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Cultural and creative products are incredibly diverse that difficult to mass-produce and fail to meet market demands. The unique characteristics and the cultural and sales value of cultural and creative products must be highlighted through the application of multifunctional design. As a scientific approach, the Delphi method and fuzzy logic theory were applied to create a multiattribute DFuzzy decision model for cultural and creative product design. This model is intended to enable objective, quantitative auxiliary decision evaluation for product design, providing a reference for optimization of commodity production. Fuzzy logic is one of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and quantifies the fuzzy semantics of human languages. The Delphi method enables group decision-making among experts, thus contributing to the scientific and objective nature of the DFuzzy model. The 16 Delphi experts invited to participate in this study were the chief executive officers in the cultural and creative industry, local cultural management commissioners, and domain knowledge professors, all of whom had at least 12 years of experience in cultural and creative industry development. The experts reached a consensus regarding 19 preliminary criteria identified through a three-round Delphi process. The four criteria suitable for the DFuzzy model were determined to be cultural images, innovation and creativity, customer demand, and city charm. The model was then applied to evaluate three cases, a multifunctional scale ruler, a toy robot, and an agricultural specialty product. Another consensus was then reached by the experts through a two-round Delphi process, and the four criteria were validated. Thus, the objective quantitative calculation function of the DFuzzy model was confirmed along with its applicability for auxiliary decision-making in cultural and creative product design and education.
Sung-Lin Hsueh; Bin Zhou; Yu-Lung Chen; Min-Ren Yan. Supporting technology-enabled design education and practices by DFuzzy decision model: applications of cultural and creative product design. International Journal of Technology and Design Education 2021, 1 -18.
AMA StyleSung-Lin Hsueh, Bin Zhou, Yu-Lung Chen, Min-Ren Yan. Supporting technology-enabled design education and practices by DFuzzy decision model: applications of cultural and creative product design. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. 2021; ():1-18.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSung-Lin Hsueh; Bin Zhou; Yu-Lung Chen; Min-Ren Yan. 2021. "Supporting technology-enabled design education and practices by DFuzzy decision model: applications of cultural and creative product design." International Journal of Technology and Design Education , no. : 1-18.
As engineering is required to answer directly and more heartily than before the requirement of society and markets, we want to answer the following questions. What kind of open innovation channels exist, and how can these channels operate as a knowledge funnel to conquer the growth limit of capitalism in the 4th industrial revolution? At first, we built up the concept model of open innovation engineering from a conceptual experiment and attempted to prove this model by literature reviews. Second, we applied this open innovation concept model at the papers of Society of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (SOI) 2019 Special Issues of Electronics as a preliminary study. Additional field researches on each open innovation engineering channel in addition to research on finding out more open innovation engineering channels are required.
JinHyo Joseph Yun; Daecheol Kim; Min-Ren Yan. Open Innovation Engineering—Preliminary Study on New Entrance of Technology to Market. Electronics 2020, 9, 791 .
AMA StyleJinHyo Joseph Yun, Daecheol Kim, Min-Ren Yan. Open Innovation Engineering—Preliminary Study on New Entrance of Technology to Market. Electronics. 2020; 9 (5):791.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJinHyo Joseph Yun; Daecheol Kim; Min-Ren Yan. 2020. "Open Innovation Engineering—Preliminary Study on New Entrance of Technology to Market." Electronics 9, no. 5: 791.
While corporate social responsibility (CSR) is prevailing, the concept of creating shared value (CSV) by coordinating business activities and social concerns brings a great opportunity to transforming the business model for sustainable development. To better understand the systems comprising corporate shared value chains would be beneficial to economics, society, and sustainability. This study refers to the ecosystem as the theoretical lens in the exploration of the CSV components and contexts, and takes Macy’s as a focal case. In terms of academic contributions, this study generalizes the CSV components, including markets, social innovations, social performances, new business models, corporate entrepreneurship, and social network support. The research findings contribute to conceptualize and systemize the concept of CSV. In terms of practical contributions, the contexts for the operation of CSV, as summarized by this study, can serve as a template for corporate planning of CSV activities and sustainable development.
Ta-Kai Yang; Min-Ren Yan. The Corporate Shared Value for Sustainable Development: An Ecosystem Perspective. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2348 .
AMA StyleTa-Kai Yang, Min-Ren Yan. The Corporate Shared Value for Sustainable Development: An Ecosystem Perspective. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (6):2348.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTa-Kai Yang; Min-Ren Yan. 2020. "The Corporate Shared Value for Sustainable Development: An Ecosystem Perspective." Sustainability 12, no. 6: 2348.
The paper constructs a sectoral system of innovation model specifically for the mobile payments (m-payments) sector. Both the UK and Indian sectoral system of innovation were studied in regards of the actors involved in providing the m-payment service with an emphasis on emergent business models. We integrated open innovation and Ogle’s ideas into our model and demonstrated the importance of active agency in shaping innovation systems, for example in leveraging existing social networks. The research draws upon original interviews with companies and regulators in both India and the UK. Our overall conclusion is that the m-payments sectoral system of innovation in India is more customer-oriented and far-reaching as compared to the practices in UK. It concludes that no matter the context, the importance of integrating firms’ activity into integrated service systems in demand-driven innovation is key for success.
Heather Webb; Shubo Liu; Min-Ren Yan. Evaluation of M-Payment Technology and Sectoral System Innovation—A Comparative Study of UK and Indian Models. Electronics 2019, 8, 1282 .
AMA StyleHeather Webb, Shubo Liu, Min-Ren Yan. Evaluation of M-Payment Technology and Sectoral System Innovation—A Comparative Study of UK and Indian Models. Electronics. 2019; 8 (11):1282.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHeather Webb; Shubo Liu; Min-Ren Yan. 2019. "Evaluation of M-Payment Technology and Sectoral System Innovation—A Comparative Study of UK and Indian Models." Electronics 8, no. 11: 1282.
The Industrial Revolution has enabled mechanization to lead the manufacturing industry into a new era of explosive economic growth. Mass production through the use of machines has improved the overall societal prosperity in industrialized countries. The great and continuous demand of mechanization, economic growth, and energy consumption has resulted in the excessive use of natural resources and the mining of natural energy deposits. Challenges such as serious environmental pollution, ecological damage, and climate change have been identified as some of the critical issues for sustainable development. Therefore, this paper proposes a Delphi and Fuzzy (DFuzzy) model in order to institute low-carbon ecocities. DFuzzy is a scientific decision-making model with quantitative multiple attributes and artificial intelligence. Twelve specialists from the Delphi experts were interviewed, including chief executive officers (CEOs) of industries, management committee members, and senior academics, all of whom have 15 years of experience in urban planning practice. After a three-round Delphi process with 17 criteria that were taken from the literature, four criteria of the DFuzzy model were recognized by experts: policy norms, resident cooperation, pollution prevention and control, and ecological reserves. The practical application of the DFuzzy model took three areas as examples: the Baiyun District and Conghua District of Guangzhou City, and the Dahu Community of Kaohsiung City. Through the experts’ consensus in the two-round Delphi process, the four criteria, as the input basis, demonstrated the objective quantitative calculation function of the DFuzzy model and also indicated that the model established in this study provides a reference for evaluating low-carbon ecocities.
Sung-Lin Hsueh; Yue Sun; Min-Ren Yan. Conceptualization and Development of a DFuzzy Model for Low-Carbon Ecocities. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5833 .
AMA StyleSung-Lin Hsueh, Yue Sun, Min-Ren Yan. Conceptualization and Development of a DFuzzy Model for Low-Carbon Ecocities. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (20):5833.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSung-Lin Hsueh; Yue Sun; Min-Ren Yan. 2019. "Conceptualization and Development of a DFuzzy Model for Low-Carbon Ecocities." Sustainability 11, no. 20: 5833.
The present study explores the impacts of corporate strategic orientation on innovation ecosystems through the perspective of systems thinking. Multiple-cases method was adopted to analyze three representative companies of different industries. In terms of academic contribution, the results of this study verify an innovation ecosystem model in a generalized manner, and find that market orientation, interaction orientation, and entrepreneurial orientation generate a positively reinforcing effect on the paths of the innovation ecosystem model in all phases, thus, diversifying the available literature of innovative ecosystems. In terms of practical contribution, this study presents a dynamic context of the development of new business, and describes the links between innovative activities and the market. Enterprises can refer to the proposed framework as well as strategic architecture in this study to effectively transform innovative activities into market performance.
Ta-Kai Yang; Min-Ren Yan. Exploring the Enablers of Strategic Orientation for Technology-Driven Business Innovation Ecosystems. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5779 .
AMA StyleTa-Kai Yang, Min-Ren Yan. Exploring the Enablers of Strategic Orientation for Technology-Driven Business Innovation Ecosystems. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (20):5779.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTa-Kai Yang; Min-Ren Yan. 2019. "Exploring the Enablers of Strategic Orientation for Technology-Driven Business Innovation Ecosystems." Sustainability 11, no. 20: 5779.
This paper explains the concept of a city-based cultural ecosystem service, and how innovations and systematic operations management can help an international city to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. Previous studies suggest that most of the PPP models focus on the operation and analysis of PPP construction projects, limited attention of the subsequent operations and management for PPP facilities. This paper thus proposed an integrated PPP management framework with the principles of Cultural Ecosystem Service (CES) and open innovation to support better operations management of PPP projects. While the management of modern PPP projects will inevitably encounter the challenges of cross-disciplinary management and service innovation in the period of operations management, Cultural Ecosystem Service Innovation (CESI) framework is useful to support the practice and continuous improvement. A real-world case of Kaohsiung Dome in Taiwan has been benchmarked and analyzed with empirical data. With in-depth expert interviews, the paper demonstrates the use of CESI framework to support business strategy and operations management for sustainable system development and shared values. Management implications were addressed to promote multiple positive feedbacks with the government, enterprises, and the general public and jointly strive to support the development of a benchmarked city.
Min-Ren Yan; Hui-Lan Chi; Jui-Ying Yang; Kuo-Ming Chien. Towards a City-Based Cultural Ecosystem Service Innovation Framework as Improved Public-Private-Partnership Model—A Case Study of Kaohsiung Dome. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 2019, 5, 85 .
AMA StyleMin-Ren Yan, Hui-Lan Chi, Jui-Ying Yang, Kuo-Ming Chien. Towards a City-Based Cultural Ecosystem Service Innovation Framework as Improved Public-Private-Partnership Model—A Case Study of Kaohsiung Dome. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity. 2019; 5 (4):85.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMin-Ren Yan; Hui-Lan Chi; Jui-Ying Yang; Kuo-Ming Chien. 2019. "Towards a City-Based Cultural Ecosystem Service Innovation Framework as Improved Public-Private-Partnership Model—A Case Study of Kaohsiung Dome." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 5, no. 4: 85.
Essential oil and aromatherapy industry is increasingly gaining prominence in the global market. Previous studies have been carried out on the benefits of essential oils in healthcare and as part of the healing arts of many cultures, as a proven method of caring for our physical, spiritual and mental health. To enter an open market and promote the awareness of essential oils and aromatherapy, strategic planning capability is important to drive business growth. This paper utilizes a simulation-based strategic decision support system (SSDSS) to conduct a real-world case study with empirical data and examine the effectiveness of SSDSS applications in supporting market development and business growth with service innovations. Through iterative computer simulations and scenario analysis of healthcare promotion and business development for performance improvement, the effects of strategic business innovations could be systematically analyzed to identify different stages of adopters and effective approaches to achieve the established objectives with market value creation.
Min-Ren Yan; Chun-Han Wang; Nelson Jose Cruz Flores; Ying-Yueh Su. Targeting Open Market with Strategic Business Innovations: A Case Study of Growth Dynamics in Essential Oil and Aromatherapy Industry. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 2019, 5, 7 .
AMA StyleMin-Ren Yan, Chun-Han Wang, Nelson Jose Cruz Flores, Ying-Yueh Su. Targeting Open Market with Strategic Business Innovations: A Case Study of Growth Dynamics in Essential Oil and Aromatherapy Industry. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity. 2019; 5 (1):7.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMin-Ren Yan; Chun-Han Wang; Nelson Jose Cruz Flores; Ying-Yueh Su. 2019. "Targeting Open Market with Strategic Business Innovations: A Case Study of Growth Dynamics in Essential Oil and Aromatherapy Industry." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 5, no. 1: 7.
E-business and e-commerce services have been globally applied across various industries in the digital era. Leading e-commerce platform companies should invite open innovation to explore new market and continuously innovate their products and services with various supply chains that simultaneously require more reliable and flexible project management for the IT supports. The e-businesses are urging for agile and dynamic approach that integrate the time, cost, and quality objectives and human resources in the IT team. This research proposes a knowledge-based management decision support system, by using System Dynamics modelling and computer simulations, to analyse project performance over time and the impacts of strategic management decisions on the dynamic capability of e-commerce services. A real world case study, from a cross-border e-commerce platform company, has been investigated. Operations strategies to e-business innovations and IT supports could be timely evaluated with iterative simulations. The project management competency, service quality, operations cost feasibility, and profitability of e-commerce services could be further improved with the model applications.
Min-Ren Yan; Nhan Tran-Danh; Lin-Ya Hong. Knowledge-based decision support system for improving e-business innovations and dynamic capability of IT project management. Knowledge Management Research & Practice 2018, 17, 125 -136.
AMA StyleMin-Ren Yan, Nhan Tran-Danh, Lin-Ya Hong. Knowledge-based decision support system for improving e-business innovations and dynamic capability of IT project management. Knowledge Management Research & Practice. 2018; 17 (2):125-136.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMin-Ren Yan; Nhan Tran-Danh; Lin-Ya Hong. 2018. "Knowledge-based decision support system for improving e-business innovations and dynamic capability of IT project management." Knowledge Management Research & Practice 17, no. 2: 125-136.
The trends of the green supply chain are attributed to pressures from the environment and from customers. Green innovation is a practice for creating competitive advantage in sustainable development. To keep up with the changing business environment, the construction industry needs an appropriate assessment tool to examine the intrinsic and extrinsic effects regarding corporate competitive advantage. From the viewpoint of energy and environmental protection, this study combines four scientific methodologies to develop an assessment model for the green innovation of contractors. System dynamics can be used to estimate the future trends for the overall industrial structure and is useful in predicting competitive advantage in the industry. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and utility theory focus on the customer's attitude toward risk and are useful for comprehending changes in objective requirements in the environment. Fuzzy logic can simplify complicated intrinsic and extrinsic factors and express them with a number or ratio that is easy to understand. The proposed assessment model can be used as a reference to guide the government in examining the public constructions that qualified green contractors participate in. Additionally, the assessment model serves an indicator of relative competitiveness that can help the general contractor and subcontractor to evaluate themselves and further green innovations.
Sung-Lin Hsueh; Min-Ren Yan. A Multimethodology Contractor Assessment Model for Facilitating Green Innovation: The View of Energy and Environmental Protection. The Scientific World Journal 2013, 2013, 1 -14.
AMA StyleSung-Lin Hsueh, Min-Ren Yan. A Multimethodology Contractor Assessment Model for Facilitating Green Innovation: The View of Energy and Environmental Protection. The Scientific World Journal. 2013; 2013 (3):1-14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSung-Lin Hsueh; Min-Ren Yan. 2013. "A Multimethodology Contractor Assessment Model for Facilitating Green Innovation: The View of Energy and Environmental Protection." The Scientific World Journal 2013, no. 3: 1-14.