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Quality + Innovation: Adapting Quality Management Practices To Achieve Innovation Performance, Scott A. Leavengood, Timothy R. Anderson
Quality + Innovation: Adapting Quality Management Practices To Achieve Innovation Performance, Scott A. Leavengood, Timothy R. Anderson
Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
In many businesses today, focus on quality as a competitive tool is being replaced by a focus on innovation. This is not to say that quality is now irrelevant but rather that it is now seen by many as "necessary but insufficient" in today's business environment. Therefore, the task facing managers is how to achieve innovation performance in addition to quality performance. To answer this question, U.S. West Coast wood products manufacturers were surveyed about their quality management practices and performance with respect to both quality and innovation. Survey results were analyzed to identify two categories of high-performing firms: those …
An Investigation On Fast And Frugal Model For New Project Screening, Antonie J. Jetter, Fatima M. Albar
An Investigation On Fast And Frugal Model For New Project Screening, Antonie J. Jetter, Fatima M. Albar
Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
Research in psychology is increasingly interested in decision-makers' use of heuristics or rules of thumb because they have accuracies close to more complex decision rules and seem particularly useful in difficult decision-making contexts when uncertainty is high and speed is of the essence. One particularly difficult decision setting is the fuzzy front-end of new product development because a large number of product ideas need to be screened to identify the few that should be developed further. This process is currently poorly supported through decision tools and mainly occurs on the basis of managerial “gut-feel”. This study explores managerial “gut-feel” by …