivity. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 48 %8 10/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1274 %N 10 %1

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Andrea Holand is a business consultant at the Norway office in the IT-consulting firm Columbus. Ms. Holand graduated with a MSc in Business Administration from Oslo Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University – OsloMet in 2019. The article “Beyond the Hype: A Bibliometric Analysis Deconstructing Research on Digitalization” is based on research for her masters dissertation conducted in collaboration with the research group on Digital Innovation and Strategic Competence in Organizations (DISCO), at Oslo Metropolitan University – OsloMet. Prior to enrolling into the graduate program at Oslo Business School Ms. Holand graduated with a BA in Business Administration in 2017 from the University of South-Eastern Norway with a specialization in innovation and entrepreneurship management.

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Silje Svadberg is an analyst at PA Consulting in Norway. Ms Svadberg graduated with a MSc graduate in Business Administration at Oslo Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University – OsloMet in 2019. The article “Beyond the Hype: A Bibliometric Analysis Deconstructing Research on Digitalization” is based on research for her masters dissertation conducted in collaboration with the research group on Digital Innovation and Strategic Competence in Organizations (DISCO), at Oslo Metropolitan University – OsloMet. Prior to enrolling into the graduate program at Oslo Business School Ms. Svadberg graduated with a BA in Business Administration from Oslo Business School in 2017. In her bachelor thesis, she focused on digitalization of the financial sector. Ms. Svadberg has worked as an IT consultant for a Nordic Microsoft partner, responsible for financial applications, in parallel with full time enrolment and progress in the graduate program at Oslo Business School.

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Karl Joachim Breunig is a Full Professor of Strategic Management at the Oslo Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University – OsloMet, where he is heading the research group on Digital Innovation and Strategic Competence in Organizations (DISCO), at Oslo Metropolitan University – OsloMet. He received his Ph.D. from BI Norwegian Business School, and holds a MSc from London School of Economics. Prof. Breunig’s research concentrates on the interception of strategy- and innovation theory, and involves topics such as service- and business model innovation as well as digitalization in knowledge intensive firms.

%& 38 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1274 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Bridging Participatory Policy Trends and Research Traditions through Social Innovation %A Malin Lindberg %A Daniel Hallencreutz %A Anna Tengqvist %K action research %K co-creation %K innovation %K participatory research %K social innovation %X This study explores whether social innovation may serve as a bridge between participatory policy trends and research traditions when striving for improved societal relevance and impact of research and innovation (R&I). Despite their shared aim of relevance and impact through civic involvement, European R&I policies and participatory action research approaches seldom refer to each other or harness each other’s resources. The study advances the knowledge regarding how the participatory elements in the policies and research approaches relate through a participatory case study of a joint R&I process to develop a model for social innovation support in Sweden. The case study helps distinguish potential synergies between various degrees of involvement advocated in the policies and research approaches, as well as between the reliance on trending policy concepts vs. scientific notions of validity. Social innovation is perceived as a potential bridge between these elements, as it draws upon participatory academic traditions, while simultaneously tapping into current policy trends of co-creation, in the development of new approaches and solutions to societal challenges. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 27-36 %8 04/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1231 %N 4 %1 Luleå University of Technology Malin Lindberg is a Professor at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, where he specializes in participatory action research, in which knowledge is developed jointly by researchers and societal stakeholders. Her main topic of interest is inclusive forms of innovation and organization, with specific focus on social innovation, participatory innovation, and sustainable development. She has published several studies on policies, support, and management of inclusive innovation and organization in international anthologies and journals, for example, the International Journal of Innovation Management, the International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, the International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and the European Public & Social Innovation Review. %2 WSP Daniel Hallencreutz is a Senior Consultant for WSP in Sweden. He specializes in participatory processes of regional development with a scholarly base in human geography. His main topic of interest is mechanisms of growth and societal change in clusters and innovation systems in various industrial and geographical contexts. His PhD thesis scrutinized growth patterns in Swedish clusters of design-intensive and cultural-products industries, such as multimedia, fashion, and music. He has managed several participatory evaluation processes of regional and national clusters and innovation systems, for example, in the European Regional Development Fund. %3 WSP Anna Tengqvist is a Senior Consultant for WSP in Sweden. She specializes in participatory processes of social sustainability, equality management, and gender mainstreaming. One of her main topics of interest is social innovation development and support, and in this area she has managed several co-creative evaluations of multi-actor platforms and projects on regional level. She has also managed several participatory model development processes for gender equality, equal opportunities, intersectionality, and accessibility in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. This work includes the development of a European standard for gender mainstreaming in the European Social Fund. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1231 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Business Model Architecture by Design %A Ronald C. Beckett %A John Dalrymple %K activity theory %K architecture %K business model %K business networks %K design %K dynamic capabilities %K ISO/IEC 42010 %K multiple viewpoints %K relationship matrix %K strategy %K Zachman framework %X In this article, we view business models as complex deal-making activity systems organized to create, deliver, and capture value. Unlike some other viewpoints, we emphasize both system components and their interconnection. Business activities are carried out by a network of actors drawing on a network of resources, and individual firms seek to configure these intersecting networks to enhance their competitive positioning. The business model literature refers to the significance of antecedent activities in providing context – opportunities the firm decides to pursue, the strategy adopted, and requisite capabilities. Drawing on this literature, we propose an approach to framing business model context. Drawing on the information systems literature, we identify a toolkit facilitating activity system architecture design. We suggest how this both draws out the underlying complexity of a business model and shows how a multiplicity of views makes sense. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 16-27 %8 07/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1252 %N 7 %1 Swinburne University of Technology Ron Beckett is an industry practitioner with more than 30 years of experience in the implementation of creative change and innovation management in Aerospace and Manufacturing. He frequently works at the academia–industry interface, with a focus on Learning to Compete. Ron is an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University, and he has held similar appointments at several other universities. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 conference papers, journal articles, and book chapters related to the pursuit of best practice in extracting value from innovative ideas, knowledge management, and effective collaboration implementation. %2 Swinburne University of Technology John Dalrymple holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Stirling and a PhD from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland where he worked with the Scottish Enterprise Foundation to improve the performance of small and medium-sized companies. He was Founding Director of the Centre for Management Quality Research at RMIT University. John, the staff, and students of the Centre were regular recipients of “Best Paper” awards at international conferences. His publications have attracted more than 1100 citations to date. John was the Editor of the Quality Assurance in Education journal from 2003 until 2019. He has supervised over 20 PhD candidates to successful completion. In October 2018, John was presented with the J. M. Juran Award by the Australian Organisation for Quality. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1252 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2017 %T Big Data and Individual Privacy in the Age of the Internet of Things %A Mackenzie Adams %K big data %K cybersecurity %K data breaches %K Internet of Things %K IOT %K privacy %K smart devices %X The availability of “big data” and “smart” products are credited with advancing solutions to complex problems in medicine, transportation, and education, among others. However, with big data comes big responsibility. The collection, storage, sharing, and analysis of data are far outpacing individual privacy protections, whether technological or legislative. The Internet of Things (IoT), with its promise to create networks of networks, will magnify individual data privacy threats. Recent data breaches, exposing the personal information of millions of users, provide insight into the vulnerability of personal data. Although seemingly expansive, there are core individual privacy issues that are central to current big data breaches and anticipated IoT threats. This article examines both big data and the IoT using examples of data privacy breaches to illustrate the impact of individual data loss. Furthermore, the article examines the complexity of tackling technological and legislative challenges in protecting individual privacy. It concludes by summarizing these issues in terms of the future implications of the IoT and the loss of privacy. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 7 %P 12-24 %8 04/2017 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1067 %N 4 %1 SOMANDA Inc. Mackenzie Adams is Co-Founder and Creative Director at SOMANDA Inc., and she is a recent graduate of the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. As an avid learner and serial entrepreneur, Mackenzie is always seeking new challenges to continue evolving and expanding her interests, knowledge base, and skills. Her interests span the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, EdTech, and FinTech. Her passion is to find and cultivate the next generation of innovators in underserved communities. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1067 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2017 %T A Blockchain Ecosystem for Digital Identity: Improving Service Delivery in Canada’s Public and Private Sectors %A Greg Wolfond %K blockchain %K consumer privacy %K cybersecurity %K digital assets %K digital attributes %K digital identity %K identity fraud %K identity verification %K online privacy %K online security %X Blockchain-based solutions have the potential to make government operations more efficient and improve the delivery of services in the public and private sectors. Identity verification and authentication technologies, as one of the applications of blockchain-based solutions – and the focus of our own efforts at SecureKey Technologies – have been critical components in service delivery in both sectors due to their power to increase trust between citizens and the services they access. To convert trust into solid value added, identities must be validated through highly-reliable technologies, such as blockchain, that have the capacity to reduce cost and fraud and to simplify the experience for customers while also keeping out the bad actors. With identities migrating to digital platforms, organizations and citizens need to be able to transact with reduced friction even as more counter-bound services move to online delivery. In this article, drawing on our own experiences with an ecosystem approach to digital identity, we describe the potential value of using blockchain technology to address the present and future challenges of identity verification and authentication within a Canadian context. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 7 %P 35-40 %8 10/2017 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1112 %N 10 %1 SecureKey Technologies Greg Wolfond is the Founder of SecureKey Technologies and brings more than 30 years of experience in fintech, security, and mobile solutions to his role as Chief Executive Officer. Greg is a serial entrepreneur whose earlier ventures include Footprint Software Inc., a financial software company he sold to IBM, and 724 Solutions Inc., a wireless infrastructure software provider he took public. He sits on several boards and has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, Entrepreneur of the Year, and one of the 100 Top Leaders in Identity. Greg holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Life Sciences from the University of Toronto, Canada. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1112 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2016 %T Boundary Objects as Part of Knowledge Integration for Networked Innovation %A Sari Mäenpää %A Anu Helena Suominen %A Rainer Breite %K boundary object %K co-creation network %K cross-learning %K knowledge integration %K networked innovation %X Networked innovation in co-creation networks is not possible without collaborative practices. Especially in complex projects, contextual knowledge is often spread among different stakeholders. To harness this dispersed knowledge for networked innovation, working knowledge management and collaborative practices are needed. This article addresses this need for better understanding and approaches to facilitate knowledge integration for networked innovation. We consider knowledge integration as the ability to put knowledge into action, and networked innovation as the co-created goal-driven output of selected partners. Our study focuses on describing and reporting a cross-learning type of expert knowledge-integration process with boundary objects, concrete or abstract “bridges” for overcoming possible knowledge boundaries, in a co-creation network. This article adds knowledge on networked innovation through knowledge integration with boundary objects. The reported process will help managers to systematically approach problems requiring expert knowledge that does not exist within their own organization and to better integrate knowledge required for innovation within their project networks. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 6 %P 25-36 %8 10/2016 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1025 %N 10 %1 Tampere University of Technology Sari Mäenpää, DrTech, works as a Post-Doctoral Researcher and Project Manager in the area of Industrial and Information Management at the Tampere University of Technology, Finland. She holds a LicSc degree in Logistics, an MSc degree in Industrial Engineering, and a BSc degree in Construction Engineering. Her doctoral thesis focused on managing network relations in project business context. Sari has been working for years in the field of research and education and is especially interested in knowledge integration, relationship quality, and digitalization among manufacturing networks and business ecosystems. Prior to her academic career, she worked several years within the construction industry. %2 Tampere University of Technology Anu Helena Suominen, MScTech, is currently a doctoral student in the area of Industrial and Information Management at Tampere University of Technology, Finland. Her doctoral thesis focuses on inter-organizational network legitimation. Anu has several years of practical working experience in exports in the metal and telecommunications industries. She has also managed both networking and training projects in industry. Her research interests focus on inter-organizational networks and their governance, and innovation, especially from the perspective of knowledge management. %3 Tampere University of Technology Rainer Breite, DrTech, is a Lecturer and Researcher in the area of Industrial and Information Management at Tampere University of Technology, Finland. He has worked in several engineering companies, and his main industrial experience derives from water turbines. Rainer’s research interest is focused on knowledge sharing in supply chains and networks. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1025 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2016 %T Building Scientist Capacity in Knowledge Translation: Development of the Knowledge Translation Planning Template %A Melanie Barwick %K capacity building %K competencies %K knowledge translation %K template %K tools %X The last fifteen years have seen a fundamental shift in the importance of knowledge translation in health research and clinical care. Health research funders have incorporated knowledge translation into their missions, strategic directions, and funding opportunities, encouraging knowledge translation and implementation science and requiring knowledge translation practice from researchers working across the health research pillars – basic, clinical, health services, and population health. Healthcare and research organizations have changed their landscape as well, hiring knowledge translation practitioners to bridge research and practice for a range of knowledge users. Universities are shifting criteria for academic promotion to incorporate knowledge translation. Growing attention to knowledge translation in research, practice, and scholarship has created a need for researchers and practitioners to develop knowledge translation skills and competencies related to their research, scholarship, and organizational activities. The Knowledge Translation Planning Template was developed to support knowledge translation planning for scientists in health and other sectors. This article provides an overview of the rationale for its development, introduces the tool components, and describes preliminary indicators of impact. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 6 %P 9-15 %8 09/2016 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1015 %N 9 %1 SickKids Melanie Barwick (PhD, CPsych) is a Senior Scientist in the Child Evaluative Sciences Program of the Research Institute, and Head of the Child and Youth Mental Health Research Unit (CYMHRU) in the Department of Psychiatry at SickKids in Toronto, Canada. She is also affiliated with the SickKids’ Learning Institute where she conducts professional development in knowledge translation, and with the Centre for Global Child Health as a scientist and member of the leadership. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She chairs the Creative Professional Activity Committee for the Department of Psychiatry, and is a member of the Departmental Promotions Committee. She is an Executive Board member for AMREF Health Africa, the Children and Youth in Challenging Contexts (CCYC) Network Centre of Excellence and for the Global Implementation Initiative (GII), and she is an Associate Editor for the journal Evidence & Policy. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1015 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2015 %T Botnet Takedown Initiatives: A Taxonomy and Performance Model %A Reza Shirazi %K botnet takedowns %K cyber-attacks %K dismantle cybercriminal networks %K disrupt online networks %X Botnets have become one of the fastest-growing threats to the computer systems, assets, data, and capabilities relied upon by individuals and organizations worldwide. Botnet takedown initiatives are complex and as varied as the botnets themselves. However, there is no comprehensive database of botnet takedowns available to researchers and practitioners, nor is there a theoretical model to help predict the success or failure of future takedown initiatives. This article reports on the author's ongoing research that is contributing to both of these challenges and introduces a set of hypotheses relating to the performance of botnet takedown initiatives. In addition to researchers, the article will be of particular interest to personnel in technical, legal, and management functions of organizations interested in improving the quality of their communications and accelerating decision making for the purpose of launching and operating botnet takedown initiatives. It will also be of interest to entrepreneurs who wish to launch and grow cybersecurity ventures that provide solutions to botnet and malware threats. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 5 %P 15-20 %8 01/2015 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/862 %N 1 %1 Carleton University Reza Shirazi is an Analyst Programmer at the Canada Revenue Agency, Information Technology Branch. Previously, he worked for various government departments and the private sector. He holds a BSc in Computer Software Engineering from the Islamic Azad University in Tehran, Iran, and an MEng in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/862 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2015 %T Building Cyber-Resilience into Supply Chains %A Adrian Davis %K cyber-resilience %K cybersecurity %K direct suppliers %K indirect suppliers %K information-centric approach %K procurement %K requirements %K resilience %K supply chain %K Tier 1 suppliers %X The article discusses how an organization can adopt an information-centric approach to protect its information shared in one or more supply chains; clearly communicate the expectations it has for a direct (Tier 1) supplier to protect information; and use contracts and measurement to maintain the protection desired. Building on this foundation, the concept of resilience – and that of cyber-resilience – is discussed, and how an information-centric approach can assist in creating a more cyber-resilient supply chain. Finally, the article concludes with five steps an organization can take to improve the protection of its information: i) map the supply chain; ii) build capability; iii) share information and expertise; iv) state requirements across the supply chain using standards, common frameworks, and languages; and v) measure, assess, and audit. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 5 %P 19-27 %8 04/2015 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/887 %N 4 %1 (ISC)2 Adrian Davis, PhD, MBA, FBCS CITP, CISSP, heads the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) team for (ISC)2, the global, not-for-profit leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers. His role is to deliver the (ISC)2 vision of inspiring a safe and secure cyber-world and its mission of supporting and providing members and constituents with credentials, resources, and leadership to secure information and deliver value to society. Before working for (ISC)2, Adrian delivered practical business solutions to over 360 blue-chip multinational clients for the Information Security Forum. His expertise included: managing information security in supply chains; information security governance and effectiveness; the relationship between information security and business continuity; and possible near-term threats to organizations. Adrian regularly attends and chairs conferences and contributes articles for the press. He also contributed to the development of ISO/IEC 27014: Governance of Information Security and currently acts as a co-editor for ISO/IEC 27036 Information Security in Supplier Relationships, Part 4: Guidelines for Security of Cloud Services. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/887 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2015 %T Business, Innovation, and Knowledge Ecosystems: How They Differ and How to Survive and Thrive within Them %A Katri Valkokari %K business ecosystem %K communities %K conceptual paper %K ecosystem %K innovation ecosystem %K knowledge ecosystem %K logic of action %K man-made ecosystem %K platforms %X In management studies, the ecosystem metaphor is often utilized without clear definition and, thereby, several partially overlapping concepts such as industrial, business, service, innovation, and knowledge ecosystems have been introduced. The purpose of this conceptual article is to go beyond the confusion to define what is meant by different concepts regarding an ecosystem and especially describe the relationships between the three different ecosystem types: business, innovation, and knowledge ecosystems. The article contributes to the literature by describing how the ecosystem types differ in terms of their outcomes, interactions, logic of action, and actor roles. The results show that the three ecosystem types are interconnected from the viewpoint of the ecosystem actor. For practitioners, the article sheds more light on how the rules of the game (i.e., the logic of action) differ in the different types of ecosystems and demonstrates that different models are needed in order to operate in different ecosystems. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 5 %P 17-24 %8 08/2015 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/919 %N 8 %1 VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) Katri Valkokari works as a Principal Scientist at VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) in the Business Ecosystems, Value Chains and Foresight research area. Over the past 15 years, she has carried out several development projects concerning different networked business arrangements (ecosystems, networks, partnerships, and firms). In 2009, Katri completed her doctoral thesis on business network development. She has published several international and national articles in the research areas of business network management, collaboration, organizational knowledge, and innovation management. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/919 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2014 %T The Business of Open Source Software: A Primer %A Michael (Monty) Widenius %A Linus Nyman %K business source %K dual licensing %K entrepreneurship %K open %K open core %K open source business models %K open source licenses %K open source software development %X This article is meant as a primer for those interested in gaining a basic understanding of the business of open source software. Thus, we cover four main areas: i) what motivates businesses to get involved in open source; ii) common open source licenses and how they relate to community and corporate interests; iii) issues regarding the monetization of an open source program; and iv) open source business models currently employed. This article is particularly suitable for people who want a general understanding of the business of open source software; people who want to understand the significant issues regarding an open source program's potential to generate income; and entrepreneurs who want to create a company around open source code. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 4 %P 4-11 %8 01/2014 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/756 %N 1 %1 MySQL Ab Michael (Monty) Widenius is the founder and original developer of MySQL and MariaDB. He has been an entrepreneur since 1979 and is the founder of MySQL Ab, Monty Program Ab, SkySQL, the MariaDB Foundation, and Open Ocean capital. %2 Hanken School of Economics Linus Nyman is a doctoral researcher at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland, where he is researching code forking in open source software. A further research interest of his is free-to-play gaming. He also lectures on corporate strategy, open source software, and the new business models of the Internet age. Linus has a Master’s degree in economics from the Hanken School of Economics. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/756 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2014 %T The Businesses of Open Data and Open Source: Some Key Similarities and Differences %A Juho Lindman %A Linus Nyman %K business models %K entrepreneurship %K licensing %K open data %K open source %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 4 %P 12-17 %8 01/2014 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/757 %N 1 %1 Hanken School of Economics Juho Lindman is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems Science at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. Juho's doctoral dissertation from the Aalto University School of Economics in Helsinki focused on open source software development organization In the field of information systems, his current research is focused in the areas of open source software development, open data, and organizational change. %2 Hanken School of Economics Linus Nyman is a doctoral researcher at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland, where he is researching code forking in open source software. A further research interest of his is free-to-play gaming. He also lectures on corporate strategy, open source software, and the new business models of the Internet age. Linus has a Master’s degree in economics from the Hanken School of Economics. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/757 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2012 %T Being Disruptive: How Open Growth is Delivering Effective Social Change at a Fast Pace %A Elisha Muskat %A Delyse Sylvester %K crowdsourcing %K open growth %K open source %K scaling-up %K social entrepreneurship %K social innovation %K social networks %K transparency %X Both innovators and funders need tools that map the entire constellation of solutions in a sector. Innovators, often labeled and isolated as system disruptors, need to be linked with their global peers offering and seeking each others proven strategies to accelerate positive change. The impact investing space needs a simple, open, and transparent way to find, convene, support, and track the progress of innovators. This article describes how the Ashoka Changemakers.com online community creates a space for: investors to find and support multiple innovations; social innovators to find each other, work together, and source funds; and disruptive innovations to grow over time where disruptive change is needed, fast. Crowd-sourcing, transparency, and open growth are keys to accelerating large-scale change and creating a world of changemakers. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 2 %P 16-20 %8 07/2012 %U http://timreview.ca/article/576 %N 7 %1 Ashoka Canada Elisha Muskat is the Executive Director of Ashoka Canada. Prior to joining Ashoka in 2009, where Elisha became absorbed in the systemic change approach at the core of Ashoka's work, she worked primarily in youth development, running programs in Toronto, New York City, and Syracuse. She has also launched conflict-resolution and peer-mediation programs and developed a green business advisory for small business owners. Elisha has an MBA from Schulich School of Business at York University and a BA in Psychology from McGill University. %2 Ashoka Changemakers Delyse Sylvester is the Director of Community at Ashoka Changemakers. Delyse has been committed to social change for three decades in a variety of fields including fair trade, conflict resolution, deforestation, and domestic abuse, through volunteer organizations, NGOs, advocacy groups, and universities. She has put this broad experience to work at Ashoka Changemakers, building innovative cross-sector collaborations, online awareness campaigns, and tools that advance the impact of social entrepreneurs around the world. Delyse also addresses conflict and injustice as a board member at Inter Pares. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/576 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2012 %T Building Trust in High-Performing Teams %A Mila Hakanen %A Aki Soudunsaari %K high-performance teams %K high-performing teams %K social capital %K team %K team building %K trust %K wellbeing %X Facilitation of growth is more about good, trustworthy contacts than capital. Trust is a driving force for business creation, and to create a global business you need to build a team that is capable of meeting the challenge. Trust is a key factor in team building and a needed enabler for cooperation. In general, trust building is a slow process, but it can be accelerated with open interaction and good communication skills. The fast-growing and ever-changing nature of global business sets demands for cooperation and team building, especially for startup companies. Trust building needs personal knowledge and regular face-to-face interaction, but it also requires empathy, respect, and genuine listening. Trust increases communication, and rich and open communication is essential for the building of high-performing teams. Other building materials are a shared vision, clear roles and responsibilities, willingness for cooperation, and supporting and encouraging leadership. This study focuses on trust in high-performing teams. It asks whether it is possible to manage trust and which tools and operation models should be used to speed up the building of trust. In this article, preliminary results from the authors’ research are presented to highlight the importance of sharing critical information and having a high level of communication through constant interaction. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 2 %P 38-41 %8 06/2012 %U http://timreview.ca/article/567 %N 6 %1 Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics Mila Hakanen (MSc Econ) is a researcher and PhD candidate at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland. She is an action researcher in a project called “Globally scalable business models in health, exercise and wellbeing markets” (http://fightingla.com/). Her research is focused on the areas of social capital, trust and trust building, trust management, communication, and global networking. %2 Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics Aki Soudunsaari (MSc Sport and Health, BSc Adult Education) is a PhD student in Growth Venture Creation at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Aki’s research is focused on creating winning teams, and he is a researcher in a project called “Globally scalable business models in health, exercise and wellbeing markets” (http://fightingla.com/). He is also a serial entrepreneur in the fields of health exercise, corporate wellbeing, and green technology. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/567 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2012 %T A Business Application of the System Dynamics Approach: Word-of-Mouth and Its Effect in an Online Environment %A Roman Wong %A Shirley Ye Sheng %K adoption %K modeling %K recursive relationship %K system dynamics %K word-of-mouth %X In this article, we illustrate the use of system dynamics modeling approach to study a complex system: word-of-mouth. Word-of-mouth plays an important role in reducing risk and uncertainty in purchase and consumption. Most of the prior research on word-of-mouth focused on studying either the factors that trigger consumers’ participation (sending or receiving) in word-of-mouth activities or the impact word-of-mouth information has on consumers’ buying decisions. The relationship between the two decision processes, however, is recursive and dynamic. Most prior studies have not focused on a recursive relationship. Our objective is to present a system dynamics model for the study of the relationship between the buying decision and the decision to participate in word-of-mouth communication. We also discuss how system dynamics modeling can be used in other complex problems in business such as the creation of a global business. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 2 %P 42-48 %8 06/2012 %U http://timreview.ca/article/568 %N 6 %1 Andreas School of Business of Barry University Roman Wong is a professor in the areas of information systems and operations management at the Andreas School of Business of Barry University. He received his PhD in information systems from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and he received an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before joining Barry University, he held a faculty position at the California State University at Northridge. His current research interests include the interrelations between the online review and product adoption processes and the development of innovativeness in emerging countries. %2 Andreas School of Business of Barry University Shirley Ye Sheng is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Andreas School of Business of Barry University. She received her PhD in Business Administration with a Marketing concentration from Florida Atlantic University in the United States, and she received a Master of Science degree in Finance from Leicester University in the United Kingdom. Her research focuses on international marketing, consumer behavior, and marketing history. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/568 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2012 %T Business Model Discovery by Technology Entrepreneurs %A Steven Muegge %K business models %K commercialization %K innovation %K technology entrepreneurship %K value capture %K value creation %X Value creation and value capture are central to technology entrepreneurship. The ways in which a particular firm creates and captures value are the foundation of that firm's business model, which is an explanation of how the business delivers value to a set of customers at attractive profits. Despite the deep conceptual link between business models and technology entrepreneurship, little is known about the processes by which technology entrepreneurs produce successful business models. This article makes three contributions to partially address this knowledge gap. First, it argues that business model discovery by technology entrepreneurs can be, and often should be, disciplined by both intention and structure. Second, it provides a tool for disciplined business model discovery that includes an actionable process and a worksheet for describing a business model in a form that is both concise and explicit. Third, it shares preliminary results and lessons learned from six technology entrepreneurs applying a disciplined process to strengthen or reinvent the business models of their own nascent technology businesses. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %V 2 %P 5-16 %8 04/2012 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/545 %N 4 %1 Carleton University Steven Muegge is an Assistant Professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he teaches within the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program. His research interests include open and distributed innovation, technology entrepreneurship, product development, and commercialization of technological innovation. The ideas presented in this article were an outcome of work with talented graduate students in the TIM program, mentoring first-time entrepreneurs in the Lead to Win, Ottawa Young Entrepreneurs (OYE), and Carleton Entrepreneurs programs, and his own research program on commercializing innovation. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/545 %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2011 %T Benefits of the Community for Partners of Open Source Vendors %A Sandro Groganz %X Open source vendors can benefit from business ecosystems that form around their products. Partners of such vendors can utilize this ecosystem for their own business benefit by understanding the structure of the ecosystem, the key actors and their relationships, and the main levers of profitability. This article provides information on all of these aspects and identifies common business scenarios for partners of open source vendors. Armed with this information, partners can select a strategy that allows them to participate in the ecosystem while also maximizing their gains and driving adoption of their product or solution in the marketplace. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 08/2011 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/463 %N August 2011 %9 Articles %1 Age of Peers Age of Peers co-founder Sandro Groganz is an expert in the field of open source marketing. He started Initmarketing, the Open Source Marketing Agency, which subsequently merged into Age of Peers. He served as Vice President of Marketing at Mindquarry, an open source startup financed by Hasso Plattner Ventures, and Vice President of Communication at eZ Systems, the creator of the open source content management system eZ Publish. Groganz also has a solid background as a PHP developer, consultant, and author, and he has contributed to a number of books on LAMP programming. For more information, visit www.ageofpeers.com or his weblog at http://sandro.groganz.com. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2011 %T Best Practices in Multi-Vendor Open Source Communities %A Ian Skerrett %X Multi-vendor open source communities enable companies to lower development costs and gain access to wider addressable markets. This article describes best practices for companies considering this approach. First, the different types of open source business strategies are examined along the types of participants that contribute to the communities that support them. Next, five best practices are detailed to show how companies can maximize their engagement with open source communities. Finally, the importance of foundations in implementing multi-vendor open source communities is discussed. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 01/2011 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/409 %N January 2011 %9 Articles %1 Eclipse Foundation Ian Skerrett is the Director of Marketing at the Eclipse Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation supporting the Eclipse open source community and commercial ecosystem. He is responsible for implementing programs that raise awareness of the Eclipse open source project and grow the overall Eclipse community. Ian has been working in the software industry for over 20 years. He has held a variety of product management and product marketing positions with Cognos, Object Technology International, IBM, Entrust, and Klocwork. He graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Computer Science and has an MBA from McGill. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2011 %T Beyond Technology: Enabling Communities Through Social Interoperability %A Tyler Mitchell %X Technical interoperability between open source software projects is increasingly common. Applications that were designed to communicate effectively with other applications are more robust and give users the freedom to combine them with other applications that were built to interoperable specifications. Projects such as Apache, Linux, and other development platforms, have helped fuel this move to interoperability in unique ways, including the capability of building further applications upon their foundations. They also encouraged the development of new communities and ecosystems of users and developers. The OSGeo Foundation has taken advantage of these powerful open source platforms with several open source projects focusing on technological interoperability. However, there is also significant social interoperability taking place within the organization. What seem to start as ad hoc communities, in turn, create further opportunities for both social and technological advances. This article uses OSGeo as a case study to show that, when individuals contribute to the community and join together with other likeminded members, new technology and relationships pave the way to further innovation. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 08/2011 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/462 %N August 2011 %9 Articles %1 OSGeo Tyler Mitchell is the Executive Director of OSGeo. He is also the author of Web Mapping Illustrated: Using Open Source GIS Toolkits. He has 15 years of GIS experience, much of which involved open source technologies. He can be found speaking at open source and geospatial events around the world and is dedicated to introducing great tools to great people. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2011 %T Building an Infrastructure to Support Women Founders: Lead to Win for Women %A Janice Singer %A Deborah Dexter %X This article describes a new program, Lead to Win for Women (LTW-W), created in Canada's Capital Region to dramatically increase the number of women-founded businesses and to help existing businesses grow substantially. This new program is based on the existing Lead to Win program (http://leadtowin.ca). LTW-W has four program elements. First, there is a session to help women foster ideas to launch and grow businesses. Second, there is an expert speaker series that encourages the development of practical knowledge for businesses. Third, there is a forum for owners of established firms. Fourth, there is an outreach program for college women to encourage them to start businesses. In this article, we briefly describe some existing programs to support women founders in Canada and abroad. Next, we outline the founding principles of LTW-W and describe the program in detail. Finally, we conclude with a description of the program's next steps. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 07/2011 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/455 %N July 2011 %9 Articles %1 National Research Council of Canada Janice Singer is an Industrial Technology Advisor (ITA) for the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) in Ottawa. Prior to becoming an ITA, Janice was a software engineering researcher with the Institute for Information Technology of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Janice's research focused on improving productivity for software engineering teams and user experience. During her research tenure, Janice collaborated with multiple industrial and university partners including IBM, Microsoft, Mitel, Nortel, Bell Canada, and several local SMEs. She is an adjunct professor with both the University of Victoria School of Computer Science and University of Ottawa School of Information Technology and Engineering. Janice holds a B.Sc. in Cognitive Science from University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. Before the NRC, she held positions at Tektronix, Xerox PARC, and IBM. %2 National Research Council of Canada Deborah Dexter is an Industrial Technology Advisor (ITA) for the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) in Gatineau, Québec since January 2010. Prior to that, Deborah worked in the private sector and has over 20 years of experience in the software tools and systems business in the aerospace and defense, security, and telecommunications markets. Her experience in these areas is extensive, and she has worked for and consulted to a wide range of product and systems companies, both small and large. She has expertise in technical sales, business development, marketing, and business planning activities. She has a technical background, with a BMath in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo in Canada. She also holds a Minor degree in French and is very comfortable working in both of Canada's official languages. %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2011 %T Business Ecosystems as Institutions of Participation: A Systems Perspective on Community-Developed Platforms %A Steven Muegge %K architecture of participation %K business ecosystem %K community-developed platform %K institutional analysis and design (IAD) %K meritocratic developer community %X This article introduces a systems perspective on community-developed platforms and the institutions that structure participation by individuals and companies. It brings together the past research about technology platforms, company participation in business ecosystems, and individual participation in developer communities, and links these codependent subsystems through resource flows, interconnected institutional arrangements, and shared governance. To achieve this synthesis, it draws on conceptual arguments from a broad range of sources, including Elinor Ostrom's research program on the economics of sustainable commons governance, Tim O'Reilly's practitioner essays about the architecture of participation, and prior management research on modularity and design, resource dependence, and systems thinking. The resulting “systems of systems” perspective is parsimonious and insightful for entrepreneurs, managers, and community leaders. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 1 %P 4-13 %8 11/2011 %U http://timreview.ca/article/495 %N 2 %1 Carleton University Steven Muegge is a faculty member at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he teaches within the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program. His research interests include open and distributed innovation, entrepreneurship around community-developed platforms, and product development. The ideas presented in this article were an outcome of his doctoral research on participation in business ecosystems. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/495 %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T Bloom: A Relationship Visualization Tool for Complex Networks %A Frank Horsfall %X Faced with an ever-increasing capacity to collect and store data, organizations must find a way to make sense of it to their advantage. Methods are required to simplify the data so that it can inform strategic decisions and help solve problems. Visualization tools are becoming increasingly popular since they can display complex relationships in a simple, visual format. This article describes Bloom, a project at Carleton University to develop an open source visualization tool for complex networks and business ecosystems. It provides an overview of the visualization technology used in the project and demonstrates its potential impact through a case study using real-world data. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 08/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/373 %N August 2010 %9 Articles %1 EnTeraSec Inc. Frank Horsfall is a graduate student at Carleton University in Ottawa who is researching visualization for business ecosystems. He is also the Project Founder and Lead of Bloom and President of EnTeraSec Inc., a security services company in the Lead to Win business ecosystem. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T Blueprint and Approach to Grow Revenue in Small Technology Companies %A Tony Bailetti %X This article examines a new approach to grow the revenue of small technology companies and technology startups. We name this new approach the business ecosystem approach. The article is organized into five sections. The first section provides a blueprint to grow revenue and an inventory of growth formulas that top management teams of small technology companies and founders of startups find useful. The second section briefly defines business ecosystems, keystones and platforms. The third section describes the business ecosystem approach to grow the revenue of small technology companies and technology startups. It compares the traditional and business ecosystem approaches to growing revenue; identifies when the business ecosystem approach works better than the traditional approach; explains what small companies and startups need to do to grow revenue using the business ecosystem approach; and describes the benefits and risks of implementing the business ecosystem approach. The fourth section compares three approaches to growing revenue and highlights the differences between i) business ecosystems and development communities and ii) the business ecosystem approach and outsourcing. The fifth section identifies the key decisions a small technology company or technology startup needs to make to become the keystone that anchors a business ecosystem. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 06/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/355 %N June 2010 %9 Articles %1 Carleton University Tony Bailetti is an Associate Professor in both the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering and the Eric Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. His research and teaching support Carleton's Technology Innovation Management program. Professor Bailetti is the Director of Ontario's Talent First Network and the Executive Director of Coral CEA. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T Building a Business-to-Business Sales Process %A Stephen Davies %X A sales strategy is not just about closing deals, it is about defining a sales process that accurately reflects an organization, its customers, and the products or solutions that it sells. By truly understanding its customers and by actually solving its customers' problems, a company can define and execute a sales process that will increase the likelihood of reaching its ultimate objective: a closed deal and money in the bank. This article describes the steps to create a business-to-business (B2B) sales process and shows how these steps are used to build a sales funnel. It also provides tips for effective and consistent execution of that process to get initial sales and improve upon them. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 10/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/386 %N October 2010 %9 Articles %1 Sprott School of Business Stephen Davies is an entrepreneur and business development professional working in the National Capital Region. He has sales and marketing experience in a number of sectors, notably in online education and training products, clean tech manufacturing, and operations management consulting. Stephen also lectures at the Sprott School of Business in Entrepreneurship-related subjects and is part of the Lead to Win faculty. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T Building Canada's Culture of Entrepreneurship: Sure-bet to Startup Survival %A Lisa Torjman %A Jon Worren %X This article aims to debunk common perceptions around why Canada seems to be failing in its ability to create successful startups. A robust startup sector will only be made possible if Canada invests in and nurtures a culture of entrepreneurship. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 02/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/323 %N February 2010 %9 Articles %1 MaRS Lisa Torjman, Manager of Social Innovation Projects, helps run the program SiG@MaRS. The program provides social entrepreneurs access to resources that help them combine economic profit with social purpose. As part of SiG@MaRS, Lisa launched Net Change, a weeklong event, co-created with several partners, which explores the intersection of social tech and social change. Lisa's work at MaRS ranges from strategy development to speaking engagements, most recently for CP24 and O'Reilly's Ignite series. Previously, Lisa worked as an account executive at Toronto-based social marketing agency Manifest Communications, and as an associate at the Montreal-based J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. %2 MaRS Jon Worren has 17 years of experience in management consulting, applied research, ICT and clean technology. At MaRS Jon works as a subject matter expert in Strategy and Marketing, and is responsible for developing content for early stage technology start-ups in Ontario. Outside of MaRS, Jon is the founder of ClearSkyAnalyst, a research and advisory firm covering the renewable energy industry. Prior experience includes six years working for industry advisory firm Gartner Inc in Europe, Canada and the US, and seven years working in the software industry, including the two successful software start-ups. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T The Business of Open: Common Pitfalls for Open Source Startups %A Mekki MacAulay %X Many entrepreneurs look at open source as a panacea of sorts, a golden ticket to success. They assume that the value of the open source approach is apparent to all, undeniable, and the only way. The mistake they often make is carrying this passion into the way they form their startup. They assume that open source startups are somehow different, and that as a result they will carry themselves. I was once such an entrepreneur, with such a vision. The reality is that an open source startup isn't really that different from other startups. It still needs to have figured out all of the essential components of a successful business. An open source strategy can certainly yield a competitive advantage, bringing faster time to market, lower development cost, collaboration opportunities, ecosystem positioning, and faster adoption. But, these advantages don't come along on their own. The open source strategy is just one piece of the larger business model. The other pieces have to be strong, too, or the whole might crumble. This article reviews the essentials for all startups and highlights special considerations and pitfalls for open source startups in particular. It also discusses how startups can use an open source strategy to gain competitive advantage by focusing the passion and energy surrounding participation in open source towards value creation and acquisition. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 02/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/324 %N February 2010 %9 Articles %1 OSStrategy.org Mekki MacAulay is the Principal of OSStrategy.org, a consulting firm that helps companies improve their competitive advantage and strategic positioning in a world embracing open source. Mekki is also the president and founder of MekTek Solutions, an IT services company based in Ottawa, ON. Mekki holds undergraduate degrees from Carleton University in Computer Systems Engineering, and Psychology, and a Master's degree in Technology Innovation Management. His research interests focus on open source adoption; open source ecosystem value creation, extraction, and keystone company positioning; and quantifying the value of passive participation in open source projects. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2009 %T The Benefits to ISVs of Working with Large Enterprise Consumers on Open-Source Projects %A Kingston Duffie %X Selling software to consumers is tough as they want perfection and expect to pay nothing. Consumers are fickle and the competition can be fierce. By comparison, large enterprises have big problems and buckets of money to spend on solutions, allowing you to focus your marketing on a small target. While large enterprises sound like ideal customers, the small independent software vendor selling to a large enterprise faces long sales cycles, extreme quality expectations, challenges integrating into a complex jungle of pre-existing systems, and the need to partner with others to create a complete solution. At Fanfare, we believe that there are a variety of successful software business models that employ open source strategies. One such strategy is to sell closed source solutions constructed on top of an open source platform. In fact, the Eclipse Foundation considers enabling this kind of business model as one of its mandates. We sell a complete system test automation solution that is built on top of Eclipse and sold to customers as a "turnkey" solution using Eclipse's Rich Client Platform technology. In this article, we examine six benefits of this approach. Some of these benefits apply to any ISV, but many are specific advantages for ISVs selling into large enterprises. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 01/2009 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/220 %N January 2009 %9 Articles %1 Fanfare Group Kingston Duffie is the founder and CTO of The Fanfare Group, the market leader is system test automation tools. Previously, Kingston founded two other successful data communication equipment companies, Whitetree Networks and Turnstone Systems. Kingston holds a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and a master's of science degree in electrical engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2009 %T BIRT: Building Next Generation BI Using Open Source %A Tom Bondur %A Jason Weathersby %X The Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools Project is a highly successful open source business intelligence (BI) project developed and released as part of the Eclipse ecosystem. In this article, we look at the genesis of the BIRT project, why Actuate chose the open source development model, and the benefits that this project brings to the BI user community. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 09/2009 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/290 %N September 2009 %9 Articles %1 Actuate Tom Bondur is a Content Development Manager in the Developer Communications group of Actuate Engineering and a member of the extended BIRT development team. He has a background in both computer science and technical writing with many years experience in technical consulting, training, writing, and publishing about business intelligence tools and database technologies. He is a co-author of the Eclipse Series book, Integrating and Extending BIRT, published by Addison-Wesley. The book introduces programmers to BIRT architecture and the reporting framework. It is the second volume in a two-book series about business intelligence and reporting technology. %2 Actuate Jason Weathersby is the BIRT Evangelist at Actuate Corporation and a member of the Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Project Management Committee (PMC). Jason has over 15 years experience in the software development field, ranging from real time process control to business intelligence software. At Actuate, Jason is currently responsible for educating the Open Source community on BIRT and encouraging its adoption, and is responsible for managing the Eclipse BIRT newsgroup and website. Jason has co-authored two BIRT books and written many articles that discuss the BIRT technology. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2009 %T BSD Advocacy and Breaking Through Market Barriers %A Melanie Groves VonFange %X Currently, proprietary businesses dominate the operating systems market. In 2008, Microsoft Windows controlled 87.9% of the market with Mac OS X following up with 9.73%, leaving only 2.37% of the market to open source alternatives. However, in the past year alone, Linux market share has grown from .80% to 1.02% (a 27.5% increase) and other open source operating systems have grown from .22% to .58% (a 163% increase). These figures translate into millions of open source operating system users. The question is how to continue these upward trends and break the stranglehold that proprietary operating systems have on the markets. This article discusses the role that open source advocacy plays in increasing open source usage. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 06/2009 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/262 %N June 2009 %9 Articles %1 PC-BSD Melanie Groves VonFange is a wife, mother, blogger, and open source advocate. She has been an insurance agent, makeup artist, and computer sciences student. Currently she can be found running a PC-BSD social networking site and a mock suburban co-housing homestead with the help of her husband, housemate, intern and 4 children. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2009 %T Business Intelligence: A Primer %A John Kemp %A Benjamin Dietz %X This article provides a primer on business intelligence (BI) and serves as an introduction to the concepts used throughout the rest of the articles in this issue of the OSBR. We define BI, discuss the components of a BI solution, explain the types of BI tools and provide a brief overview of the evolution of BI. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 09/2009 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/284 %N September 2009 %9 Articles %1 SQL Power Group John Kemp is a Principal Consultant with SQL Power Group. John is responsible for the delivery of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing projects at SQL Power. A 20-year information technology veteran, John previously provided Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence consulting services with KPMG, SAS Institute, Infobright Inc., and as the lead of his own consulting firm. %2 SQL Power Group Benjamin Dietz is a Business Intelligence Consultant at SQL Power Group. Benjamin wrote his Master's thesis on Open Source Business Intelligence and graduated from University of Applied Science Karlsruhe, Germany, with a Master of Business Information Systems. %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2008 %T Blood on the Tracks: 6 Years of Technical Entrepreneurship in Ottawa %A John Callahan %A Tony Bailetti %X In 2002, twenty nine engineers and computer scientists completed a Lead-to-Win (LTW) program in Technical Entrepreneurship. The LTW program was a pilot program designed for former Nortel employees to gain the skills needed to become entrepreneurs. Of the participants, fifteen started technology businesses, ten tried to attract venture capital funding, eleven tried to grow their companies with no venture capital funding, and seven established five technology businesses headquartered in Ottawa. These businesses attracted over $91 million from venture capital firms during one of the worst economic times to hit this region and created over 280 jobs globally. On May 15th at the Partnership Conference Series, John Callahan and Tony Bailetti, directors of the LTW program, and three of the LTW graduates spoke about the lessons learned during and since the program. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 05/2008 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/150 %N May 2008 %9 Articles %1 %0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2007 %T Building an Open Source Company One Penguin at a Time %A Bill White %X Roaring Penguin Software Inc. started as a one-person consulting company in 1999. A year later, David F. Skoll, the company's President and CTO, was asked to develop an e-mail filtering tool. David developed MIMEDefang, an e-mail filter that used Sendmail's Milter facilities. David donated the code to the open source community, and kept developing MIMEDefang as a free tool for system administrators. Today, the MIMEDefang code is available at at the website. By 2002, it was obvious that there was a need for a packaged mail-filtering solution suitable for end-users. David decided to go ahead and write what became CanIt-PRO. Whereas MIMEDefang is suited to system administrators who are familiar with Perl and comfortable with writing their filtering policies in Perl, the CanIt product line allows end-users to control their filtering through a simple web-based interface. The company transformed itself from a consulting company to a product development company. This transformation required significant changes. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 08/2007 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/84 %N August 2007 %9 Articles %1 Roaring Penguin Bill White is VP Marketing and Sales for Roaring Penguin Software, an Ottawa based company which specializes in e-mail filtering software and anti-spam solutions. He is a key member of the team responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company, its products and markets, as well as for building and leading the Sales and Marketing teams. Bill has managed sales and marketing activities in the high-technology arena for more than 20 years. He has been fortunate to work at and learn from some of the best software development companies in Ottawa including Beyond 20/20, Plaintree, KOM, Gallium and ELSID Software Systems.