Advanced technology innovation mapping tool to support technology commercialization

dc.contributor.advisorNichols, Steven Parks, 1950-
dc.creatorFelkl, Jakub, 1982-en
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-18T22:12:48Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:45:03Z
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:45:03Z
dc.date.issued2013-12en
dc.date.submittedDecember 2013en
dc.date.updated2014-02-18T22:12:49Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThis work outlines an Innovation Gap in technology commercialization and presents a novel tool, the Advanced Technology Innovation Mapping (ATIM) tool to address this gap. The tool aims to support technology commercialization in early stages of & prior to the New Product Development Process. The dissertation includes a detailed rationale, description, history, similar and originating methods for this tool based on Value Engineering and Function Maps for Design. This work also demonstrates on several example studies the use of the tool and evaluates via an exploratory study the usefulness of the tool. Research tests the tool in educational and training programs at the University of Texas at Austin and finds that the tool improves user understating of majority of important factors for technology commercialization (customer, technology, development activities). User feedback supports these conclusions. In the future the tool could be further expanded, more standardized and improved. Additionally, the work proposes further ways to study the tool in different settings and with groups of different sizes beyond this early exploratory study.en
dc.description.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/23245en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.subjectTechnologyen
dc.subjectEntrepreneurshipen
dc.subjectIntrapreneursen
dc.subjectInnovation managementen
dc.subjectEngineeringen
dc.subjectNew product developmenten
dc.subjectSLSen
dc.subjectSelective laser sinteringen
dc.subject3D printingen
dc.subjectBusiness modelen
dc.subjectCreative destructionen
dc.titleAdvanced technology innovation mapping tool to support technology commercializationen

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